Using a Kindle

dmjames · 08-01-2012 1:52pm

GO ahead and buy one .I don't think you will regret it .I bought a SOVOS e reader from amazon .Very easy to download books once you get the hang of it .I was going to buy a kindle but they would only post it from america . maybe that's all changed now .I'll never go back to paper books again .It's so easy to get books that you don't really need to pass books on to another person .

BostonB · 08-01-2012 1:55pm

dmjames wrote: »

dmjames wrote: »

...It's so easy to get books that you don't really need to pass books on to another person

.. and never get back. lol.

dmjames · 08-01-2012 1:56pm

quite right there.

flyaway. · 08-01-2012 3:11pm

dmjames wrote: »

GO ahead and buy one .I don't think you will regret it .I bought a SOVOS e reader from amazon .Very easy to download books once you get the hang of it .I was going to buy a kindle but they would only post it from america . maybe that's all changed now .I'll never go back to paper books again .It's so easy to get books that you don't really need to pass books on to another person .

They sell them in Tesco now.

crotalus667 · 08-01-2012 4:35pm

flyaway. wrote: »

They sell them in Tesco now.

and currys / pc world which seem to have better selection of covers than tesco (or at least my local tesco)

shannon82 · 08-01-2012 10:19pm

am going to get the 3g one tomorrow in Currys, if anybody has bought from here did you buy the extended warrany is it worth it?

Posy · 08-01-2012 10:41pm

eskimocat wrote: »

I was contemplating a Kindle and thought i would see how the folks on here were getting on with them. The technology sounds a bit complicated in terms of downloading etc.. since I never actually downloaded anything much of the internet.. no music, no games, you get the picture. Still ye seem to have good advice on those things, thanks.

If you have the keyboard one you can download very easily once you set up an account on amazon.co.uk or amazon.com.
You just click on your Kindle to 'Shop in Kindle store', type in the name of the book you want, scroll through the titles and when you've picked the one you'd like either 'download a sample' (to read a few pages in advance before buying) or click 'Buy this book now.'
The title will have been downloaded as fast as you can get back to your home screen.

[-0-] · 08-01-2012 11:05pm

Can anyone recommend a cover for my kindle 3g? I'm thinking of getting one with a light but I've heard of battery drain issues and I don't want to have to charge my kindle every week and risk degrading the battery.

Brian017 · 08-01-2012 11:13pm

The light works on its own battery so don't know why people are experiencing battery drain

[-0-] · 08-01-2012 11:39pm

Brian017 wrote: »

The light works on its own battery so don't know why people are experiencing battery drain

Not with this one... http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Lighted-Leather-Cover-Keyboard/dp/B003DZ165W/ref=sr_1_1?s=fiona-hardware&ie=UTF8&qid=1326062340&sr=1-1

I already have a light (a belkin one) so I might just get the following cover: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Leather-Updated-Design-Keyboard/dp/B004JXVOEU/ref=sr_1_6?s=fiona-hardware&ie=UTF8&qid=1326062340&sr=1-6

crotalus667 · 09-01-2012 12:18am

[-0-] wrote: »

I already have a light (a belkin one) so I might just get the following cover: http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Leather-Updated-Design-Keyboard/dp/B004JXVOEU/ref=sr_1_6?s=fiona-hardware&ie=UTF8&qid=1326062340&sr=1-6

i have that one the only complaint i have about it is it makes it hard to trye plus it means you have to turnpage with the right side buttons

Posy · 09-01-2012 2:23am

I read with the cover folded over so can use either side-buttons to turn the page.

I ended up getting the cover with the light. I have the wireless turned off if using the light, to compensate. It doesn't seem to hugely drain the battery. I got it because I figured better and handier to have the light, rather than end up regretting getting the other one.

Are you going for the green one? It looks like a great colour!

[-0-] · 09-01-2012 5:11am

Posy wrote: »

I read with the cover folded over so can use either side-buttons to turn the page.

I ended up getting the cover with the light. I have the wireless turned off if using the light, to compensate. It doesn't seem to hugely drain the battery. I got it because I figured better and handier to have the light, rather than end up regretting getting the other one.

Are you going for the green one? It looks like a great colour!

Yep I ordered it a few hours ago. Green is my favourite colour and the kindle I have is white so it will look lovely I hope.

mcgovern · 09-01-2012 1:27pm

I use this cover and its great. No light, so I use a normal book light when reading in bed.

tuxy · 09-01-2012 2:05pm

mcgovern wrote: »

I use this cover and its great. No light, so I use a normal book light when reading in bed.

That's the one I have too. Love it.

ixoy · 09-01-2012 4:51pm

tuxy wrote: »

That's the one I have too. Love it.

Me three and my mum got it too. It's a lovely cover.

For a light, I use the clip-on Mighty Bright. Works beautifully and I haven't had to change the batteries since I got it in June.

mcgovern · 10-01-2012 6:23pm

ixoy wrote: »

Me three and my mum got it too. It's a lovely cover.

For a light, I use the clip-on Mighty Bright. Works beautifully and I haven't had to change the batteries since I got it in June.

I got one of these for a tenner in tesco. Avoid.

tuxy · 10-01-2012 6:29pm

Was on a plane today. They made me stop using my kindle on take off and landing while people with real books could continue reading.

emeraldstar · 10-01-2012 6:47pm

tuxy wrote: »

Was on a plane today. They made me stop using my kindle on take off and landing while people with real books could continue reading.

Haha, brilliant

Posy · 10-01-2012 8:48pm

How come? Could you not just switch the wireless off?

Have a cover on it, or hide it in a magazine- they'll never know!

(Kidding!)

tuxy · 10-01-2012 8:55pm

I had a cover on it. They have a blanket ban on the use of all electrical items on take off and landing

Posy · 10-01-2012 9:16pm

"I have gathered you all here" announced the detective, puffing nonchalantly on his pipe "for the small matter of telling you all that I have uncovered Sir Hugo's killer.."
A collective gasp ran through the group.
"Ah yes, it's all so simple now. The red rose left in his lapel, the missing vase that seemed to have been broken in the struggle and of course- the small matter of Lady Evelyn's inheritance. I have been so blind! How could I not have known at once that the killer was..."

'LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS AND TURN OFF ALL ELECTRICAL DEVICES AS WE APPROACH FOR LANDING'

[-0-] · 11-01-2012 3:50am

I faced the same torture on Saturday, and will no doubt go through it again when I fly back to Ireland on the 21st. However I have a cover and I intend on getting away with it!

I have friends who are pilots and they've recorded videos on their phones taking off and landing. Wireless & electronic devices don't matter at all. They just do it to cover their arse. Think about it, if it mattered they would take them off you and return them after the flight.

The_Kew_Tour · 11-01-2012 10:30am

Read my first book on the Kindle over past few days and have to say I really like it.

Will get used to this, I think.

syklops · 11-01-2012 10:35am

[-0-] wrote: »

I faced the same torture on Saturday, and will no doubt go through it again when I fly back to Ireland on the 21st. However I have a cover and I intend on getting away with it!

I have friends who are pilots and they've recorded videos on their phones taking off and landing. Wireless & electronic devices don't matter at all. They just do it to cover their arse. Think about it, if it mattered they would take them off you and return them after the flight.

Also, my understanding of the way in which the kindles e-Ink works is that it only uses electricity when printing the page. I wonder would a future "flight safe" mode be possible where by you turn it on, display(print) the page, and then turn it off. So, so long as the killer is revealed as being O'Toole the gardener at the bottom of the page, you will be able to read it and get around the "All electronic devices must be off" rule.

Or relax it, or just admit they have lost. The number of people who go to turn on their phone upon landing only to realise its been on the entire time must be a regular occurrence.

Animord · 13-01-2012 11:20pm

mickoregan wrote: »

DON'T DO IT........:D

So, I got one. Even though you said no. Sorry for such disobedience

I have got to say I love it - though it takes a bit of getting used to - for the 'everyday' reading that I do, where I really don't need to own the book, as it were (I am quite into whodunnits at the moment) they are brill. There is still nothing better than having a real book and I am sure I will continue to buy them, but on balance I think they are a good thing.

The_Kew_Tour · 15-01-2012 12:32am

Some fantastic classic free books too just downloaded.

Was worth getting one now for sure.

Posy · 16-01-2012 2:59am

The free classics are brilliant!!

Nody · 16-01-2012 3:03pm

[-0-] wrote: »

I have friends who are pilots and they've recorded videos on their phones taking off and landing. Wireless & electronic devices don't matter at all. They just do it to cover their arse. Think about it, if it mattered they would take them off you and return them after the flight.

The original ban was due to the fear how the mobile phone would connect to so many phone masts (and hog space) due to height and speed of the plane iirc.

Tin Foil Hat · 26-01-2012 8:16pm

Stupid Kindle question:-

Is it possible to reset a book so that, on a second read, if you go to furthest page read you won't go straight to the end of the book?
I can't figure it out. I'm sure I'll kick myself when I find out.

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