Do You Own a Kindle?


View Poll Results: Do You Own a Kindle?
No. 22 44.00%
No, but I'm thinking about buying one. 16 32.00%
Yes, and I love it. 12 24.00%
Yes, and I wish I didn't. 0 0%
Voters: 50. This poll is closed

 
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# 29  
Old 03-24-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
I'm a bit taken aback to learn that such a thing is possible.
You can see what it is at:
Home -> Menu -> Settings -> (page 2) -> Device Email

You can change the address online, and set up allowed source email addresses. I don't remember what the default settings were.

Also note that if you send a document to be converted, you might get charged for it. There's a free email address, but it doesn't get sent directly to your device.
# 30  
Old 03-24-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Perderabo
I can plug my kindle into a Window computer and it mounts the kindle like it is a USD thumb drive. Then I copied my pdf file to the kindle, "ejected" it and my pdf's were there.
I do that with my Sony Reader. But I don't have a Windows PC. I added a line to my /etc/fstab:
Code:
UUID=0000-XXXX         /mnt/sony vfat    defaults,users,noauto,rw       0 0

Then I use the commands
mount /mnt/sony
and
umount /mnt/sony

I think I got the UUID from the lsusb command.
# 31  
Old 04-06-2011
No. I didn't made efforts to get a kindle.
# 32  
Old 06-09-2011
No. I love the smell of books, and also love to own books and share them Smilie
# 33  
Old 06-21-2011
My wife got one some time ago to be able to read her fan fiction offline as it would be very awkward to print it all out and she is totally amazed with it. I was also very impressed when I saw the quality of it. It simply looks like a printed page and the tool itself is very flat, lightweight and robust enough for daily use.
# 34  
Old 09-23-2011
I can't read on the computer for to long, so I have a hard time seeing myself being able to read on any e-book reader, for any real length of time. Maybe cause it's not nearly as bright it might not be so bad, have to give it a test run.
# 35  
Old 06-29-2012
Nearly 18 months after posting this poll, I finally got a Kindle Touch today. I paid nearly 65% more for it in Thailand (because of taxes, duties, etc) than it costs on the the Amazon web site; but as painful as that sounds, it was worth it.

What a great device! Amazing!

... and much better than using my Android Galaxy Tab with a Kindle app! Much easier on the eyes and so light weight.
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