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.
Update 2 : Kindle 3 is now available, great product !!
Update 3 : As you may aware, you can register your Kindle thru the “Manage your Kindle” in Amazon website, but not registering it using Whispernet … but here is a trick – create your own reginfo file and copy to your Kindle (for expert only … I warn you first).
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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 !!
Hi, may I know how to buy a Kindle if I am living in Singapore? Do I have to go to the USA to buy? Can I buy it online? Or can I buy it in Singapore?
Any information would be useful.
Thank you!
Hi Sharon,
There are many ways to do it. If you have US address / credit card, you can buy it, ship to the US address then ship again to Singapore. You can also ask your friend to do it for you. Lastly, you can buy the Kindle thru some websites like VPost.com and they will buy the Kindle for you in US, then ship to Singapore.
If you somehow will travel to USA, you can go to retail store “Target” to get one. Information is here.
Of course, you can also wait till Amazon launch the product in Singapore.
Hope it helps.
Hi Jimmy!
Can you further explain point 3 & 4? What’s the different between those two email addresses? Sorry! A lil bit slow here!
Hi,
Check out the domains of the two email addresses – one is @kindle.com, one is @free.kindle.com. For first one, Kindle will convert the file and then send to your Kindle via Whispernet. In the second case, Amazon will convert the file and then send to you via email (instead of Whispernet) – and you need to transfer the converted file to your Kindle via USB cable.
Hope it helps.
Michael
Hi Michael,
I’m in Australia and purchased my Kindle using a mail forwarding service in the US. Unfortunately the mail forwarded registered the Kindle to her Amazon account. As I’m not in the US I can’t connect with Whispernet to deregister it from her account and re-register to mine. Is there anything I can do?
Thank you!
Emma
Hi Emma,
In that case, you need to contact that company to login to Amazon and deregister your Kindle. On the other hand, if your Kindle is the International edition, it shall support Whispernet even in Australia. Have you turned on the wireless connection and tried ?
Hope it helps.
Hello Michael,
how do i deregister & register my kindle without whispernet? I have already done it on my amazon…just unable to change it in the kindle.
Thanx.
Khairul
Hi Khariul,
Without the access to Whispernet, you cannot deregister the Kindle from the device. However, since you’ve already register the Kindle to your Amazon account, I believe you still can buy books via the web, then transfer to your Kindle via USB.
Hope it helps.
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