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Originally Posted by whitearrow
"Mobile" designed pages work best for the Kindle browser. You can usually find a mobile page by putting an m. at the beginning of the address -- m.yahoo.com, m.google.com -- such pages are likely to have no flash and will also load more quickly. Almost any major site has a mobile version these days -- if you can't find it's address by guessing, google for it.
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That is very good to know Whitearrow! Thank you for posting that.
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Originally Posted by bZkindle
My internet was shut down for a couple of months.
The kindle was my lifeline to the outside world.
The browser really isn't as bad as some make it out to be, as long as you know what you're looking for and don't want to just poke around on the web.
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That is wonderful to know it worked well for you in that situation. I was in North Alabama last week where the power plant and 90 main lines were taken out by a tornado. Power will likely be out for at least a week, and my cell phone discharged incredibly fast, probably because the nearby towers were out.
It was stressful not being able to access the outside world. I hate not having internet access, especially in an emergency situation. I ended up driving up north, but may have stuck it out if I at least had some reliable form of communications.
I noticed that Amazon also sells a solar/crank powered radio that can charge sell phones and also charges Kindles, which would be awesome in that kind of situation.
Thanks again for all the replies.
bZkindle, I do have some PDFs, so that may be a better option.
I also have some old books in .txt form. Will the kindle read those or will I have to convert them?
Is there any way to write notes in .txt or something similar, or is it only in conjunction with a particular book?