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The Amazon Kindle is already a revolutionary device and it has been recently discovered that it can do a little bit more than what meets the eye. These little hidden secrets are called easter eggs, and one of the main easter eggs found in the Kindle is GPS.

Basically, the GPS is CDMA based, and it comes with Google Maps. To open up the Google Maps, press Atl and 1 while in the browser to show the current location. In addition, there is a picture viewer and you can make a screen shot by pressing Alt+Shift+G. Finally, there is even a game on it, Minesweeper! To play, press Alt+M. These new little tools will probably make Kindle owners happy, and may even persuade people to purchase the Kindle.

There are a few more GPS short cuts:

Alt-2 find gas station nearby
Alt-3 find restaurants nearby
Alt-5 find custom keyword nearby
Alt-D dump debug info to the log and toggle highlight default item
Alt-Z toggle zone drawing and show log

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