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After about a month of owning my Kindle, the screen cracked and I had to turn it in for a replacement (no charge).

Then, last month, I switched from an AT&T iPhone 4 to a Verizon 4S. Ever since then, my Kindle has been unable to sync with the most recent page on the 4S. It's driving me up a wall because I often switch devices during the day.

Solutions?

[Edited on December 14, 2011 at 3:16 PM. Reason : tres]

12/14/2011 3:16:02 PM

I used to try and sync the 2 but it was too much a pain to keep the wireless on. I only read on the Kindle now.

Yeah my dad's retired and goes through a new Kindle every 6 months. He's on his 5th or so now. They just keep sending new ones. Good thing support is so great.

12/14/2011 3:35:30 PM

Just need a little confirmation here, I think I already know the answer.

If I have digit copies of movies that I have ripped to my hard drive, or family movies that I have taken, I can upload these to the cloud, but I can't stream them. I would, however, have the option to download them from the cloud to my device. Is this the same with music as well as videos?

12/20/2011 2:22:10 PM

you can stream any mp3 without drm

12/21/2011 9:49:16 AM

So you can't give other people books on the Fire like you can on the regular Kindles. Just tried it. Oh well. Guess it's for the best otherwise people would figure it out and start sharing movies/games/etc.

1/4/2012 3:45:36 PM

so I bought my parents the Kindle Fire for Christmas and they love it. I have the 3rd gen Kindle with keyboard that I love (just for reading and games). My screen didn't crack but had some image issue and I got a new one quickly with no trouble and no problem since then.
The Fire is great for my parents, who just want something to play games on and check ESPN (Dad) and to read purchased books or from public library (Mom) and to check emails, use the internet briefly (both). The iPad seemed to have way more than they would ever use or know how to use.

1/4/2012 4:03:23 PM

neo...are you talking about giving or lending?
I have yet to try the lending from a friend but have used the library.

1/4/2012 5:01:17 PM

Neither on the normal kindles you can log out of one account, log into another, download all the books, then log back into another account and the books will stay on the device. On the Fire when you de-register the device all the content on the device is deleted.

1/4/2012 6:25:14 PM

amazon releases "send to Kindle" for personal documents

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000719931

doesn't work on windows 8 yet

1/12/2012 4:18:35 PM

or Mac

1/12/2012 4:30:42 PM

is there a free document i can get from the kindle store just to test if it works on my particular android root before i buy anything?

2/22/2012 10:03:19 PM

^i've been fucking with the kindle app on cm9 today actually and it works fine. There are a bunch of free books you can get, but I moved over a thousand or so .mobi files to /sdcard/kindle/ and the app picked them up without issue.

2/22/2012 10:54:55 PM

cool

2/22/2012 10:59:33 PM

So is Kindle Touch worth the extra 20 bucks? Getting it for my wife that will do mostly reading and possibly some annotation. I remember seeing both orignal and Touch at the store and it seemed that the original Kindle had a brighter/whiter screen. Also, will she be able to load various "gray market" books in other languages?

4/23/2012 5:11:17 PM

^After seeing all three Kindles side by side (Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, and new Kindle) I'd say the Kindle Keyboard still has the best screen. I went through 3 new Kindle's before finally returning them and sticking with my Kindle Keyboard. Amazon won't admit to it but the screens on the newer ones are blurrier and have worse contrast than the Kindle Keyboard. I don't know if it's a power issue or what because they're supposedly the same e-ink display. =

4/23/2012 5:18:37 PM

Any downsides to buying used (assuming good condition)? I have Amazon prime and would like to benefit from whatever Amazon Exchange access I can get with it, does it matter if I am not the original owner?

4/23/2012 6:05:58 PM

Amazon's warranty policy is pretty great. My dad's on his 5th original Kindle. They just keep replacing it. Each replacement extends the warranty. I'm on my third Kindle Keyboard. They eventually crack after 6 months or so but the overnight replacement is so great I don't complain.

4/23/2012 6:21:14 PM

I meant like the Amazon book exchange, which is apparently something like netflix for books. But it is nice to find out about the warranty policy as well.

4/23/2012 7:26:18 PM

do they still make the Kindle Keyboard?


I've had my Kindle Touch for a couple weeks now and couldn't be happier. It's the first e-ink display i've used so I can't touch on past versions. I tested it out side by side with the Nook, which i liked as well but I use amazon so frequently that I went with what I knew.

I'm not familiar with this book exchange you are referring to though. unless you are referring to the kindle prime or book lending options

4/24/2012 8:53:58 AM

^^As an alternate, go sign up at your local library for free Kindle rentals.

Here's the link if you're in Wake County, click Find eBooks, it looks like they have over 2700 books available currently:

http://www.wakegov.com/images/Library/download_library/dl.html

4/24/2012 9:56:30 AM

^yeah definitely hoping to get some e-baooks from the library as well. THis is what I was thinking of:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000739811

so how do you navigate the non-touch, non-keyboard one? (searh for titles and such?)

[Edited on April 24, 2012 at 10:16 AM. Reason : .]

4/24/2012 10:16:04 AM

So as a Prime user what's the benefit of getting a Kindle Fire/whatever over a standard Android tablet?

4/29/2012 8:00:07 PM

^Owning a Kindle Fire is like owning a Power Balance bracelet. You just identify yourself as an idiot to everyone who knows better.

4/29/2012 9:27:16 PM

^^other than^, you get to check out one free book a month from a limited selection, giving you free 12 books a year.

4/30/2012 12:51:09 PM

^I think you are referring to the Kindle Lending Library. Which is Kindle Device exclusive, but it isn't free at all. It requires Prime, which is $79/year.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000739811

The alternative to this is getting a Public Library card, and using the Kindle Reader on any platform to do essentially the same thing for free.

4/30/2012 6:44:49 PM

^

Quote :

"So as a Prime user what's the benefit of getting a Kindle Fire/whatever over a standard Android tablet?"

Reading is fundamental when we talk about reading

Yeah one would be a fool not to to use public library resources, but the advantage of the lending library (as I understand) is that they do not cap for the number of the book copies being checked out like a library does. For example, all e-copies of the Hunger Games may be checked out at the local library with a hefty wait list due to popular demand, but a Prime user can get one from Kindle Lending library.

I know Prime is not free, but for some people it pays for itself in free shipping on purchases,so things like instant video on demand and this book lending thing are a nice topping on the cake.


[Edited on May 1, 2012 at 12:17 PM. Reason : .]

5/1/2012 12:14:55 PM

if you have a ".edu" address you can try it free for 6 months.

5/2/2012 12:34:01 PM

^ and if you're with NCSU, you can get free prime for YEARS using the automatic subdomain forwards:

ece.ncsu.edu
eos.ncsu.edu
math.ncsu.edu
pams.ncsu.edu
tx.ncsu.edu
unity.ncsu.edu
social.chass.ncsu.edu
alumni.ncsu.edu

what is that, 4.5 years with your original "@ncsu.edu" address?

amazon originally offered a full year for free, so after that one i just waited until i wanted something else and then signed up with my alumni account...when that expired, i started on the different subdomains

[Edited on May 2, 2012 at 3:20 PM. Reason : MOAR]

5/2/2012 3:18:16 PM

You guys could just pay for books. The $/hour of entertainment for a book doesn't even compare to other forms of media.

I mean think about spending $10-15 on a good book. Average reader might read a book every few weeks. Now compare that to going out or seeing a movie. I mean hell most older books on Amazon are like $7. I spent $7 on a beer last night that last me 20 minutes.

And yes I know some of you read way more / way less than a book every couple weeks. I just think in the grand scheme of things people should pay for books.

5/2/2012 3:45:33 PM

The Kindle Fire is selling today for $139 refurbished. Fuck it. I'm in. Sure the other Droid tables are better, but are they $200-$400 better for my uses? This thing is just going to be a toy for me...don't want to invest too much into when my phone can already do most everything those nicer tablets can.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0051VVOB2/ref=sr_1_1_olp?ie=UTF8&qid=1327619743&sr=8-1&condition=refurbished

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-57425887-58/return-of-the-$139-kindle-fire/

5/2/2012 3:53:18 PM

5/2/2012 3:54:43 PM

ordered one!

5/2/2012 4:35:19 PM

Sounds like they're easily rootable to that's a plus.

5/2/2012 4:36:28 PM

Quote :

"The Kindle Fire is selling today for $139 refurbished. Fuck it. I'm in. Sure the other Droid tables are better, but are they $200-$400 better for my uses? This thing is just going to be a toy for me...don't want to invest too much into when my phone can already do most everything those nicer tablets can."

Or you can get a refurb Nook for 125, or a used one for under 100. Basically the same except the Nook has a microsd slot.

For 200 bucks you can get a Tegra2 10" Tier1 Android tablet (Acer, Toshiba) with cameras, microsd, and all the other bells and whistles.

5/3/2012 1:54:09 AM

Quote :

"You guys could just pay for books."

i do...i just don't pay for amazon prime

5/3/2012 3:05:42 PM

Amazon Prime is that shit, you need to hop up on dat.

5/3/2012 9:18:19 PM

opted for free shipping (5-7 days) but the ups tracking thing shows deliver for tomorrow(2 days) ...yay!

5/3/2012 10:16:36 PM

Some stuff has 'Special Offers' which would include faster shipping for free.

5/3/2012 10:19:15 PM

disappointed by kindle fire...i plan to return it

5/5/2012 11:07:58 PM

What do you dislike about it?

5/6/2012 11:29:06 AM

ICS with full hardware acceleration
wow...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619550

5/6/2012 2:30:25 PM

im planning on buying my fiancee a kindle in the next few days. I was just wanting to get your opinions on whats the best option to go with? I've never even fooled with a kindle, therefore I know very little about them. Is 3g useful? Does touch screen really make that much of a difference? Whats the best bang for my buck? Thanks

7/26/2012 3:18:25 PM

Well don't get the fire. I wasn't impressed with the screen quality of the touch or regular. I still vote for the Kindle Keyboard. Best contrast screen and easiest to hold onto.

-I use 3G all the time because I read on both my iPad and Kindle (depending where I am) and it syncs between the 2 devices flawlessly for where I am in a book. If you don't have 3G you have to connect to Wifi before it'll sync.

If you don't need the book syncing feature (only read on one device) then 3G is a toss up. One argument is if you want to buy a book where you don't have wifi (aka sitting on the beach) the other argument is you're always around wifi.

[Edited on July 26, 2012 at 3:24 PM. Reason : s]

7/26/2012 3:22:32 PM

^preciate the info. I went with the regular. Fiancee said all she really needed was regular and she would load up on her books before taking it somewhere without wifi. We'll see how it works...

7/26/2012 5:08:31 PM

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/leaked-kindle-images/

I'm excited about the backlit higher resolution and contrast touch!!

8/31/2012 4:03:26 PM

interesting...hopefully the new kindle touch will bring down the cost of the nook with glowlight...or, at least, be competitively priced without the bullshit ads

of it does indeed have a quad core, the new kindle fire should be interesting

8/31/2012 5:31:07 PM

I hope the leaked image is fake. It looks exactly the same, which means its just as boring and ugly as the first.

8/31/2012 6:46:59 PM

uh...how would you like it to look? white?

8/31/2012 8:50:29 PM

Not like a blackberry playbook

8/31/2012 9:55:31 PM

Recently got a Touch when my kindle keyboard screen messed up, and I am a bit disappointed with the lower contrast/darker background.

Things just seem less crisp and slightly more difficult to read in non-direct light than they did before, though the touch is very responsive and I think I actually type faster on the virtual keyboard than the physical buttons.

If I'd realized this new one was coming out I may have held off on the purchase...

9/1/2012 11:25:12 AM