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IRQ posted:RMA it, mine only takes like 2 hours to charge and that lasts 3 weeks+. Jesus, this shouldn't be the first answer to a question like that. Try some basic troubleshooting stuff before you ship it back to Amazon. Try upgrading to the 3.03 firmware and see if that doesn't get the Kindle acting normally: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_navbox_top_kindlelg?nodeId=200529700
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gmq posted:Maybe it's because I'm used to browsing the Internet on my crappy phone with Opera Mini with a 25MB/$6 rate but I don't mind using the browser on the Kindle, especially considering that it's "free". Speaking of which, have there been any reports on what happens to people when they enable USB tethering on a Kindle? I suspect that it'd be pretty easy to get your device banned, but I haven't heard any stories.
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Feb 3, 2011 02:52
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Cartoon Man posted:Here's an interesting article about ebooks and apple ipad. What? I thought they axed the Sony app because it didn't send you to a website, and instead had an in-app store that didn't go through iTunes. If that's true, though, then it's such bullshit. They're only doing it because they didn't want to take the effort needed to make their own store compete with Sony's and Amazon's.
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Feb 3, 2011 03:58
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maxnmona posted:Why are people asking questions about broken kindles here? Amazon has possibly the best customer service department in the world. Give them a call. People are so used to being dicked around on everything that the idea of Amazon offering customer service beyond telling people they can repair their Kindle for $100 isn't believable.
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April posted:I assumed that since this thread is to discuss the pros & cons of each device, the issues people are having would be on topic. Of course Amazon will fix problems, but wouldn't this be the place to talk about those problems with other potential buyers? That's true, and I think I mentioned in this thread that it's retarded to tell people "Call Amazon and get them to ship you a new Kindle" before attempting to troubleshoot a problem. Amazon's customer service will only stay good as long as it's profitable.
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Feb 3, 2011 23:29
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butt baby posted:Is it possible to edit the margins of an ebook on a kindle if its kind of messed up? I downloaded one of the free books and theres this large empty space on the left thats really bothering me. You can edit everything about an eBook if you use calibre, include the margins, font size, and regex stuff for changing specific bits of text and markup.
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Feb 7, 2011 20:44
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Quad posted:It seems like your main gripe is the price of e-books. I read "How I read" as "I don't like to spend money." Of course the library stuff is going to be really awkward right now; it's a relatively new thing and it's a lot to ask of a library to get everything properly licensed and stuff. But he's got a point in that the Sony store is really expensive. I went from a Sony Reader to a Kindle partially because the Amazon store is so much cheaper. While Sony does offer deals, you'll see a lot of new releases that are $10 at Amazon and $20 at Sony.
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Feb 9, 2011 18:15
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JammyLammy posted:I get the idea that some people don't like ereaders for whatever reason. What I don't get is the hate hardon that some people have for them though, that just boggles my mind. I've seen people on this forum (or the Gadget forum) claim that the Kindle was a complete failure for Amazon, and that single purpose eReaders are a dead end compared to the iPad. It's just some kind of weird stubbornness, and I love hearing crazy stuff about the smell of books being such an important part of the experience.
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Feb 19, 2011 22:01
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Has anybody started a program to hand out eReaders to inner city kids or something? It seems like a really good way to encourage reading for kids who don't have access to libraries, or if they do have access it's to ones that are underfunded and terrible.
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Feb 25, 2011 19:47
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Cartoon Man posted:So who is going to write the bigger check to get these exclusively, Amazon, Apple, or B&Noble? I suppose they could come out for all formats, but with tons of money at stake I won't be surprised to see somebody pay for the rights. Didn't Apple write a huge check to get The Beatles on Itunes exclusively? My bet's on Apple. They're having a pretty tough time competing in the eBook market, and mostly because of their own obstinance. This seems like the kind of thing they'd do.
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Apr 5, 2011 20:11
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RobattoJesus posted:This is the worst part. I hate the current screen savers so the ads would at least inject a bit of variety into things, and I wouldn't have to explain to non-Kindle savvy / illiterate people why I have a picture of "Some old woman" (Harriet Beecher Stowe) or "A moderately attractive sex offender" (John Steinbeck) on my kindle. The problem with images of famous authors is that they're typically not very attractive so you end up with a slideshow of really talented, unattractive dead people.
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Apr 13, 2011 04:31
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Calibre is poo poo though for library management. Is there anything better? It kind of reminds me of iTunes in the way that you don't know what the gently caress it's actually doing to your files. It's definitely capable but using it is a bit of a chore.
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May 7, 2011 03:29
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maxnmona posted:I read an article by a pilot explaining this rule. It has nothing to do with "electric fields" or whatever. It's that if something goes wrong during landing or take-off, they want people to be aware of where they are and able to listen to instructions, something they won't be able to do with headphones on or messing around with a laptop. Sounds like somebody just making something up and going with their gut feeling. If they wanted people to listen to instructions then they'd tell them to stow the magazines and paperbacks too.
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May 15, 2011 18:58
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It's really frustrating to see out-of-print novels that aren't available in an electronic format. The one publisher I wanted to contact about it only had a Twitter account, and they asked me "What was your question?" and never got back to me after I tried to sum up my question in 140 characters.
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May 29, 2011 19:07
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fishmech posted:It's just like browsing a brick and mortar bookstore! I dunno, at least the authors of those books in a physical bookstore had to put some effort into convincing a publisher to distribute them. The Amazon sci-fi/fantasy section is a sea of self-published books with synopses like "John Dagger fights the Zorglings with his Mark 2 Alpha Centurion Version 8.374 Interceptor Mechazoid with Zinc-Unobtainium machine screws and a Smitt & Weston clip packed with 9000 caliber hyper bulletrockets."
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Jul 24, 2011 22:48
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Sperg Victorious posted:Does sorting my best sellers help? I've tried that and, believe it or not, the same ludicrously awful books are also the bestsellers.
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Jul 25, 2011 04:16
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Surprise! Apple as well as some major publishers are being sued for allegedly colluding to drive up Amazon's eBook prices. quote:"Terrified" by Amazon's Kindle e-reader and discounted e-book pricing, five major publishers allegedly acted together to increase e-book prices and compel Amazon to abandon its discount sales strategy. That's the gist of a new class action antitrust lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California by the Hagens Berman litigation group. The accusation itself isn't a big surprise, but this whole mess is fascinating, especially considering that Apple's eBook marketplace was lauded by publishers but fails to be a big hit with customers due to high prices and low availability.
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Aug 10, 2011 21:24
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Everything was set for Amazon to drag the ebook industry kicking and screaming into the 21st century, and then Apple had to run in and gently caress it up for everyone. I think the saddest thing is that it didn't even work out well for Apple. They made all these underhanded deals, supported collusion by the publishers, and got jack poo poo for it in the end.
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Aug 14, 2011 05:22
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Manifest posted:Who is a bigger jerk about remote deletion of content you own at the moment? The B&N thing wasn't intentional, and the Amazon thing was about wiping a book that was being distributed illegally through their service. Considering the amount of flack they got over that, I imagine Amazon isn't going to bother doing it again unless there's some dire need. I think they even said that next time they would just stop distributing the book and wouldn't go so far as to wipe it off of peoples' devices.
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Sep 23, 2011 03:02
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RickVoid posted:Planning on jumping into this whole e-reader malarky with a Kindle Touch. Seems reasonable at $99, the battery life seems pretty good, and I like the size of Amazon's library. The supported file types are nice as well, particularly the PDF support. Anybody who says they're ok with reading complicated PDFs (like you'd see in an RPG manual) on an eInk device is either crazy or has the patience of a saint. Get a tablet device with an LCD screen if you're going to spend lots of time with PDFs.
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Nov 28, 2011 22:35
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Dorepoll posted:Is there a simple way to circumvent Kindle's location restrictions? The book I want to get isn't allowed in Australia, but I see it is available in the US store. Could I potentially gently caress up my Amazpn account for this? http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/ I don't think anyone's had issues putting a fake address into their account.
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Dec 11, 2011 19:41
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Party Plane Jones posted:Amazon announced that they've been selling over a million Kindles a week, for the past 3 weeks. Time to put my Nook Color and 3G Kindle 3 up on Craigslist to take advantage of Christmas Shortages~~~
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commander nojj posted:So what do you guys think of the fire for strictly reading comic books? I have one of the keyboardless kindles and I am in love with it for my book reading concerns (and possibly manga), but I'd still like a dedicated device I can load up with comic books and the fire is looking like the most cost efficient way of going about it. What are your thoughts on the device for this purpose alone? I bought Watchmen from the Amazon store and was disappointed that it didn't have that active panel thing. It's just barely readable on the Fire's screen without zooming in. I hear the Comixology app has that for all their books, though, so it should be great on the Fire.
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muscles like this? posted:Check out "The Old Man and the Wasteland" it takes place around 40 years after a nuclear war, doesn't have any bullshit, is a good read and is only $.99 at Amazon. This seems to be in the same vein as books like "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" so I'll need extra assurance that it's not a piece of poo poo.
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Jan 18, 2012 02:30
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dokmo posted:If you're not a loving pig you won't have enough oil on your fingers to noticeably smear the display. If you are a loving pig, you can use a pen or elbow or literally anything to turn the page, it really isn't a big deal. You're an rear end in a top hat, you know that? Every set of hands on every person on the planet is absolutely covered in grease. That's why police bother dusting for fingerprints. That's why handheld devices commonly come with oleophobic coatings. It's natural, human beings are equipped with glands whose sole purpose is to grease up our hands. Vertigus fucked around with this message at 23:53 on Feb 14, 2012 |
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Cream_Filling posted:The answer to almost any screen cleaning question is "microfiber cloth (dry)". I overpaid for some microfiber cloth + cleaning spray set (probably just anti-static fluid) and I will say that cleaning the screen wet will let you get fingerprints and stuff off easier without all the rubbing that could cause scratches.
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HeroOfTheRevolution posted:You must have gigantic pants to be able to carry a Kindle in your pocket. On that note, I'm interested in a brand of cargo pants that will let me carry my netbook around.
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