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piratebryan
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Nonyeon
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 Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:37 pm Post subject: Kindle |
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I'm thinking about getting a Kindle for Christmas. Anyone have one? What are your thoughts? Anyone had any problems/life changing experiences?
I've had a few ebook readers and they all sucked horribly, but I used my dad's last time I was home and it was sort of cool... |
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oskinny1
Joined: 10 Nov 2006
Location: Right behind you!
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piratebryan
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Nonyeon
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| sweet link. i did some research. it seems b&n's library is unavailable to non-us ip addresses. i like the wifi capabilities, but the kindle international edition will work on the korean 3g network, which sort of makes the wifi unnecessary. |
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darkjedidave
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Shanghai/Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I love my Sony eReader 5. All you need to do is download .pfd books online, paste them onto a SD card, insert and read away |
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Statbola
Joined: 05 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:59 am Post subject: |
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| I love love love my kindle. I have no problems with it in Korea. SOmetimes I can't connect to wifi, but I have no issues downloading from my computer. I'd be lost without it in Kimchiworld! |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Nov 25, 2009 6:19 am Post subject: |
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| Statbola wrote: |
| I love love love my kindle. I have no problems with it in Korea. SOmetimes I can't connect to wifi, but I have no issues downloading from my computer. I'd be lost without it in Kimchiworld! |
Cool.
New firmware update has support for PDFs and supposedly an 87% increase in battery life.
Me wanty. Might wait till they are 100 bucks with color screen, though. |
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hugekebab
Joined: 05 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:49 am Post subject: |
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I saw one of these the other day. I really like the screen.
What sort of battery life are you getting on them? |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 11:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| Statbola wrote: |
| I love love love my kindle. I have no problems with it in Korea. SOmetimes I can't connect to wifi, but I have no issues downloading from my computer. I'd be lost without it in Kimchiworld! |
Cool.
New firmware update has support for PDFs and supposedly an 87% increase in battery life.
Me wanty. Might wait till they are 100 bucks with color screen, though. |
So when will that be? |
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Rusty Shackleford
Joined: 08 May 2008
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| Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2009 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| Yaya wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
| Statbola wrote: |
| I love love love my kindle. I have no problems with it in Korea. SOmetimes I can't connect to wifi, but I have no issues downloading from my computer. I'd be lost without it in Kimchiworld! |
Cool.
New firmware update has support for PDFs and supposedly an 87% increase in battery life.
Me wanty. Might wait till they are 100 bucks with color screen, though. |
So when will that be? |
Haha, don't ask me. Just saying. |
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rohandel
Joined: 28 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:54 pm Post subject: Can you really? |
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| Let me be sure I am reading this correctly?? You CAN use the new international edition of the Kindle here in Korea?? When I went to Amazon a few months ago to buy one, it said Korea was not one of the supported countries. My wife had the first gen of Kindle back in the US, and loved it. She would love nothing more than to use one here in Korea. Did you buy it and ship it through Amazon??? Thanks. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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If the Kindle is as slow as the similar I-river model, I'll pass. Downright painful is how I'd describe it.
I also wasn't nearly as impressed with the E-ink screen that I saw. |
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rohandel
Joined: 28 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: Maybe not??? |
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Maybe it does work in Korea? This is what I saw when looking at Amazon:
Korea, Republic of
Unfortunately, we are currently unable to ship Kindles to Korea, Republic of
Does it work here, but Amazon won't ship it here? If so, do those who have one here just get a friend to ship it over? Thanks. |
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piratebryan
Joined: 21 Feb 2008
Location: Nonyeon
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| Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:56 am Post subject: |
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mine should be waiting for me at school on monday. my dad bought it for me and shipped it here. you can buy the books as i've already been buying them for my itouch. i saw a map of wispernet coverage, and korea is covered so, it SHOULD work wirelessly here. i think everything works, they just dont ship it here yet.
i'll find out on monday if everything works... |
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itsthepetester
Joined: 02 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm interested in hearing how the Kindle works for you here in Korea. I'm thinking about getting one. |
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Yaya
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| piratebryan wrote: |
mine should be waiting for me at school on monday. my dad bought it for me and shipped it here. you can buy the books as i've already been buying them for my itouch. i saw a map of wispernet coverage, and korea is covered so, it SHOULD work wirelessly here. i think everything works, they just dont ship it here yet.
i'll find out on monday if everything works... |
Uh oh, I found out some bad news in this regard.
http://expat21.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/will-amazons-global-kindle-work-in-your-country/ |
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