interested in the kindle 3 + cover. please pm me best price inc postage and any relevant details for this transaction.

Thanks

QUOTE(khaliskhalid @ Dec 7 2010, 07:11 PM)

Brother, ive made a choice so sign me up for the Steel Blue cover.. Thanks, hope for more people to join in the bulk >.<'

p.s that comparison is epic!! XD

Already have added that in Sir

QUOTE(evo.com @ Dec 8 2010, 04:14 AM)

interested in the kindle 3 + cover. please pm me best price inc postage and any relevant details for this transaction.

Thanks

Sure thing buddy, have a look see at your PM, details updated there.

hi, i am interested in the Kindle as well, but I have 1 question. Can I directly put maybe a txt file into the Kindle without going though the uploading and downloading process?

In response to your PM - no problemo.

Just to confirm the following are my orders:-
(a) 1 unit Original Kindle 3 Leather Cover - Burnt Orange Colour; and
(b) 1 unit DecalGirl Protective Kindle Skin (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle) Library (Matte Finish) - would prefer Gloss finish if you van find it as it is cheaper - but if not then no issue.

Product Details for DecalGirl Skin:-
* Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
* ASIN: B0040GJITO
* Item model number: AK3-LIBRARY.M

This post has been edited by MacJazz: Dec 8 2010, 04:54 PM

havocx, is 14th confirm the closing date? I am still deciding on the cover color..can't make up my mind...

QUOTE(Akkarin @ Dec 8 2010, 04:06 PM)

hi, i am interested in the Kindle as well, but I have 1 question. Can I directly put maybe a txt file into the Kindle without going though the uploading and downloading process?

Heya Akkarin,
Yes, as long as its a format Kindle supports, you can just copy and paste into the Kindle without having to go through the conversion process.
A little light reading for you to see the various formats that the Kindle can read without having to go through the conversion process.

QUOTE(MacJazz @ Dec 8 2010, 04:54 PM)

In response to your PM - no problemo.

Just to confirm the following are my orders:-
(a) 1 unit Original Kindle 3 Leather Cover - Burnt Orange Colour; and
(b) 1 unit DecalGirl Protective Kindle Skin (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle) Library (Matte Finish) - would prefer Gloss finish if you van find it as it is cheaper - but if not then no issue.

Product Details for DecalGirl Skin:-
* Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
* ASIN: B0040GJITO
* Item model number: AK3-LIBRARY.M

Thank you Sir, will update the orders.

QUOTE(jimmy_none @ Dec 8 2010, 07:28 PM)

havocx, is 14th confirm the closing date? I am still deciding on the cover color..can't make up my mind...

14th or earlier will be the closing date. Remember Christmas is coming and I dont want the shipment to be delayed or lost in the tons of other Christmas stuff thats coming along.
Will perhaps start to request for payment by Friday and Saturday and Ill immediately place order and make payments to Amazon then.
Will also then paypal the cash for the shipment to my colleague for him to set up DHL.

havocx, pls add Kindle Leather Cover, Burnt Orange (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle, $34.99) for me..thanks

This post has been edited by jimmy_none: Dec 8 2010, 10:59 PM

QUOTE(jimmy_none @ Dec 8 2010, 10:52 PM)

havocx, pls add Kindle Leather Cover, Burnt Orange (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle, $34.99) for me..thanks

Will do buddy, have added those to the main page.

QUOTE(Eralus @ Dec 8 2010, 11:40 PM)

can quote price for these item

http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Boxset-...91820651&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Paperba...91820651&sr=1-1

Heya buddy, check out your PM for the response. Just so you know, Ive checked the Hardcovers will only start shipping from Jan 16 or Feb 22nd onwards so even if placing the order now, and with lets say you go crazy and choose 2 day shipping you will only get it at the start of March since Amazon only starts shipping these either on Jan 16 or Feb 22nd onwards. No problems with the paperback though.

Just noticed Amazon is slowing down on some orders, probably in anticipation of the Christmas rush, Im going to start collecting the payments now to be able to place the orders to Amazon by the 14th December. Will close the Bulk by 14th December ie no more inquiries after

was wondering how u ppl charge the battery?
via usb?
anyone tried charging from the wall?

kindle3 has a voltage range of 110-240 but i think it's for frequency 60hz... msia = 50hz...

if i charge from wall, will it impact kindle?

QUOTE(storm04 @ Dec 11 2010, 08:36 AM)

was wondering how u ppl charge the battery?
via usb?
anyone tried charging from the wall?

kindle3 has a voltage range of 110-240 but i think it's for frequency 60hz... msia = 50hz...

if i charge from wall, will it impact kindle?

So let me help you out with that query storm04. Firstly, the only way to charge the Kindle is via the USB Type A/Micro-B port.
In short the Kindle's micro usb port. Thus yes it needs to be charged from the usb port.
Second part of the question would actually vary. Remember that the new Kindle 3 has an excellent 30 days battery life standby time and
if youre a hardcore reader who reads daily for about 4 hours a day the battery would start to drain by day 15.
That said and being one of the first few who got the Kindle in via my own bulk, I have only had to charge 1 of my Kindle once and yet to charge the other.

This was since it was out of the box, about 8-9 weeks ago. Amazing battery life no ?
That said I also think no one in my bulk would be able to answer how do we charge the battery since we've yet to do it

Amazon has provided a micro usb cable that is 5 feet in length, very very long. That said, it can be charged from any source, PC or directly from the wall.
Using a lower frequency just means that you charge longer unlike the 60hz. Longer is 4 hours to full charge versus 3 hours on normal charge, i think.
To charge from the wall directly Amazon provides a wall adapter with a US head. You can instead use any other type of USB head plug to get you along.

Really though, and because of the technology it uses, even if you dont charge it fully itll last you for very long, ie perhaps a minimum of 2 days on 10 minutes charge time.
Besides even charging directly from USB power source there's differences, some USB only outputs 500ma, while there's others which provide up to 2000ma.
There's differences between notebook A's USB power output vs notebook B's power output.
Even more when considering most front USB's provides less power than motherboards back USB.
Considering all that differences and the Kindle being energy efficient as it is and one tough cookie, I think itll do just fine

Hopefully that helps.

Hello.

I would just like to ask:

1) Why doesn't Amazon ship Kindle to Malaysia?
2)Can we get the eBooks for the Kindle from the internet (Amazon)?
3)Are there any restricted titles? Been Looking through and am worried that I might not be able to obtain some books that i would want to read.

Sorry if these questions have been asked, but i couldn't find the desired answers.

cheers!

QUOTE(MirzA @ Dec 11 2010, 05:13 PM)

Hello.

I would just like to ask:

1) Why doesn't Amazon ship Kindle to Malaysia?
2)Can we get the eBooks for the Kindle from the internet (Amazon)?
3)Are there any restricted titles? Been Looking through and am worried that I might not be able to obtain some books that i would want to read.

Sorry if these questions have been asked, but i couldn't find the desired answers.

cheers!

Heya there buddy, sure let me help.
Firstly though, im sure you may have missed the answers even in the first page of the thread since most of the questions you asked were already answered
there as well as the last few posts before this. So here goes.

1) Why doesn't Amazon ship Kindle to Malaysia?
Well the easy answer is, I dont know. Its a question that is best answered by Amazon themselves and only from the Customer Service Of Amazon.
I wouldnt know their marketing strategy and plans. Who knows why they dont ship it to Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia but decides hey we can ship it to Vietnam. (they do by the way)
So for those who want what is currently the best eBook reader in the market, Kindle is the only way to go. Personally I guess is each book and ebook has distributorship and rights that can only be sold to
a certain country because of copyright laws and similar things on the country or region which is the reason why they decide, naah they will send Physical books but not ebooks over.

2)Can we get the eBooks for the Kindle from the internet (Amazon)?
Err yes but of course, thats the very reason you would choose Kindle now would it instead of other eBook readers like Kobo, Nook, Iriver and Ah Yam ereader. Kindle has specific access to the Amazon
bookstore and hence access to the titles. Bonus point would be how light and how long Kindle's battery last and the extra ability to read other ebook formats like .pdf and .mobi.
How to do it ? Well easy, its just a matter of research.

3)Are there any restricted titles? Been Looking through and am worried that I might not be able to obtain some books that i would want to read.
In short that would defeat the reason why folks here buy the Kindle now would it ? Kindle however restricts the IP that downloads the ebooks must come from countries where Kindles can be shipped to.
Its really a simple matter of later to let Amazon know that youre technically in the US. I have personally purchased and paid for 35 ebooks and 20 free ebooks from Amazon myself.

Some titles are really restricted to countries because again of distribution and copyright issues. Ken Folliets ebook the Pillars Of The Earth, can be found in UK Kindle's store but if you try to download it
from the US you will get an error as it will not allow you to since the book has yet to get distribution in the US. I have it in my Kindle. So its not really a problem. There's space in the Kindle for 33000 ebooks,
there's always a way to get the ebooks on it.

Maybe do this MirzA, you mentioned you read through the thread, I personally think there's a wealth of information to look at if you actually did. Another source would be the LYN Book Club where you will
find a sizeable group of folks already happily using the Kindle. From my Bulk alone, you'd see there's at least 25 happy campers

This post has been edited by havocx: Dec 12 2010, 12:14 AM

Hi I've wanted to ask how will the books with colored pictures being displayed by the Kindle? One of the book I can think of is "The Digital Photography Book" which is colored and available in kindle version as well.

It would be sweet if you could display some samples of it cause I'm on the edge of getting one soon =)

QUOTE(Moonflown @ Dec 12 2010, 02:03 AM)

Hi I've wanted to ask how will the books with colored pictures being displayed by the Kindle? One of the book I can think of is "The Digital Photography Book" which is colored and available in kindle version as well.

It would be sweet if you could display some samples of it cause I'm on the edge of getting one soon =)

Sure buddy, am gonna go a little futher even by providing you some actual sample books that I have.
Remember that Kindle may however only display pictures in 8 bit Black and White but with all details intact.

Pictures 1 - Tolkien Screesaver on my Kindle.
Pictures 2 - 5 are photo's from Travel Hong Kong an ebook I got when I was on Business Trip to Hong Kong.
Picture 6 is a comparison of the same page using an iPad vs Kindle.
Picture 7 - 9 are the sample pictures from your Digital Photography book, i got the ebook sample.



My personal feel and looking at the same pictures on my iPad, for Picture specific iPad would win of course but reading the articles was also kinda difficult to me with the screen glare. Reading full stop will be Kindle. It doesnt do so well with pictures. The good thing though is that if you have the Kindle, then iPad or Iphone, you can do the reading via Kindle and from the iPhone and iPad Kindle app to look at the pictures in more detail if needed.

Some folks may not even need the physical Kindle too, just would suffice with the Kindle app. I found the glare and battery life on my Apple devices not comfortable for my reading unfortunately.

Hope this helps!

Wow really appreciate your effort and you even manage to get the exact picture of the book I'm looking for!

It looks pretty OK to me, thanks a lot for your time and effort and I will certainly let you know if I want one =D

Btw have you tried using whispersync?

This post has been edited by Moonflown: Dec 12 2010, 03:47 PM

QUOTE(Moonflown @ Dec 12 2010, 11:58 AM)

Wow really appreciate your effort and you even manage to get the exact picture of the book I'm looking for!

It looks pretty OK to me, thanks a lot for your time and effort and I will certainly let you know if I want one =D

Btw have you tried using whispersync?

Sure buddy, no worries, let me know if youre interested, ill let you know and put you in my Bulk 5 interested list.
Dont worry no deposits and payments yet, until BULK 4 is completed.

Whispersync ? There's no reason to. Kindle directly syncs to your Amazon account. You will only want to use whispersync if you would want Kindle to help convert an ebook format it cannot read to one that it can.
But there's already so many free apps online that can do that for you. You dont have to wait a delayed one day or a few hours to get it into your Kindle.
You could convert it and then using USB copy and paste the new converted ebook into your Kindle
Easy peasy.

The reason I wanna use whispersync is because I plan to read some on PC and I heard it will continue where u left off even if I switch to Kindle. Do PM me the price for Kindle along with leather case. I hope I'll get a good price on the leader case >"<

QUOTE(Moonflown @ Dec 12 2010, 08:06 PM)

The reason I wanna use whispersync is because I plan to read some on PC and I heard it will continue where u left off even if I switch to Kindle. Do PM me the price for Kindle along with leather case. I hope I'll get a good price on the leader case >"<

Ah that, my bad.
Yes sure! Actually if you see in the post before where you asked on the Digital Photography book, the sample of the writeup with pictures on Hong Kong, that IS whispersync in action.
Gadgets I have are :

2 x Kindle
Iphone 4G
Ipad
Iphone 3GS

All these items are registered to one account. Its also the maximum registration of devices that can carry per user account. This means that if im reading an ebook on the iphone, I stop and then take out the Kindle, whispersync it,
it will show the current page where I was. So will all the other devices if you sync it.
What if 2 devices are reading different things ? Say Im reading on Hong Kong on my Ipad and wife is reading Canada on her Iphone 3GS.
No biggie, if i then take the Kindle out, it will show the last page where im reading on the Ipad of Hong Kong and wife on Canada on the Iphone 3GS if I sync it
Similarly, if wife then decided to sync her Iphone 3GS, she will find the last page where im reading on Hong Kong.

Not really confusing, key word is when we sync.

Hope that helps!

Moonflown, would you mind asking the queries via the thread ? Itll help with similar questions other folks may have as well. I mean so I dont have to repeat the queries You understand right, if i reply all queries via PM, i may have to repeat it over and over

Can you also later paste your query on the thread all the same ? Ill reply your query here too and paste the answer on the main thread later.

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Answer from bro havocx

Nope, havent tried.
Reason : Dont have a reason to. Amazon Kindle takes PDF files directly without the need for conversion. Unless of course you somehow want to convert .PDF to .mobi. Ill need to try that out and report back. But really, Kindle has a capacity of 3GB free space for MP3 and other ebook files. PDF files display as how it is, only in black or white.

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Yea I know but some pdf are way too small to be viewed with pdf format directly without conversion. They need zooming and scrolling around =)