Amazon Kindle 2 N00b Tips
Wednesday, 25. February 2009
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I don’t read books much unless I have to. It’s usually for work and somewhat technical. I want to join the ranks of other fellow book readers and start reading recreationally. To motivate me, I ordered an Amazon Kindle 2.
I wanted to post a few tips I found out the hard way for anyone else out there who is curious:
1. Viewing Blogs through the wireless service costs money, but accessing them though the built in web browser is free.
You have to ask yourself if properly formatted blogs is worth $1 a month. I guess it could be if I didn’t have a computer. (How many Kindle users don’t have a computer?)
2. username@free.kindle.com
It’s in the fine print. Blink too fast and you’ll miss it. If you send a document to convert to username@kindle.com, you’ll have to fork over 10 cents per attachment. Rather then pay 10 cents per document, just to save the time of plugging in your USB cord and dragging a file, send your documents to username@free.kindle.com and do it yourself.
3. Reset
Ever have an iPod/iPhone lock up completely and you didn’t know what to do? I had that issue with the Kindle once. The trick is to hold the power slider in for 15 seconds and let go. No bubbles, no troubles.
4. Make it pretty
The Macintosh community has rubbed off on me over the past few years. As such I like to spice up my desktop visually, including all my drive icons. When I plug in the Kindle 2, I like to see a Kindle 2 that represents the files on the Kindle 2. It requires less thinking on my part when double clicking icons…..and it looks cool. (It’s in Mac OS format, but i’ve included the source PNG if you want to make a Windows Icon from it)