I was going to write a post about how it was already 6 weeks past the date to get the Amazon Kindle 2.5 firmware upgrade but then yesterday I saw a post where Amazon was offering a download of the firmware so the wait for an over the air update was no more.
The headline feature of the 2.5 upgrade is the ability to put your books into different categories or folders. This is something that has been a major sore point for myself and other Kindle owners for a while. Now that we have the ability for folders organization of books is a lot easier. I’ve decided to use the folders to set up my books in genres. I did find the creation and moving books into the catgories a bit clunky on the Kindle but I don’t know if you can do it another way.
The other feature that is a little interesting is that you can now highlight a section of the book and share the passage via twitter or facebook. To be honest, I don’t know how much I’ll use the feature (or if other Kindle users will use it) but it is an interesting addition to the OS.
OverallI I think that the firmware upgrade was worth the wait just for the categories feature alone.
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