Duokan Kindle
Duokan Kindle is 3rd party software for Amazon Kindle.
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[edit] Overview
It is an alternative software for Amazon Kindles. As it utilizes the hardware differently, it differs from the Amazon software, and may be the only reader for reading/writing the target languages it supports which currently include Chinese and English. English menus have been added as of November 2010. Other languages are planned.
There are versions for Amazon Kindle 2, Kindle WiFi, Kindle 3G WiFi, Amazon Kindle 4, Amazon Kindle DX and Kindle DXG. This software does not remove the Kindle firmware which is still available. They will exist side by side and the user can choose which they wish to use.
This software supports PDF, DJVU, EPUB, CHM, TXT
Duokan Development Team:
"Our team are mainly composed by developers, a group of young people who gathered by reading hobby. Regard providing good Chinese reading service as our duty." (Quote team member)
[edit] DuoKan lite
It’s an alternative OS for the Kindle developed by DuoKan team. It’s available for Kindle 3 and Kindle 4. It’s free for non-commercial use. It doesn’t overwrite the official system in Kindle, but works as a secondary system. Wi-Fi is supported but 3G is not.
The principal benefits of using DuoKan Lite over the default Kindle OS:
- More filetypes supported: MOBI, TXT, PDF, EPUB, RAR, ZIP, JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF
- Transmission by Wi-Fi
- Can customise the number of page turns before fully refreshing
- More customizable
- Better PDF reader
- Better dictionary support
- Fine control of fonts and margins
- Lots of shortcut keys
- Folders (which can be easily organized)
- Better reading experience
- Upgrade Over-the-Air
- Potentially longer battery life
- FTP access via Wi-Fi
[edit] Android version
As Amazon comes out with an Android based reader the folks at Duokan have also developed a Android version of their reader. See http://en.duokan.com/?page_id=30 It features:
- Free search engine for global Internet books.
- Nice typography
- Simple and clean UI
