06-01-2010, 06:09 AM | #1 |
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Kindle international in UK
I'm in an endless loop comparing all the ereaders and had some questions about the Kindle International. I'm unlikely to buy books via amazon and I'll just be wanting to read the ebooks on my PC (mostly txt, pdf and a few epubs files) and other free books over net. Few questions:
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06-01-2010, 06:55 AM | #2 | |
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06-01-2010, 10:44 AM | #3 |
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Many thanks for your input.
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06-01-2010, 05:22 PM | #4 |
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I realised I put this in the dev corner of the kindle forum - would a mod please move it to the correct part of the forum.
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06-11-2010, 10:46 AM | #5 | |
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2. Works for Whispernet for downloading from Amazon. I'm not sure about otherwise. 3. Haven't tried this as I couldn't work out how! It sounds like the latest update (2.5.2) will make it easier. 4. Pass 5. No - though there used to be $2 extra on top of the bought book price, this seems to have gone now. 6. Pass 7. Comes from Amazon.com but with a US plug so you need an adapter. There is an official EU and UK plug but you have to buy separately. Some USB adapters work but not all - it seems very fussy. I'm using my mobile phone charger as it has the micro USB connector. 8. Feedbooks has some sort of way of downloading straight to the Kindle without a pc, I think it is stickied in the top of this forum. |
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06-11-2010, 01:25 PM | #6 | |
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It's full web for now with 2.5.2 in the uk, works like a good smartphone from a couple of years ago. You will get charged if you send stuff to the device via whispernet that's not a book bought from amazon. other wise it's free, though i'd expect an email if you started using it extremely heavily. the tts is ok but i hardly use it It will charge you can use any mobile phone charger with the correct plug to charge the kindle or plug it in to a usb port with the supplyed cable If the book is in the correct format you can plug the kindle in to your pc with the supplied micro usb cable to add content, it mounts as a mass stoage device so its pretty easy. |
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06-11-2010, 02:35 PM | #7 |
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Thank you both for your input.
This site shows how to access the internet. This page shows how to highlight a word in a book and then just jump to wikipedia for that entry! Hope they help. I haven't tried any of the above as I don't own one. If I wasn't so indecisive then I'd probably have one already simply for the wikipedia access alone. I still can't work out whether everyone gets all web access or just certain sites in the UK though. Of course the K3 coming out in Aug makes me even more indecisive. Mike |
06-11-2010, 07:06 PM | #8 |
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The now full web access is a side effect of the social networking features in the new firmware, previously you were limited to wikipedia. After comparing it to some of the other e-readers available in the uk it's head and shoulders above the rest. Any way if you order it now it should be with you just as quickly as if it was shipped from the uk. I ordered mine the friday before thanksgiving weekend and had it in my hands monday morning.
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