Anyone bought a Kindle?

**abaddonxi** · 3rd December 2010, 09:01 AM

I use the Kindle app on my iphone a lot and it's great.

A couple of months ago I reckoned an ipad would be a waste of time, now I'm not so sure. Reckon Kindle on an ipad would be great, and you get the rest as well.

51jay · 5th January 2011, 10:36 PM

If you'r into reading magazines you want to check how they come down in the various formats. I want one mainly to get the electronic version of Analog magazine.
I have a Kogan, plus Kindle and E-Reader on my PC. I've found that the Kindle version of Analog is the best by a long long way and the closest to having the paper version. I find i'm using the PC Kindle all the time though you have to use Amazon books which are dearer than other suppliers. I have pretty much given up on the Kogan, if you don't turn a page for 7 minutes or so it turns itself off but doesn't bookmark your page and that was a real pain in the butt, can take ten minutes to get back to where you were. PDF download was the worst just a list of PDF files in no particular order and no way of knowing what was in each one until you opened it, no illustrations either, although the mag cover was there ...but in black and white.
I'm quite happy with my PC Kindle but if I get another hardware version it will probably be a Kindle.

**DiscoCam** · 6th January 2011, 09:39 PM

Thanks 51jay. I looked at the Kogan but saw some feedback about slow page turns etc.

Ended up buying the Sony Pocket Reader. Not quite the features of the Kindle but not tied in to buying exclusively from Amazon and had the best notes & dictionary functions of the ones I could test.

SWMBO loves it and as the saying goes Happy Wife, happy life

51jay · 7th January 2011, 08:38 AM

sweet, Just found I can get from Fictionwise as well so probably others too. Trick is to download in Kindle compatable format. Don't need all the fancy bits.... I just want to read.
A lot of the brand names on the market appear to be the same device with possibly a few cosmetic changes.

**RVR110** · 28th January 2011, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoCam

...Is the 3g any use in the Kindle? Paying a conversion fee on the credit card each time kind of defeats the purpose of buying cheap ebooks. Do you set up an account with Amazon & they just debit your card each purchase?

I gave my wife a 3G Kindle for Christmas and she loves it.

3G is brilliant. As long as you're in a 3G area you can buy a book and begin reading it literally within a couple of minutes. No phone or broadband bills. No need to sync with a computer. She can even buy a book when travelling over seas. It's no hassle - just find a book and purchase it. No need to enter a credit card number - Amazon use the card details that are on file.

I haven't been charged foreign currency processing fees. The latest book she bought is a current best seller. It cost USD $14.05 and on the credit card it came up as AUD $14.67 without a separate transaction fee. Local RRP on the paperback edition of this book is $39.99 AUD.

Of course 3G isn't available when we're off road (no 3G coverage) so she can only read the books that she's already bought. Amazon allocate an email address to your Kindle. You just email a pdf to that email address and it gets pushed to your Kindle.

I have the Kindle app on my iPhone. It shares the same Amazon account that my wife uses. This means that we can both read the same book on our own device without buying it twice. Amazon maintain a library of your purchases so if you lose the device you haven't lost your "books".

Soon I'll be putting all of the Land Rover Workshop manuals for my car on the Kindle just in case I need them when we're away...

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