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Kingston · 01-02-2008, 06:56 AM

Thanks for the warm welcome Alisa!

I knew before ordering my Kindle that I was out of EVDO range and would have to use USB. I ordered about 15 books Monday and didn't want to use up 20-40 Megs on my hard drive it would have consumed using USB. So yes, I've been using the USB cable since the get-go. And of course the wireless switch stays off unless I find myself in range.

Here's what the TSA has to say about the battery issue

http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...batteries.shtm

and New York Times has this:

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/1...n-check-again/

I agree with the first responder in the NYT article. The checkers will not understand the fine points of the rules, and will just throw out our valuable batteries. What a world!

01-02-2008, 06:56 AM	#5
Kingston Addict Posts: 238 Karma: 834 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Tennessee Device: Kindle, Iliad v2 & v1,Gen 3 from NAEB, Sony PRS-505, Jetbook	Thanks for the warm welcome Alisa! I knew before ordering my Kindle that I was out of EVDO range and would have to use USB. I ordered about 15 books Monday and didn't want to use up 20-40 Megs on my hard drive it would have consumed using USB. So yes, I've been using the USB cable since the get-go. And of course the wireless switch stays off unless I find myself in range. Here's what the TSA has to say about the battery issue http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtrav...batteries.shtm and New York Times has this: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/1...n-check-again/ I agree with the first responder in the NYT article. The checkers will not understand the fine points of the rules, and will just throw out our valuable batteries. What a world!