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10-04-2011, 08:09 PM | #604 | |
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I wish they had stuck with the one-address-per-Kindle. I cannot think of a single problem the new scheme solves for users, or Amazon for that matter, while it does create new problems for users. The less you HAVE TO visit MYK, the better. But they keep adding more reasons you have to go there. The PDoc feature itself will be great, I think, but the send-to-kindle feature has been diminished in both simplicity and function. There's no longer a separate @free.kindle.com address as far as I can see. That means that if you have a 3G Kindle, you have to basically set 3G allowance to $0.00 or there's a possibility that send-to-kindle will incur charges. There are also some restrictions that I don't remember seeing before, such as 'personal use only' and '15 kindle addresses per send-to'. So evidently they are trying to crack down on 3rd party subscriptions that would use that mechanism to bypass Kindle Store (I was not aware that was a problem..). Anyway this is not the right thread for extended discussion, but it has got my dander up a little bit. Not used to seeing mis-steps by Amazon. |
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10-04-2011, 08:23 PM | #605 | |
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10-05-2011, 03:31 AM | #606 | |
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When I got my first job after I finished studies, I was issued a laptop. It was *huge* lugable thing, with monochromatic plasma display (640x480, 16 shades of amber), with space for a few full-sized ISA cards inside, 20MB harddisk (again full sized, because there were no 3.5" harddisks at that time), 640KB RAM, 286 processor, no battery (because a battery able to feed that primitive plasma screen, harddisk, and other power-hungry parts would double the weight of notebook, rendering it non-portable [by a single person]). Nobody called those beasts a notebook, because they did not resemble ... a notebook [a paper book with empty pages for taking notes]. Only when later portable computers got smaller, and started to resemble ... notebooks (paper books ...) they started to be called "notebooks". |
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10-05-2011, 05:29 AM | #607 | |
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you mistake my willingness for you to call the device what you wish. I am not saying you were correct or even incorrect. I think that you probably are relying on a statement that wasn't wholly at least correct. A notebook was/is a smaller laptop in my experience, but that someone (you or not you) might say different is not unexpected in this world of instant experts. Did you look at the page with the Alienware 11.6" notebooks under the Dell Heading Laptops and Notebooks? Could that mean something? Did you look at Chippy's "UMPC portal" one of the world's experts on "ultra" portable. If not that is ok with me. It is easier in some of these cases just to say I agree that you disagree with me and that is what I tried to convey in a pleasant way, but now I make it plainer. Enjoy your new "George" device. |
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10-06-2011, 03:26 PM | #609 |
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I just returned my first K4 for a replacement. Amazon overnighted to me free of charge. My first one had a gray cast to it so much that when it ghost it was white ghosting not the other way around. the CSR said he never heard of one doing that so he gave me another one.
The new one has a light gray background to it. It's much better then the one I returned. Not as light of a background as my K3 which is a creme but pretty darn close.The text is much blacker on the new one as the old one was a dark grey. So if you get a K4 with a really bad gray cast to it, just exchange it. It's not suppose to look that way. |
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10-06-2011, 04:54 PM | #611 |
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I figured it was a common saying but he was so excited this was his first real K4 problem that he made me do all the basic troubleshooting steps which I knew would not fix it, then put me on hold while he probably ran upstairs somewhere asking questions only for me to say when he got back "I already did that."
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I think it depends on the CSR, becuase when I called with the same problem with my K3 the CSR said that it was a known issue on some K3s and it was immediately replaced. Unfortunately, my replacement was a refub, but it still works great.
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10-06-2011, 09:11 PM | #613 | |
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10-06-2011, 09:14 PM | #614 |
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I'd suggest contacting CS now, especially if you can use the chat option online, and explain your concerns - letting them know that the ability for an easy/smooth/cost effective return will weigh in your decision as to whether or not you want to buy the K4.
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