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Old 11-19-2007, 10:12 AM   #16
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Well they are calling the $0.10 a "Conversion Fee".
When you send documents to your kindle via email.
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Old 11-19-2007, 10:58 AM   #17
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The information says that each email costs $.10.
What about SPAM? Do you get charged $.10/each SPAM too?
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:02 AM   #18
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Nope. No SPAM.

You have to go to the Amazon website and enter email addresses you want to receive emails from.

Nice touch since spam would absolutely ruin this experience.
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:10 AM   #19
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Well they are calling the $0.10 a "Conversion Fee".
The conversion is from (say) .doc to a format readable on the Kindle. if you don't want to pay the fee, then it is possible to convert to DRM-free MOBI (say) on your PC and then use USB to copy the file to your Kindle.
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:13 AM   #20
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No PDF support either. You'll have to convert it yourself to DOC or HTML first as best you can. And that means, of course, no Digital Editions either.
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Old 11-19-2007, 11:20 AM   #21
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The conversion is from (say) .doc to a format readable on the Kindle. if you don't want to pay the fee, then it is possible to convert to DRM-free MOBI (say) on your PC and then use USB to copy the file to your Kindle.
You can also send that DOC file to a related email address that will convert it for you, then send it on to your home email (the one you use to login to Amazon.com).

Since it only costs $.10, does anyone want to have fun with Amazon? I want people to send me DOC files at least 200MB in size. They will lose money on each transaction.
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Old 11-19-2007, 12:11 PM   #22
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Does anyone know where I can find a coverage map for the Whispernet EVDO? Not sure it would work here....

And is that $0.10 per document or per page?
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Old 11-19-2007, 12:49 PM   #23
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Does anyone know where I can find a coverage map for the Whispernet EVDO? Not sure it would work here....
Not sure unless you could use Sprint's coverage map. The device also does 1xRTT for areas that don't have EVDO.
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Old 11-19-2007, 12:58 PM   #24
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Nope. No SPAM.

You have to go to the Amazon website and enter email addresses you want to receive emails from.

Nice touch since spam would absolutely ruin this experience.
I've gotten spam on my Yahoo account that was nominally addressed from my yahoo account. I expect there will be some spamming going on no matter what.

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I agree. They have to replace the EVDO with something available outside the US.
One thought just occurred to me, what happens when the EVDO infrastructure is phased out in favor of something else down the line? I'm guessing there's not likely to be a way to upgrade the wireless hardware.
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Old 11-19-2007, 01:00 PM   #25
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If they're got any sense they'll have implemented the wireless stuff as a separate plug-in module. That's a big "if", though...
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Not sure unless you could use Sprint's coverage map. The device also does 1xRTT for areas that don't have EVDO.
OK, Sprint's info map does not specify the technology. Would the EVDO in the attached map of our area be Orange and the 1xRTT be Green?

Update: I just talked to Kindle support and the above is correct.

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I'm guessing there's not likely to be a way to upgrade the wireless hardware.
You are likely right. Probably would have to buy the Kindle II. OTOH, by that time we will probably have color e-ink, higher res, and all sorts of stuff that would make one want to upgrade anyway...
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