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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Friday, October 24, 2008 - 3:27 pm
Anyone have / used a Kindle? I'm reading reviews on Amazon. Good for the most part. I'd like to hear comments directly from a TVCHer. I could eliminate some non-picture books from my shelves and make room for more picture (coffee table) books of which I already have plenty. I'm thinking I might actually read more if I had a Kindle.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, October 24, 2008 - 8:35 pm
My principal at school got one a couple months ago and absolutely adores it! We both like Big Books, and she says the weight alone was worth it. It's a different feel than a book, but for travel or just keeping it in your purse for those unexpected long lines, it's fantastic. She took it to all her son's cross country meets this fall so she could read in between the start and finish of the runs. 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 7:43 am
I think when I'm out and have time to kill (waiting for an appointment, at salon while color is in hair, etc., etc.) would be very good time for it. Better read than listen to music (iPod). Yep, I just may get it.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 3:56 pm
Color, you can also get magazine and newspaper subscriptions on it. Sounds very cool indeed!!
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Serate
Member
08-21-2001
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 8:35 pm
The Kindle made the Digital Trends Top 10 Most Overhyped Gadets list. Amazon Kindle Considering that the Kindle was far from the first e-reader on the block, it's totally amazing to us that it gathered the momentum it did thanks the measly inclusion of a wireless data connection for buying books remotely. At $359, the Kindle is still a pricy gadget for buying books that aren't all that much cheaper than their paperback equivalents. You know how many books $359 can get you at a garage sale? At least 359, which is more than we're guessing you'll ever get through on the Kindle. And when you're done, can you hollow out the Kindle with an Xacto knife to hide things inside? That's what we thought. But take this with a grain of salt. The Apple iPhone is on this list and I think those who own them think they are worth the money.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, October 25, 2008 - 9:50 pm
I barely use a cell phone, much less an iPhone. But I think the Kindle may be my thing.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 12:23 pm
I think a lot depends on how easy it is to read the screen. That has always been a major stopping point with these sorts of devices.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 4:24 pm
But Jimmer someone here checked for me, and said we can't get it or use it here in Canada. Sob. Sniffle. Major pout. Eventually I hope... and by then, MAYBE it will be more affordable.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Monday, October 27, 2008 - 10:40 pm
My sister has one, she loves it. She has me in deep kindle envy ...
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 6:33 am
I bought it. Got an e-mail from Amazon yesterday . . . it has shipped.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 7:02 am
YAY!! Let me know how it is on your eyes. (Is it back-lit or is it black type on white screen or ???)
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 10:25 am
not back lit. it supposedly looks very much like black ink on paper ...
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 6:51 am
Right, it's not backlit. You need a light to read it in the dark. Non-glare screen, so it's good to read outside. I think this board was started recently.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 9:50 am
Mameblanche, take a look here. I don't exactly understand it all, but maybe Canada is in the not too distant future?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 1:31 pm
Bless your heart Colour! I really appreciated that link. It gives me hope that maybe Canada will get 'Kindled' at some point. 
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 1:37 am
They say it is so much like paper it is very readable and you can change font size too. Mame, I'm wondering if you could buy one and just not have the wireless coverage? I know you can also download to a computer and then move it to a memory card and then use it on the Kindle. I mean people can travel with a Kindle and read, even if they cannot download... I ordered one about two hours before the discount expired, but part of me thinks I will have to return it (but part of me thinks.. not a chance...)
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 6:46 am
I did get it. Came on Halloween. Best treat! ('Cept I have to pay for it. Fifty dollar discount makes it easier.) Screen is easy to read. When the "page turns", there is a flash. When you're first checking it out, it's noticeable. But once you get into reading on it, you just don't see the flash. Most have a tendency, of course, to just start reading and then asking questions on message boards, etc. User's Guide that comes loaded on it is worthwhile reading. If you want to know specific things about it, the table of contents does link to various parts of the Guide. Ask here though. I feel pretty knowledgeable (though not totally) about it. I love it. I am reading more already. First book I'm reading is one I have wanted to for some time, but just never bought it in print. "The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America"
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 7:07 am
I've asked on a Kindle message board. I don't think Amazon sells Kindles to / ships to a foreign address. But if you did have a Kindle in Canada, you probably could not buy books via the computer because of foreign billing address. Yet if you had a Kindle in Canada and it was registered to an Amazon account in the U.S., that should work. Up to six Kindles can be registered on one account and can then share books. So if you can get a Kindle somehow in Canada and get it registered on a U.S. Amazon account, I would think you'd be good to go. It would be as if someone from the U.S. was travelling in Canada. Just no access to the Whispernet.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 2:16 pm
Color, that was in interesting book.. I read it a few years ago. Mine won't come until the 24th or later, but I've "ordered" several free books. (you just go to the Kindle store on Amazon and then list the books in low to high price order and you see the free ones and the really cheap ones. I read on a board that some are free for a limited time so I ordered while they were there. I was wondering about the logistics of having more than one kindle registered to an account, just for the sharing of books.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 3:45 pm
Your books can be stored on either your Kindle or on Amazon. They're easily transferred back and forth via the Whispernet. Can be transferred an unlimited number of times -- they are yours once you've purchased or just transferred if free. Any bookmarks, highlights, notes, and clippings you've made in a book will stay with it when transferred back and forth. Any of up to six Kindles on an account have access to any books purchased by that account. But what I don't know is if two or more Kindles on the same account could have the same book on them at the same time. Hmmmm. Sea, have I mentioned the KindleBoards? You should join. It's a friendly place like TVCH.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 4:22 pm
Yes, two or more (up to six) Kindles registered on the same account can each have the same book (single purchase) on it at the same time.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 5:20 pm
I haven't followed the Kindle info TOO much, but I notice the Canadian issue. I am in Canada, and I would PREFER to use the US iTunes store (better selection), so I made up an address, and just registered myself down there. THEN, I bought US iTunes gift cards, and registered them on that account. (Interestingly, you can buy iTunes gift cards for cheaper than the dollar value of the cards, because people get them as gifts, employee incentives, but have no use for them). So I'm just wondering if a similar account could be set up for Kindle. Basically a false address, and maybe Kindle gift cards (if they even exist). I don't know what you guys are talking about WRT wireless access, but you could always try using a proxy IP located in the US.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 6:31 pm
Ultimately, the Kindle has to be registered to an Amazon account which means a U.S. address for billing on a credit card. The Kindle is registered on the account via serial number. I don't think there would be any way around that? To buy books from Amazon, the account has to be set up for 1-click buying. Kindle owners have used Amazon gift cards to buy books. So if you could get a Kindle in Canada registered on U.S. friend's account, you could buy books from Amazon with their gift card. That would seem to solve the problem of using U.S. friend's credit card to buy books. But you would still have to buy them through the account so Amazon knows which Kindle(s) it will go on. Whispernet is cell phone wireless technology, not computer. No towers that Whispernet uses out of the U.S. and not in Alaska and Montana. Also there are a few other sites / sellers from which you can buy books that will work with Kindle. Don't know what they are offhand. And there's other computer stuff involved that I just don't understand or have need to know myself. Want to keep it simple as possible for myself.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 6:38 pm
Color, I'm sure I'll join after mine arrives. As I understand it there are sites where there are free books that you can download and convert to be read.. mostly books in the public domain.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 7:53 pm
You can join now before your Kindle arrives. There are members who would be waiting arrival with you. Free books, convert, etc., etc. -- yes. Because I'm not particularly computer literate, I'm just keeping it simple with Amazon. And I am enjoying it.
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