You have this one? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Amazon-kindle-gen2.jpg I can on mine. I believe this was a software update... have you been out of 3g service (or had 3g turned off) for almost two years?

That's the one, firmware: 2.5.8 (555370010).

I have 3g right now and just tried to highlight something in the samples for "Song of Two Worlds" as well as "SEAL of Honor" and was unable to.

I also tried adding an annotation and when I started to type a message came up on the bottom of the screen that says, "Annotating is disabled for sample content."

Serious question: Why would you want to highlight or annotate a small sample of a book?

Maybe you found that section particularly interesting and would like to look back at it later? Maybe you're reading the book for a class and instead of taking notes in the margin, you're taking notes on the Kindle.

I actually find myself highlighting stuff all the time. You can also see areas of the book that other people highlighted, which adds a kinda neat social aspect that isn't usually present in reading.

I didn't mean highlighting in general. That I get. I meant highlighting a sample of a book.

Did you mean to ask why is this a relevant comment? Because aaronsw mentions highlighting samples in the linked story.

Why would you not want to highlight something in a sample? There is no reason why text in the sample would be less useful. A quick example that comes to mind is the foreword/introduction of a book that references a book for higher level treatment of the subject matter or another book for that is better suited for newcomers to a field.

Nope, you just click to start highlighting.