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So I'm getting my Kindle 3G today and I'm very excited to try it out. I initially thought the 3G was only for downloading books but I'm really excited about having internet access everywhere (even if the browser is finicky).
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So I think I may have an issue with my kindle 3. It won't come back from sleeping. It was last at around 2/3 battery. I never turned it off so it went to the splash screen that comes up. I slide the power switch, it lights green, and then nothing happens and the splash screen remains. I've held the power switch until it blinks green and turns off. Nothing happens. Wireless is off. I do have it in the non lighted amazon cover which I heard shorts the unit but I've done all of the above with the kindle out of the cover and it does the same. Any tips on what to do? If it matters, I got the kindle about november/decemberish.
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Feb 3, 2011 21:15
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Well I solved my issue with my kindle. Somehow it ran out of juice so I guess I might have left wireless on (but I'm certain I turned it off). Anyway, figured out how to get free news with calibre and send it to my free kindle account so I can download through a wireless network. I also found mangle and now I can read comics on my kindle (apparently entire series are only ~200 mbs  ).
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Feb 4, 2011 20:47
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blue squares posted:Well I hate putting PDFs on my Kindle because it's zoom feature sucks. You can only zoom by 150%, 200%, or 300%. If something isn't readable/fits in one screen at those settings, it's a pain in the rear end. If it has no figures or pictures and is text, you can put it through calibre and it'll look pretty good and you don't need to deal with zooming. If there are pictures, I don't know how calibre handles that.
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Feb 18, 2011 00:58
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zmcnulty posted:I bought my fiancée a Kindle 3G for Christmas and fiddled with it a bit, so I decided to pick one up for myself. Mostly I am hoping it will encourage me to read more; in the past five years I've only read like four books out of personal interest. So I feel like I ought to be reading more. I was like you in terms of not reading much and since getting a Kindle in November, I've read something like 9ish books and half-read quite a few more. Using Calibre I can get free news too. I also put comics on my Kindle .
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Apr 16, 2011 02:43
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Arnold of Soissons posted:I need more info about both of these please. Sorry for the late reply. Yeah fetch news on calibre. It's a bit iffy getting the e-mail working but it does work. Just play around with how you put in your login information and it should click at some point. Be sure to use your free kindle account or you will be charged 3G fees! As for the comics: http://foosoft.net/mangle/ You need to have the original pictures through but it puts it into an organized easy to read format. I read Akira this way. It does take up a bunch of space (something like 200-400 mbs) and takes forever to transfer. It remembers your spot which is a good feature.
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Apr 26, 2011 01:02
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Levitate posted:Do people find any utility with the 3G version of the Kindle over the basic kind (beyond getting books whenever and wherever)? Well if you are away from a wireless ap like at a hotel with pay for wireless and don't have 3g on your phone, it's nice to have to check e-mail and do some simple things. Otherwise, I haven't used it much. Also, what does jailbreaking your kindle get you exactly? My kindle works perfectly but I don't want to sacrifice usability for some portal 2 screensavers... GoldenNugget fucked around with this message at 20:56 on May 2, 2011 |
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May 2, 2011 20:08
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Oh sweet Cat's Cradle is 3 bucks. There are two versions however; one from Rosettabooks and the other from Random House (which is 11 bucks). Is there a significant difference between the two?
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Jun 3, 2011 00:58
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Then, how does the non ads one keep the jailbreak? Non ad kindles hold their jailbreak/screensavers even if you use 3g to download books.
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Jun 13, 2011 20:13
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HeroOfTheRevolution posted:It's amazing how quickly technology goes from new and cutting-edge to old and ho-him. I just read a couple articles about the Kindle tablet, and all of them referred to the Kindle reader as an 'old-fashioned e-reader' or some variation thereof. I still think my kindle is cutting-edge... Tablets are something else entirely and there will always be a place for a dedicated e-reader like the kindle in my mind.
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Jun 15, 2011 01:23
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Ketzal posted:I'm trying to justify to myself why I should buy a Kindle, and I was wondering if it supports PDFs. My school likes to assign e-readings that are basically shittily scanned pages that are almost always considered images, so you can't highlight the text in reader programs, things like that. Could I somehow convert these to be readable on a Kindle? I could probably live without being able to highlight as long as it'll save me money on printing. You can try out calibre since, in addition to pulling off the news off websites and formatting them to kindle format, it also does pdf reconversions to mobi. If it's shittily scanned, that could pose an issue.
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Jun 16, 2011 00:12
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Toebone posted:The issue was with the non-lighted cases - they plug into the same ports as the lighted cases, which somehow causes the short. If you call and complain about it Amazon will send you a free lighted case replacement. I got my non-lighted case in November of last year. It (still) works fine but do you think I can call amazon and get a lighted replacement? That'd be pretty sweet.
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Jun 16, 2011 22:43
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Willsun posted:I've been tempted to get an e-reader recently since I've been reading a lot before sleeping. Since I'm a thrifty guy yet want a brand new version of the popular e-readers, I'm heavily leaning toward the Kindle. From reading reviews and stuff though and playing with a sample on at a Best Buy, I still have a few concerns that I hope some people can help answer. Don't plan on using the kindle for anything but reading. The browser is just functional and still in the experimental phase. It's clunky, doesn't support anything animated (there's also ghosting with e-ink), and doesn't support multiple windows. It's also a bitch to type on. Google Maps is also a pain to use on kindle. I only used the 3g as a last resort when I ended up at a hotel with no free wifi. I haven't used it for music but I heard you can't make playlists or what not. I think there might be a way to play audio books if you can jailbreak it and install mplayer or something. I use the kindle to read manga. There's a goon made mingle which is command line and a pain to use but it gives you a table of contents. Mangle has a better interface to arrange your chapters. It scales the colors well to B&W. I don't know if there is a way to actually buy comics/manga for kindle right now. Calibre is pretty good for free news and converts it to kindle format with a table of contents. You can also use it for pdfs but that's a bit more finicky. Those things being said, the kindle is great for reading books and that's about it. It has a good screen for reading and the battery last about a month without charging (I've totally forgotten when was the last time I charged my kindle).
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Jun 29, 2011 22:51
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