Kindle

binky · 04-07-2009, 09:48 PM

Just asking if anyone owns a Kindle, and what their opinion of them is

wolf · 04-09-2009, 09:46 PM

I blathered on about mine here.

I still love it.

richlevy · 04-09-2009, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I blathered on about mine here.

I still love it.

The big question is how would I load and read free content from Project Gutenberg or another free site. Would I have to pay them to transfer it? Would I have to buy translation software.

wolf · 04-10-2009, 11:31 AM

I haven't tried the free stuff from Gutenberg, although a lot of the stuff that probably is available from there is sold for under $1, AND you get goodies like a browsable table of contents, linked footnotes, other formatting niceties.

You can transfer files yourself, either by linking to your computer with the supplied cables, or you can email them to yourself. Actually, I've already mailed myself several large PDF files that converted quite nicely (this is listed as "experiemental").

binky · 04-10-2009, 02:05 PM

Just looked on Amazon for the Kindle 2 and now I REALLY want one

Flint · 04-10-2009, 02:09 PM

Be Kindle, Rewindle.

Shawnee123 · 04-11-2009, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Be Kindle, Rewindle.

:p

Hush, Front Row Joe of the videocassette industry.

limey · 04-13-2009, 11:59 AM

So, Wolf, would a technologically challenged older person who wants to read but needs books in larger print be able to handle reading on it? If someone else loaded the highbrow books for her? Or, to put it more simply - how easy is it to operate as a book?
Yours curiously ...

wolf · 04-13-2009, 01:33 PM

Super easy to operate. Click the button to the right to page ahead, the button to the left to page behind, easy to set type sizes, from way big to almost too tiny.

Menu-driven navigation is easy to figure out. Full querty keyboard if you're the sort of person that likes to make notes (or to use the search functions).

Not sure if they've enabled the device for the UK yet, though. AFAIK it's U.S. (and maybe Canada) only.

sweetwater · 04-14-2009, 10:43 AM

limey, we kids bought one for my mother who is very technologically challenged ("I need to dial a number and there's only buttons on the phone!") and has difficulty seeing. She not only can read with the Kindle, she loves it and can dial up font size or change books herself. My sister loads the books in for her but then she can handle everything else. It's wonderful.

Griff · 04-14-2009, 10:55 AM

I'm usually pretty immune to tech-lust but I'm starting to drool. Any price break on the books vs downloads?

Griff · 04-14-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I haven't tried the free stuff from Gutenberg, although a lot of the stuff that probably is available from there is sold for under $1, AND you get goodies like a browsable table of contents, linked footnotes, other formatting niceties.

oops, guess so

Cloud · 04-14-2009, 11:02 AM

I just use my iphone.

Clodfobble · 04-14-2009, 01:12 PM

Doesn't the Kindle cost less than the iphone? Not that I can afford either, I'm just curious.

limey · 04-15-2009, 06:26 AM

Wolf, Sweet (that's not an endearment to you, wolf unless you want it to be!) ... next question: How easy is it to press the wrong button so that won't do what you want it to? i.e. accidentally enter menu mode; unintentionally make the type tiny, or whatever. Ideally I'm after something I can tailor to her requirements and then set in idiot-proof mode so that all she has to do is page left or right.
If she can press the wrong button she will, bless her!

04-07-2009, 09:48 PM	#1
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	Kindle Just asking if anyone owns a Kindle, and what their opinion of them is __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

04-09-2009, 09:46 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I blathered on about mine here. I still love it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-10-2009, 11:31 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I haven't tried the free stuff from Gutenberg, although a lot of the stuff that probably is available from there is sold for under $1, AND you get goodies like a browsable table of contents, linked footnotes, other formatting niceties. You can transfer files yourself, either by linking to your computer with the supplied cables, or you can email them to yourself. Actually, I've already mailed myself several large PDF files that converted quite nicely (this is listed as "experiemental"). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-10-2009, 02:05 PM	#5
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	Just looked on Amazon for the Kindle 2 and now I REALLY want one __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

04-10-2009, 02:09 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Be Kindle, Rewindle. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-13-2009, 11:59 AM	#8
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	So, Wolf, would a technologically challenged older person who wants to read but needs books in larger print be able to handle reading on it? If someone else loaded the highbrow books for her? Or, to put it more simply - how easy is it to operate as a book? Yours curiously ... __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

04-13-2009, 01:33 PM	#9
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Super easy to operate. Click the button to the right to page ahead, the button to the left to page behind, easy to set type sizes, from way big to almost too tiny. Menu-driven navigation is easy to figure out. Full querty keyboard if you're the sort of person that likes to make notes (or to use the search functions). Not sure if they've enabled the device for the UK yet, though. AFAIK it's U.S. (and maybe Canada) only. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-14-2009, 10:43 AM	#10
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	limey, we kids bought one for my mother who is very technologically challenged ("I need to dial a number and there's only buttons on the phone!") and has difficulty seeing. She not only can read with the Kindle, she loves it and can dial up font size or change books herself. My sister loads the books in for her but then she can handle everything else. It's wonderful. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

04-14-2009, 10:55 AM	#11
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I'm usually pretty immune to tech-lust but I'm starting to drool. Any price break on the books vs downloads? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-14-2009, 11:02 AM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I just use my iphone. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-14-2009, 01:12 PM	#14
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Doesn't the Kindle cost less than the iphone? Not that I can afford either, I'm just curious. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-15-2009, 06:26 AM	#15
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Wolf, Sweet (that's not an endearment to you, wolf unless you want it to be!) ... next question: How easy is it to press the wrong button so that won't do what you want it to? i.e. accidentally enter menu mode; unintentionally make the type tiny, or whatever. Ideally I'm after something I can tailor to her requirements and then set in idiot-proof mode so that all she has to do is page left or right. If she can press the wrong button she will, bless her! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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