Is there a way around the country specific restrictions for the Kindle Touch?

[tradingbr]

Amazon won't let me buy the KT apps, like chess, calculator, notepad, etc
Is there a hack for this?

[lumanz]

Use a proxy

[sucah]

Add a new valid address in US on your account, and change country setting on Manage Your Kindle and choose your new US address. For US address, you need a complete address include postcode and phone number, you can use your friend address, office or even hotel address.
@lumanz: no need proxy.

[jglerner]

sucah is right!

[devoidikk]

Originally Posted by sucah

you can use your friend address, office or even hotel address.
@lumanz: no need proxy.

Have you tried that? I want to change the country settings so I can use the kindle owners’ lending library (available only in the U.S.). Though I don't have an address to do that (I'm from Mexico and I don't have any friend living there )

I'll appreciate for someone sharing his/her experience doing what you just said

[morantis]

Look up remailing services in Las Vegas, Neveda for a valid US address.

[devoidikk]

Originally Posted by morantis

Look up remailing services in Las Vegas, Neveda for a valid US address.

Thanks for the tip! but...why in Las Vegas, Neveda?

[morantis]

Originally Posted by devoidikk

Thanks for the tip! but...why in Las Vegas, Neveda?

There seems to be a lot of these types of services in Las Vegas, lol, must be the type of businesses that flock to a casino based town.

[geekmaster]

Las Vegas has a lot of very relaxed laws (besides gambling) that include other common legal vices, such as "the oldest profession", and relaxed business laws that make it a popular home (empty offices) for some questionable businesses. Remailing services are popular for "shady outfits" and "fly-by-night" companies, so there are a lot more remailing services located there.

The purpose of a remailing service is that it gives you a "normal" address that can be used to receive packages and mail that cannot be shipped to a Post Office Box (P.O. address). Then they repackage your mail and ship it to you anywhere in the world. Or, in the case of amazon, it makes you look to them like you live in the USA.

[morantis]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Las Vegas has a lot of very relaxed laws (besides gambling) that include other common legal vices, such as "the oldest profession", and relaxed business laws that make it a popular home (empty offices) for some questionable businesses. Remailing services are popular for "shady outfits" and "fly-by-night" companies, so there are a lot more remailing services located there.

The purpose of a remailing service is that it gives you a "normal" address that can be used to receive packages and mail that cannot be shipped to a Post Office Box (P.O. address). Then they repackage your mail and ship it to you anywhere in the world. Or, in the case of amazon, it makes you look to them like you live in the USA.

My sister was being harassed on her home phone by a "collection" agency that claimed to be supported by a law firm. She spoke with them and set up a payment plan. Before sending any money she spoke with me and I said that was great, but get the law firm to send the agreement in writing. Instead, she got some generic letter from a law firm in Las Vegas. I was curious and Google Maps came to the rescue. It was an address in a strip center in Las Vegas and when you went to "street view" there was no sign of the law firm. So I called the business next door to the address that was given for the law firm and they said that they had no idea who those people were, but that the address referred to a closed dry cleaner from months before.

The scary thing is that I know, and I am pretty sure that you have knowledge of how easy it is to use software like Asterisk to run your phone center and that right there in the software is a setting for what you want to show on the caller ID. She still gets calls from them, even after explaining to them that she knew what they were doing. She occasionally blocks the number and they spin a new one within a few weeks. She doesn't really care. Just an interesting note on the Las Vegas thing.