It's here! (and charging) - Page 6

coolbreeze · 08-26-2010, 09:22 PM

Wow, the browser is awesome. Expect the free 3G to end one day in the near future...

Sharone · 08-26-2010, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by coolbreeze

Wow, the browser is awesome. Expect the free 3G to end one day in the near future...

Could anyone please post pics of the browser, and your impressions of the things the browser handles well... and its limitations?

thank you!

kathyfitz · 08-26-2010, 09:58 PM

Thanks Erinath!! The videos were great! I am so anxious for tomorrow to get here!

The screen is sooo much sharper than the K2!

If I go to sleep early, will tomorrow get here faster? (It never really worked for Santa Claus...)

btobw · 08-26-2010, 10:20 PM

Erinath: thanks so much for the time spent in making your excellent videos! great stuff for those of us who have a bit of a longer wait. I'm in Australia, so, although I ordered on July 28, mine won't arrive until around 1 September.

Shibito · 08-26-2010, 10:51 PM

Very nice. Thanks for the impressions and videos.

dcptcons4evr · 08-27-2010, 12:38 AM

I'm jealous sounds nice

v1k1ng1001 · 08-27-2010, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Erinath

It's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crgpr1LO7ns

Thanks Erinath...that video calmed some of my anxieties about handling .pdfs in the Kindle 3.

Now if only Amazon let you 1. expand memory with an sd card and 2. create your own filetrees!

Decisions!

alansplace · 08-27-2010, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Prash

Congrats! Which one is it? 3g or WiFi?

I looked at the 3g version in the morning, and went through the order process until the point of payment, to look at the shipping charge to India. It said it would be shipped only after 17th September. If only it had a memory expansion slot, it would have been the perfect device for me.

i'm curious. why would you need more than 4 gb of memory. that's room for an awful lot of books even with an average size of 500 k each!
--
Alan

jhempel24 · 08-27-2010, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by alansplace

i'm curious. why would you need more than 4 gb of memory. that's room for an awful lot of books even with an average size of 500 k each!
--
Alan

Being able to put books on it without connecting it to a computer for one. You can put the card into your computer load it up when your kindle is not at the computer and just slide it into the unit when you are on the go. It's kind of cumbersome to have the unit connected to the pc/laptop

thinkpad · 08-27-2010, 02:25 AM

I agree, a memory slot would be most useful. Connecting the Kindle to the PC is somewhat cumbersome as opposed to just having a memory card to transfer the files to. They had it on the K1 so why they removed it is a bit of a mystery.

If you've got PDF-files stored as images and not text they're going to be a lot larger than just 500k.

Pushka · 08-27-2010, 02:44 AM

Doesnt a memory stick simply increase the number of processes to get a book loaded? PC - stick - kindle?

TheKindleWorm · 08-27-2010, 02:58 AM

Bah - memory sticks! I like the idea of adding on the storage to suit your own personal needs but if I'm having to fiddle about with taking a memory stick out and plugging that into the PC - well I may as well just plug the whole Kindle in.

What I really want to do is just wirelessly transfer whatever ebooks I want from Calibre, straight to my Kindle. I know there have been mentions of using dropbox as a server so I may investigate this further although I'm not great at working out technical things!

thinkpad · 08-27-2010, 03:23 AM

I think we're talking about two different things. A memory stick is quite bulky as opposed to a memory card that doesn't take any room. A lot of computers comes with built in card readers today.

You would not have to transfer the book once it's on the memory card, the Kindle should be able to read straight from the card without a transfer to the Kindle first.

Another scenario. You would like to compile a list of books (drm free) and give to your friend. Very easy to just give a memory card with the books on and the friend could just plug in the memory card and start reading.

Kumabjorn · 08-27-2010, 03:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ricsmania

Well, there is a problem with that, because Brazil doesn't use the same 3G bands as the US. There is a warning on the US page saying that international buyers should order from the international page to garantee that 3G will work on their country.

Anyway, I'll just get a US charger, it will only be $5 with the discount, but I still think Amazon should offer a free charger for every Kindle.

Well, anyway, now I'll go order mine, I do regret not having ordered when it was first available for preorder. If I had done that it would probably be here in the next few days.

It comes with the USB cable and you can probably buy a USB-electric outlet plug in a store that carries electric gadgets.

ricsmania · 08-27-2010, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn

It comes with the USB cable and you can probably buy a USB-electric outlet plug in a store that carries electric gadgets.

I have several USB plugs laying around, but the Kindle branded one is kinda nice.

Anyway, I went to order it yesterday and found that the power adapter can't be shipped with the Kindle, probably because it's a pre-order, so it would double the shipping costs, which aren't cheap.

So I will just order the Kindle and use one of my spare plugs for now.

Thanks for the help.

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08-26-2010, 09:22 PM	#76
coolbreeze Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 2600 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Nook Color, White 3G K3	Wow, the browser is awesome. Expect the free 3G to end one day in the near future...

08-26-2010, 09:58 PM	#78
kathyfitz Electronics Whore Posts: 115 Karma: 162 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: The Mountains of Southern California Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iPad, iPad mini, iPhone5, Kindle3	Thanks Erinath!! The videos were great! I am so anxious for tomorrow to get here! The screen is sooo much sharper than the K2! If I go to sleep early, will tomorrow get here faster? (It never really worked for Santa Claus...)

08-26-2010, 10:20 PM	#79
btobw Member Posts: 20 Karma: 9448 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kindle 2 & 3	Erinath: thanks so much for the time spent in making your excellent videos! great stuff for those of us who have a bit of a longer wait. I'm in Australia, so, although I ordered on July 28, mine won't arrive until around 1 September.

08-26-2010, 10:51 PM	#80
Shibito Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: none	Very nice. Thanks for the impressions and videos.

08-27-2010, 12:38 AM	#81
dcptcons4evr Avid Reader Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kansas City,MO Device: kindle3	I'm jealous sounds nice

08-27-2010, 02:25 AM	#85
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	I agree, a memory slot would be most useful. Connecting the Kindle to the PC is somewhat cumbersome as opposed to just having a memory card to transfer the files to. They had it on the K1 so why they removed it is a bit of a mystery. If you've got PDF-files stored as images and not text they're going to be a lot larger than just 500k.

08-27-2010, 02:44 AM	#86
Pushka Wizard Posts: 1,119 Karma: 1019140 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Australia Device: kindle, Ipad, Iphone, Nexus and PPW	Doesnt a memory stick simply increase the number of processes to get a book loaded? PC - stick - kindle?

08-27-2010, 02:58 AM	#87
TheKindleWorm Guru Posts: 860 Karma: 177868 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: East Anglia UK Device: Kindle 3G, iPhone 3G, iPod 4G, PB 360, Sony 600 sold, Kindle 2i sold	Bah - memory sticks! I like the idea of adding on the storage to suit your own personal needs but if I'm having to fiddle about with taking a memory stick out and plugging that into the PC - well I may as well just plug the whole Kindle in. What I really want to do is just wirelessly transfer whatever ebooks I want from Calibre, straight to my Kindle. I know there have been mentions of using dropbox as a server so I may investigate this further although I'm not great at working out technical things!

08-27-2010, 03:23 AM	#88
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	I think we're talking about two different things. A memory stick is quite bulky as opposed to a memory card that doesn't take any room. A lot of computers comes with built in card readers today. You would not have to transfer the book once it's on the memory card, the Kindle should be able to read straight from the card without a transfer to the Kindle first. Another scenario. You would like to compile a list of books (drm free) and give to your friend. Very easy to just give a memory card with the books on and the friend could just plug in the memory card and start reading.