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As an admitted Kindle virgin, I had never seen a Kindle screensaver until two days ago, but all of the complaints about ugly screensaver pics had me prepared for the worst. Instead, I've been delighted at all of the pictures that have come up so far. I think the author/literary theme is really well implemented, and the pictures are wonderfully detailed. Haven't see one to complain of yet!
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« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2009, 05:17:36 PM » |
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Because I don't like waking up in the morning and having Oscar Wilde staring at me.
It creeps me out.
Also, I think Amazon knows I don't care for him and have somehow set this screensaver to come up on more than 3/4 of the time I look at the screen. It seriously seems almost every time I look at Bella, he's there.
Edgar Allen Poe is also a bit freaky.
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« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2009, 05:20:00 PM » |
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You know, I never really had any issues with the screensavers either, and I don't even have the details of a K2 with my K1. As to Oscar Wilde, while he isn't the most pleasant to look at, I have seen worst, much worst  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2009, 05:20:17 PM » |
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I'm glad you like them and I agree that they are detailed, clear pictures.
That's all I'll say, cuz they are creepy looking.
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« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2009, 05:24:22 PM » |
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The Oscar Wilde picture could be worse. The fur could be the only thing he was wearing.
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« Reply #5 on: February 27, 2009, 05:24:49 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2009, 05:26:05 PM » |
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Ok, for the KK people, how about that cat in the Hey Diddle Diddle screensaver!  He looks positively demonic! |
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« Reply #7 on: February 27, 2009, 05:27:09 PM » |
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Edgar Allen Poe is also a bit freaky.
Said by a woman who used to have a Kindle named Edgar! LOL L |
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2009, 05:28:55 PM » |
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At least he wasn't "nekkid"- yikes. The Oscar Wilde picture could be worse. The fur could be the only thing he was wearing.
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2009, 05:30:20 PM » |
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I won't ever be able to look at it again. I was fine, just fine. Now that visual is stuck in my brain. |
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2009, 05:32:25 PM » |
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Said by a woman who used to have a Kindle named Edgar! LOL
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My Edgar wasn't freaky. This one stares at me with beady little eyes.. Oh, and Alexander Dumas looks like Captain Kangaroo. The fur could be the only thing he was wearing.
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2009, 05:34:15 PM » |
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, now I won't ever be able to look at it again. I was fine, just fine. Now that visual is stuck in my brain. Well, it could be worse, you could be picturing Lord Douglas and Oscar and the fur and.... oh, never mind. This is a family board.  L |
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« Reply #12 on: February 27, 2009, 05:35:39 PM » |
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Said by a woman who used to have a Kindle named Edgar! LOL
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« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2009, 05:38:02 PM » |
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Hey, Don't be picking on Anabel's true love I picture Anabel and Edgar together, and one of them is wearing an Oberon Raven cover.... how can we bring these poor lovers together? LOL L |
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« Reply #14 on: February 27, 2009, 05:40:08 PM » |
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It must be Anable wearing the cover.. Ravens aren't allowed in my house.
I'm afraid it will always be the poor tragic unrequited lovestory.
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« Reply #15 on: February 27, 2009, 05:40:30 PM » |
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The screensavers don't bother me at all. . . one looks like my grandmother. . . but I don't see them that often. If my Kindle is sleeping, the cover's closed. I see it for a second or two when I wake it or put it to bed. . . . To be honest I don't even notice them any more. . . . .So, clearly, by logical extension, if you don't like looking at them. . .you need to have a cover! Ann |
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« Reply #16 on: February 27, 2009, 05:41:30 PM » |
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I don't care for them atol!
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« Reply #17 on: February 27, 2009, 05:42:34 PM » |
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Well I just got my K2 today (it's my first). And of course I just LOVE it. I will also go on record as saying I really do like the screen savers. And as for the picture of Poe, it couldn't be creepier than his stories. |
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« Reply #18 on: February 27, 2009, 05:44:54 PM » |
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Such sexism!
Admittedly, Oscar's compass points a few degrees shy of north, but Agatha Christie, a childhood favorite, raises no eyebrows? I suspect she emerged from the womb with the face of a 50-year-old man with "grandma hair."
Nevertheless, I am pleased to find a mass-produced product bearing such an image over that of say, one of today's famed "hoochie mamas."
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« Reply #19 on: February 27, 2009, 05:46:35 PM » |
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Ok, for the KK people, how about that cat in the Hey Diddle Diddle screensaver! He looks positively demonic! One of the very few I actually like. EL |
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« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2009, 05:54:26 PM » |
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Such sexism!
Admittedly, Oscar's compass points a few degrees shy of north, but Agatha Christie, a childhood favorite, raises no eyebrows? I suspect she emerged from the womb with the face of a 50-year-old man with "grandma hair."
Nevertheless, I am pleased to find a mass-produced product bearing such an image over that of say, one of today's famed "hoochie mamas."
New owner also. Satisfied with existing screensavers but would like to add my own in the future. Probably a "hoochie mama" or two. Or a pic of my fav, Crown Royal. Agatha is why publishers stopped putting pictures of authors on the front cover!!!  |
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« Reply #21 on: February 27, 2009, 06:48:57 PM » |
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I don't mind the screensavers either...even Oscar Wilde. I actually sought out Wilde's grave--along with Jim Morrison's and Chopin's--when I was visiting Paris years ago, at that funky cemetery where lots of famous people are buried. So if I can visit a creepy cemetery, I can deal with a creepy screensaver.  |
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« Reply #22 on: February 27, 2009, 07:25:59 PM » |
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I actually enjoy seeing all the screensavers, people and otherwise - it's also been one of the features that friends and family have remarked about "how cool is that!" You can also change to your own screensavers, although I plan on leaving them as they are!
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« Reply #23 on: February 27, 2009, 07:45:35 PM » |
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If you like them, fine just let me know if you feel the same in 2 or 3 months... ! I would just like the choice. I feel a little like amazon locked us out of the candy closet like we are kids. Screensavers are just another way to personalize our Kindles and add our own personality. It is also another way to add some security, I had one on mine with my name and phone number in case it was lost and this one...which says Lara's Kindle.  What really bugs me is that they could have made it very easy by just adding the option to the menu that comes up when you open a picture file.  |
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« Reply #24 on: February 27, 2009, 07:55:16 PM » |
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And let me just ask you, would you buy a computer that came with a preloaded desktop and screensaver you could not change?
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