Correct me if I'm wrong, but Amazon says: So I don't think you get charged $1.99 per book wirelessly downloaded if you use the international Kindle.

And last I checked, they actually ship to countries closer to Malaysia than Australia too. I saw Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao, Phillipines and even Laos Stupidly no Malaysia or Singapore

On another note, I got a Kindle 2 for $299 when I went to the US 3 months ago No wireless outside US as well...Haven't tried buying any books from the Kindle store when I got back yet though (I'm still reading my free classics, haha). Interesting that they detect your IP when you buy from the Kindle Store, I bought mp3 songs using my gift card without that problem.

Nice old thread, I used this to buy my Kindle when I was in the US.

An update on the status of Kindle 2 now: The price is now USD $259 (RM825 as of today), with international 3G wireless. They ship internationally but not to Malaysia or Singapore yet If you have friends in other countries, you can ask them to buy it for you Check whether it's available in a particular country here.

More importantly, with Firmware 2.0 (released last year), it can open PDF files, but no pan/zoom yet (coming soon in Firmware v2.5!). Orientation of the page can be changed manually, so opening a PDF in landscape mode helps to enlarge the text and images.

Kindle Firmware v2.5 is supposed to come out this late May, and will include PDF pan and zoom. Another nice feature is collections. Now is a happy time to be a Kindle user Too bad annotation for PDF's are still missing. Oh well, you can't have everything in life

I also used the Unicode Font Hack to enable reading in Chinese/Japanese. The Mobile Read forum is a nice place to check out ebook readers in general, and there is a subforum on Amazon Kindles.

This post has been edited by whippersnapper: May 2 2010, 05:53 PM

For firmware v2.0, Amazon sent me a notification email with a link to download the update file. I then connected my Kindle to the computer via USB to update it manually (instructions were given by Amazon).

Note that if you've done any hacks you have to uninstall the hacks first before you can update.
Now waiting for v2.5

This post has been edited by whippersnapper: May 4 2010, 11:10 PM

^Yes, connecting to the internet is free.

Any mini-USB cable will do (try finding in phone shops). It's probably registered to someone though

Get the "Kindle for PC" software (or Kindle for Mac) to read Amazon ebooks on your computer. Available for smartphones and iPad too. The plus side is they sync your reading progress, bookmarks etc.

Books you've bought will not vanish, they're in a digital locker in your Amazon account unless you remove them manually. Look for "your digital items" on the top right corner after you sign in, and you can then access your Kindle orders. Of course, books bought/loaded from elsewhere will not be saved there.


AZW is Amazon's proprietary format. If you're converting your own books, convert to PRC or MOBI and it'll be fine.

This post has been edited by whippersnapper: Aug 11 2011, 11:17 AM