First off, glad I found this site, been reading it most of the day now but want to ask a couple quick questions to ensure I'm on the right track here! I'm actually not the reader per say, just ordered the new Kindle3 for my wife (reads a book per week) She has been watching the industry for awhile now and was probably going to ask for one at Xmas so I figured why wait - since the new edition is on route right now.
Ok - to the questions, when it gets here - do I assume it's not ready to go out of the box so to speak ? Wondering as follows (so I can maybe get things ready for her in advance - she's kinda impatient with setups LOL )
- Does it need a pre-charge ?
- Ordered it as a gift so she can register it with her own Amazon account, once she does that online can she simply start buying books with it right after the config process or?
- We use a MAC, does this thing come with some kind of accompanied Kindle Software as well for computers? (I've read up on Calibre and file formats so I think I am clear on that quest - I'll figure that out no problem) Guess I'm wondering if the process is similar to an iPod for example where iTunes keeps track of your purchases from the device when you plug it into your machine if you purchase through the device itself (backs it up etc)
- Can I get magazine subscriptions with it yet or are there only some newspaper subscriptions available at this time?
Thats it for now, looking forward to getting this little gem for sure and contributing to the site.
Cheers,
