Comments on: Reasons To Buy A Kindle Now

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:18:01 +0000

Ron,
Thank you so much for getting back with me so quickly. I did watch most of your video but I didn’t listen to the ending. Opps! My bad! That really helped me. I do plan to get one.

Happy Reading!

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:52:44 +0000

The Kindle 2 is the version that is currently available from Amazon.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:51:49 +0000

Bev, if you watch my unboxing video you can hear it reading to you. It is mechanical and gets words wrong sometimes, but it is understandable. Example of getting words wrong is it always pronounces "Bowed" with a long o like the ribbon you put on a box, even when it is the action of bending from the waist.

By: Bev

Bev — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:39:25 +0000

One more question. When will Kindle 2 be out? Should I wait to purchase on until kindle 2 comes out with more features?

By: Bev

Bev — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:34:09 +0000

One of your features to the Kindle is that you can be reading a book and then you can take it in the car and it will read to you. My question is, “When the book is being read to you what does it sound like.” Is it a mechanical voice or more like a book on CD, more animated? I do a lot of travel and really need these questions answered. Is there a site I can go to to hear a book being read?
Thanks you for your time.

By: gadgetman

gadgetman — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:59:48 +0000

My Kindle 2 just arrived. Works great and battery life is stellar, but there are some improvements that I hope come soon:
1. native viewing of pdf files (preserving layout and graphics).
2. being able to organize the home page on the kindle into sub-folders (everthing is in one long list).
3. major “advertised” features are in the Experimental section of the device – basic web browsing (existant, but sticky), play mp3, and text-to-speech.
4. since it can hold some mp3s, it still would have been nice to have an SD slot for additional memory (as it is, one would probably want to convert their mp3s down to 128 or lower bitrate for loading on the device) since it’s not out of the question that one might put a few audio books on it.

I think as I get it more in synch with the documents and I books I need to have access to as part of my job, it will become more and more worth its pricetag. I realize I am pushing this divice to be a little more than a book reader, but there is so much potential for this to be a briefcase of all my technical docs as well – my hopes are still high…. and I should say: it is an excellent book reader.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:49:59 +0000

Whispernet, the cell network, does not work outside of the US. You can also get books onto you kind by syncing with your computer, so you could download them to your computer while in Asia.

By: Vince

Vince — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:11:39 +0000

Ron
I understand materials are downloaded via cellphone signals, without having to access the internet. If I travel to Asia or Europe with Kindle, will there be roaming charge for download there?

By: Books For My Kindle

Books For My Kindle — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:21:33 +0000

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By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 19:35:14 +0000

You can transfer PDF files to the Kindle. They have to go through a conversion process. That can either be done by emailing them to a server and getting them emailed back to you. Which is free, but you then have to transfer the file via the connector.

Or you can just email the file to your Kindle, and it will be converted on the way. This costs 10 cents.