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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 2:00 am
I gather you can have some documents Kindleized very cheaply.. so that if you wanted to read/edit/review some text you could do that. But I'm sure there is plenty just to d/ right now. I'm still feeling guilty for ordering so until I really get it and decide to keep it, probably won't join.. I mean I registered so I can "buy" stuff ahead of time.
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Legalboxer
Member
11-17-2003
| Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 10:58 am
Sea - i didnt want to admit accepting the kindle until i had it in my hands too and "decide to keep it" - well i decided to keep it - and its super easy to download right from other websites - thousands of classic books - probably some newer books too - but i invested just so i could carry around all the classics for free and it works great - and you can email any doc to your kindle account and it will show up - in a handful of formats
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, November 12, 2008 - 12:39 pm
Mine has just shipped and estimated to be here on the 18th! Thanks, Legal.. I think the email method is cheap, lilke .10 but you can also move stuff via the memory card.. I ordered a 4 gig one which is coming along with the kindle.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 6:49 am
Sea, you must have your Kindle (name?) by now? Are you enjoying it? Did you join kindleboards.com?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 11:56 am
The one for my dad came last weekend - and I have yet to open it. I've been so swamped w/papers, tests, writing final exams, grading final exams and getting ready for the next trimester, that I haven't even taken the darn thing out of the box! What's the learning curve on these things? I have to get it figured out by Christmas, but I probably won't have time for at least another two weeks.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 3:05 pm
The learning curve is VERY short, Teach.. Since you have 30 days to send it back, I'd open it up and put it on the charger (it will probably be charged, but they say to do that) and check that it is working and that whispernet works. I've bought one book only (well I had "bought" several free books that were available before mine arrived and they were there already. I subbed to a free Amazon blog that has already led me to some books I want to read and I've downloaded about a dozen "samples" where you can read a bit of the book. So far it has allowed me to give a definite thumbs-down to one book, and to determine several I really want and I'll be able to check out some others that way. I'd give yourself an hour just to make sure it is alive and working, just in case you need to ship it back.. Color, I did get it!! When I ordered they said around the 26th but then on the 12th I got a notice that it was ready to ship with estimated arrival on the 18th. It was in Bell, CA which is maybe 12 miles as the crow flies, but the PO didn't acknowledge that it was heading to them until late on the 17th. I was actually home all day on the 18th (gone on the 17th and had dental appt on the 19th), so that was a little bit disappointing, but then it arrived the 19th before I took off for the dentist. Mine is still just named "Lynn's Kindle" so far. I don't think I'm signed up yet.. and if I am I think I'm Seasnork since someone already has Seamonkey, but that may not be on that board.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 3:10 pm
I'm Sandpiper on kindleboards.com. Stickin' with the beach / water theme.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 1:06 pm
Second Gen. Kindle should be out early in the new year
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Sunday, November 30, 2008 - 2:34 pm
A note if you travel, though... You can't read your Kindle books during takeoff and landings.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 7:46 am
Maybe about second generation. For a while, was supposed to be out the end of this year. Didn't happen. Very little, if any, complaints about current Kindle on kindleboards.com.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 5:40 pm
Kindleboard dangerous.. makes you want to "dress up" the kindle.. (Seamonkey there, too)
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 19, 2008 - 1:46 pm
Ok - I tried out the Kindle we bought dad for Christmas. I wanted to get it set up for him, buy him a couple books and learn how to do some basic activities so I can then teach him. I WANT ONE NOW!!!!! It is so easy to use, so portable & light, sooo....well, fantastic! My 'extra' money from school this year is earmarked for property taxes and our spring break vacation, but next year - watch out! I'm gettin' one of these cool gadgets!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 19, 2008 - 4:55 pm
LOL, Teach! Did you sign him up for the Amazon Daily blog? It is free and just arrives each day. Kind of fun.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 19, 2008 - 5:29 pm
I didn't - largely because I know he's so busy he'd just end up w/hundreds of them sitting there (he hasn't checked his e-mail in the past 45 days). When I get mine -well, let's just say I'd better get it in the summer or I'll be so busy reading, I'll never get my papers for school graded! LOL
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 10:12 pm
Isn't it great, Teach?! I just love being able to carry my library with me.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, December 22, 2008 - 11:00 pm
Hardest thing I did was putting it back in the box so I can wrap it! LOL He better use it, that's all I have to say. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 1:03 pm
Actually with the daily blog it is just one entry and new stuff is added and older entries drop off, but it might not really be of interest to him, anyway. Even if you ordered now, they aren't expected to arrive until next year.. and rumor has it they might be a newer version, but nobody knows. If they mess with the size of it, as rumored, that will be a total bummer for all the companies who have come up with great covers and skins for this size.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 2:12 pm
I won't have the money until next December - so I think I'll wait a bit to order it. LOL The Amazon case came with it, so I didn't get him another. Shoot, I didn't even know other companies had them - do they add in little features like a slot for your ear buds, the charger, etc.? Like I said - we'll see if he uses it. Mom is thinking it will be pretty cool for travel; I'm hoping he'll see it as a way to take a book with him everywhere (which is what I'd do), but he mainly reads at home anyway.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 5:00 pm
Teach, three most popular Kindle cover makers are M-Edge (also available on Amazon) Oberon Design WaterField There are some others, but these seem to be the most popular / talked about.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 - 6:05 pm
Wow - those Oberon covers are just gorgeous! I'm thinking that will make a wonderful Father's Day gift. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 2:34 pm
Yes, I'm salivating over the Oberons too, but $$ I bought a cheaper cover that flips back http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MKRHN0 it comes in five colors and also includes a booklight.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 2:38 pm
I'm also hoping for even more of the Oberon covers to be made that have a wraparound design!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, December 24, 2008 - 10:57 pm
DH just informed me that we get Amazon bucks from our debit card! Wowie! If we didn't have to finish paying for our spring break AND property taxes, I'd be online in a hot minute ordering one! I was looking at the flip covers last night, too. I think my dad will read his more like a book, though, so those that open left/right will probably be more useful. Fortunately, I have 2 brothers, so if all three of us pitch in, it makes the Oberon ones affordable. I also really liked the video they had - I wish Amazon did that. A lot of the cases I looked at there had magnetic clasps, and that just doesn't seem sturdy enough to me.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 8:50 pm
I think somewhere there is a drop test of a naked Kindle.. I've seen it mentioned on http://www.kindleboards.com/ Oberon took time off for the holiday.. think it will be mid-January before they start up again, but they are taking orders, just not replying, I hear. The flipback is working nicely.. the original cover doesn't fold back so you are stuck with the width. I haven't taken it to a restaurant where I'd be dining alone but being able to stand it up may be a good feature, I suppose. Teach.. he might want to go to Amazon.com and then to the Kindle store and then books and then list the books in order of price, just to review the free ones. I think some of the offers only last a short time and he can always remove any book not to his liking. Also on that kindleboards site are posts about free books too, not just from Amazon. Of course for anything else there is lots of time, but the free books are so cool to get!
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Thursday, December 25, 2008 - 10:30 pm
I agree - I've done searches a couple time for free books, and they have tons of classics. I'm not sure what stuff he might like, but I've put 1)Christmas music, 2) two full books, and 3) two other "samples" from books so he can get an idea of how various things work. While he's not computer illiterate, I'll have to teach him one thing at a time, and he'll probably be more comfortable searching on Amazon than on the Kindle at the beginning. Cool thing - if I'm 'teaching' I'm using! LOL
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 1:28 am
Look on Amazon for the Amazon Kindle FAQ by Leslie h Nicoli, Joshua Tallent and... it is quite cheap and is compiled from FAQs on Amazon but in an easier to read format that can be read on the Kindle.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 7:51 am
The cover that comes with Kindle does flip back / fold on the left side.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 11:20 am
But does it have the corner holders? I read it was simply a "slip cover" (I took that to mean it just stays on w/that band that goes around the outside, but doesn't really secure the Kindle). Of course, I was too busy playing w/the electronics end that I never even looked at the cover! LOL
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 2:11 pm
I read after I already got my blue flip cover that there is some way to hook the kindle into the black cover, but since I didn't know about that, it wasn't the least bit secure and was sort of a PITA.. now when the cover is closed and the elastic is around it, it seems pretty secure. The Oberon comes with corners or with velcro, the one I have has a clip system. At kindleboards.com many people have posted about the pros and cons of each kind of cover and included pictures as well. I have ordered a skin for my Kindle too.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 4:07 pm
KINDLE freebie heads-up.. Dec 26 only.. you can download today's copy of USA Today (I gather this is a new newspaper sub available for Kindle now) for free. I found this by clicking Menu and Shop Kindle Storr and looking at the Kindle Daily Post (which isn't actually Daily, but sometimes tells of good deals).
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 4:38 pm
I just downloaded Laurie Notaro's new book for free, too! My mom will love it. The title is "The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death." I've read all her books, and love them for their humor.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, December 26, 2008 - 5:09 pm
I think I have that D/L... LOL.. I have 13 pages on my list but many are just samples. Have free books from Amazon and another site too. I have a feeling some of my samples will prove to have jumped in price when I finally get to them. If you see a really good bargain, grab it (and free is good).
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 11:23 pm
Well, dad loved it and has at least learned to read the books I had purchased. The free Notaro book wouldn't download at their house, even though I could access the Kindle store. The "note" at the store when I tried to buy it again, said to use content manager and manually check for new items. No luck. Instead, I used his computer to download them and then copy them. Is this a problem for many people? Is it that the whispernet isn't strong enough for downloads - just for access? That was what I really didn't understand. If I could get to the kindle store, the connection was obviously there, but no matter what we did, new content wouldn't download automatically. He's going to try it up at school this week because he thinks he might have a better signal. He loved the music feature, too. Today's lesson was just 1) how to read books and 2) how to buy books. Next we work on downloading them from computer and adding music. AND I STILL WANT ONE! LOL 
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