QUOTE(jittyz @ Jan 5 2011, 06:49 PM)

yea yea yea yea!, he is nice and keeping us up to date, I previously bought something from USA thru limhongwoon 3 weeks before christmas, till today I havent receive my item. already over a month..

Thanks buddy ! No matter how busy I get, ill still put priority
to the Bulk, its after all partly someone else's hard earned cash im handling,
plus if you notice, I have items in there I want too, so really I too have a stake in the success
of the bulk

Just let me know if you or anyone else have any further queries and Ill be glad to help.

A forummer had asked via PM if Kindle can run on MacOS, the Tiger not Leopard.
Ive asked for it to be asked via the thread, that way everyone else would benefit from the knowledge,
he didnt ask on the thread still though but I thought Ill help out anyway.

When you talk about Kindle, you have to reference it right, because you see,
there is Kindle - The Device and there is Kindle - The App (Application).
When you then talk about Kindle - The App though, then you gotta remember that there are various Kindle Apps.
There are Kindle Apps for iPhone, PC, iPad, Android and MacOS.
Having said that lets look at the main question above and answer it covering all possible angle.

Can the Kindle can run on MacOS, the Tiger not Leopard?
Kindle the Device can be run on any Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
In this mode, the Kindle will be just like the other examples shown earlier, a medium to copy
ebooks into it just like a PC. Once connected to the Mac it will show as another drive and files can be copied in.
Reference Shown Here

If you are talking about Kindle - The Application, that's a different story.
To date, the Kindle application has only been available for Windows machines,
which has made it slightly harder for Mac users to organize and manage their Kindle collection.

Along came Kindle for Mac which also offers e-reader features, so you can access all of your e-book purchases,
download and read them right on your computer.
It’ll also sync the furthest location read with all Kindle devices
registered to your account if you want, so that you can continue reading on your Kindle, iPhone or Mac without missing a beat.

Unfortunately however the Kindle for Mac only runs on MacOS 10.5 or later.
Here's a reference for it.

Hopefully that has answered that query
Let us know folks if you still have any others.

# PS - Ask via the thread, that way the answer can be shared with everyone

Wow...so many useful tips and info in here related to the Kindle. Thanks havocx and everyone else who contributed. I can't wait to receive the Kindle to try it out. Only thing is I wish all these useful info are all on page 1 so I don't have to go through 16 pages to find the piece of info when I need it. BUT I'm not complaining, just wishing LOL! Really appreciate greatly for all the updates and prompt replies from havocx. Excellent effort I'd say!

hi estara,
agree with you.
i think havocx is compiling those info..

Well said, mate!
Cannot agree more

QUOTE(estara @ Jan 6 2011, 11:58 AM)

Wow...so many useful tips and info in here related to the Kindle. Thanks havocx and everyone else who contributed. I can't wait to receive the Kindle to try it out. Only thing is I wish all these useful info are all on page 1 so I don't have to go through 16 pages to find the piece of info when I need it. BUT I'm not complaining, just wishing LOL! Really appreciate greatly for all the updates and prompt replies from havocx. Excellent effort I'd say!

QUOTE(mr.anutta @ Jan 6 2011, 12:53 PM)

hi estara,
agree with you.
i think havocx is compiling those info..

QUOTE(shy8629 @ Jan 6 2011, 01:41 PM)

Well said, mate!
Cannot agree more 

Thanks guys
Yep Im actually compiling those info so itll fit into one page, itll help me as well since there's loads of queries coming in from
folks via PM too and some of them are repeats of answers Ive already posted or have been posted on the site, ive compiled some
of the FAQ's already on the bottom of the first post though. Im thinking though to move it over to one dedicated post to get all the
in. That way itll be much much easier


Some News !
I was at the Japanese Embassy today making my Visa for my upcoming Japan trip and whilst waiting I saw this girl reading a Kindle.
She looked Japanese. Wow i thought, cool stuff, Japanese folks are reading Kindle too.
A more pleasant suprise is when I said hello, I immediately recognised her as fluene
Coolness to see the Kindle in use, even more when its from a bulk I did. We spoke a bit and I saw some of the stuff fluene was
talking about in her earlier posts, excellent excellent stuff.


More News !
As promised the Kindle's have already been sent to DHL for shipping over to Malaysia for Bulk 5!
Here's a screenie on the status :
* Tracking and Address have been masked for security reasons



Coming soon folks!

It is a small world isn't it?

QUOTE(fluene @ Jan 6 2011, 03:58 PM)

It is a small world isn't it? 

That it is ma'am, that it is. Enjoy Japan! Maybe we'll catch up again there too haha

On another Note :

Some folks have requested via PM that I show real examples of Chinese text on the Kindle and how its displayed.
Just for them to be sure. So, you know I dont read Chinese right, thus unless some of you can actually
send me examples of .mobi or .azw or .prc files or even .pdf files of your own I can show it here.

Not knowing Chinese (so i dont know below if its really Chinese or just some form of Kanji)
here are some samples :
*PS - Dont laugh at the choices, quickest sample i can get from the net.

» Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «

Home Safety Factsheet Normal View
Vertical



Home Safety Factsheet Zoomed with Iphone
Vertical



Home Safety Factsheet
Horizontal Kindle View



Febrile Convulsion (yeah, really I dont know what this means)
Vertical View



Febrile Convulsion
Horizontal View

Hope those will be useful!

Hey there, I need a quote for this:

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wheel-Optical-D6

Thanks

QUOTE(dennis_lcfx @ Jan 6 2011, 10:11 PM)

Hey there, I need a quote for this:

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wheel-Optical-D6

Thanks

That's a broken link buddy.
Was this what you meant ?
May not be worth it to ship in at all. Cost of shipping it in even with the Bulk and lets say using USPS is going to cost more than the Mouse itself because
of Volumetric Weight.
Plus its already available in Lowyat for I think about RM50. Comparable to what Amazon is selling.
Youd find better luck in Lowyat actually .

This post has been edited by havocx: Jan 6 2011, 10:27 PM

Sorry for the broken link, I meant this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wheel-Opti...94325872&sr=1-4

This post has been edited by dennis_lcfx: Jan 6 2011, 10:58 PM

QUOTE(dennis_lcfx @ Jan 6 2011, 10:58 PM)

Sorry for the broken link, I meant this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Wheel-Opti...94325872&sr=1-4

No worries, heads up buddy, Quote's in your PM.

hi all,
may be need this, this and this hack* in order to show proper chinese text.thanks!!!
*Important!!!
Use this hack and instructions at your own risk after reading ALL OF THEM carefully! Although I tested it to the best of my ability on my own devices I can’t guarantee that it will work on yours and will not be responsible for any damage (including completely and irreversibly bricking your device) it may have caused!!! - as shown on the blog

This post has been edited by mr.anutta: Jan 7 2011, 02:16 AM

QUOTE(mr.anutta @ Jan 7 2011, 02:10 AM)

hi all,
may be need this, this and this hack* in order to show proper chinese text.thanks!!!
*Important!!!
Use this hack and instructions at your own risk after reading ALL OF THEM carefully! Although I tested it to the best of my ability on my own devices I can’t guarantee that it will work on yours and will not be responsible for any damage (including completely and irreversibly bricking your device) it may have caused!!! - as shown on the blog

Awesome links
Today's a Friday means no work tomorrow, perhaps Ill start compiling the information on the Kindle
for everyone's benefit tonight.

Also, actually for the screenshot i posted on Kindle displaying Chinese above, those
are direct PDF's they dont need conversion.
Pros : Easy and You conserve any pictures.
Cons : You cant increase PDF's fonts.

If you convert them per the links above :
Pros : Your text in Chinese can perhaps be increased in size.
Cons : A little hassle with the conversion.

Awesome! With all the compiled info, I'm sure all of us will be Kindle pros in no time.
And my my...what a story of coincidence! Almost fit for a movie plot.

One question to anyone who knows the answer.
I don't really feel like jailbreaking the Kindle, it's complicated and probably will void the warranty but I need it for reading Chinese ebooks besides English ones. So, can Chinese ebooks be converted into a Kindle-friendly format where the fonts are able to be enlarged? (without going through jailbreaking that is...) Sorry if this was addressed before.

Hi estara,
Try converting the file to *.mobi using Calibre. Search this thread for Calibre for more info on how to use the software. See if this could help. Good luck!

QUOTE(estara @ Jan 7 2011, 07:48 PM)

Awesome! With all the compiled info, I'm sure all of us will be Kindle pros in no time.
And my my...what a story of coincidence! Almost fit for a movie plot.

One question to anyone who knows the answer.
I don't really feel like jailbreaking the Kindle, it's complicated and probably will void the warranty but I need it for reading Chinese ebooks besides English ones. So, can Chinese ebooks be converted into a Kindle-friendly format where the fonts are able to be enlarged? (without going through jailbreaking that is...) Sorry if this was addressed before.

Haha, actually it wont void the warranty and not really that hard, took 2 minutes to do
but really once ive done it, its actually more for you to have different screensavers, really. There's no pressing need to actually do it.
Also, the jailbreak can be reversed in case you need to.

By default as long as its in PDF you can already display. Otherwise like the post by mr.anutta you can convert them to .mobi (better quality)
or .prc to have that effect. Not all will transfer and convert nicely though, so you need to have a failure tolerance.Also as per post 357 for folks who have a lot of small font PDF files which are actually ebooks I found a converter.
Only catch is that your pictures (if any) wont undergo any conversion.
Its called Free PDF to Text and that will allow
a conversion of text based PDF to only text. Havent tried it though

Update! - Bulk 5 is coming in soon, already passed customs in Hong Kong from US.
Its gonna be passing Malaysian customs either tonight or tomorrow and by Monday morning (crossing fingers)
in my hands!

If youre keeping track, if it reaches Monday, itll have just been 8 working days!
If you're really picky though counting holidays and all that, its 13 days. Since Payment. Nice eh ?



With this coming in im going to Officially Open Bulk 6 and add on a closing date there as well

Thanks guys! I'll give these solutions a try if I ever face any problem with the legibility of Chinese characters.

Dear havocx, pls quote:

http://www.amazon.com/Cyber-Acoustics-IC-1...f=cm_cr_pr_pb_t

http://www.amazon.com/Cell-Phone-Case-Elec.../ref=pd_sim_e_3