Now, you have the Kindle by following the guide of buying Kindle 2 from outside US. There are couple of things you need to know on using Kindle in your homestead.
- Don’t charge your Kindle with your home power supply – unless at home you have the same voltage and US two-pronge plug. Instead, use the USB cable and charge it with your computer.
- Amazon use Whispernet to send the book to your Kindle, and it consumes lots of battery power of your Kindle as it needs to search / connect to Whispernet constantly. But since there is no Whispernet outside US, you shall switch off the Whispernet (from the Kindle menu) as soon as you get your hands on it.
- With your Kindle account, you need to set up a Kindle email address such as xxxx.xxxx@kindle.com. You can send files to that account and Amazon.com will convert the files for Kindle reading.
- On the other hand, Amazon will send the converted file to your Kindle directly via Whispernet. Since you don’t have Whispernet in your country. What you need to do is to send the files to a different address – xxxx.xxxx@free.kindle.com. Amazon will then convert the file and send you an email with a link to the converted file. You can then save the converted file and transfer to your Kindle.
- Kindle is beautiful, but make sure you buy a cover to protect it.
- Register to www.mobileread.com, it provides lots of support to mobile readers like us … outside Amazon.com.
Update : Since the screen saver picture also consumes power, therefore switch off your Kindle, instead of turning it to sleep mode before you go to bed. That will make your Kindle battery last for two, three weeks; instead of just a few days.
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If that’s the case, then exchange it to an International version sounds better. You may also want to check with them by when that version will support the Telcos (and therefore book download wirelessly) in Singapore.
About Nook, I personally don’t think it will be the Kindle killer, but the next Apple tablet will be.
Hi Micheal, thanks for the info. I live in singapore and am going to get the kindle global with a new amazon account. Can my friend in the US share the same account and use a US version kindle in order for us to access the same archive of kindle books?
Hi Jimmy,
Glad you found the information useful.
About your question, yes you can always share your account with your friend (but note that your friend will be able to buy stuff on behalf of you). And for sharing books, my understanding is you can, but the Kindle(s) have to be registered under your account. In other words, your friend will need to deregister his / her Kindle from Amazon first, and then you register that Kindle to your account. Afterward, you can share the books (by downloading to different Kindles) … and there is also a limit – up to six devices can share the eBook (including your Kindle for PC, Kindle for iPhone etc.)
Hope it helps.
Kindle global is available in Ethiopia and andora but not in singapore…. WTF
There is no international or US version of the kindle anymore. Only the global wireless which works internationally or in the US.
That’s true Jimmy. But since there are still some differences in ebook availability and pricing (between US and non-US), so some tricks are still useful.
Enjoy your Kindle !!
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