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cassimira
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Location: Daeso, South Korea
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I know this thread hasn't been updated fo a while, but just wanted to add a word of advice for anyone looking into a kindle for Korea....
Yes, the Kindle 2 and the international are "optimized and updated."
But for ANY of the new versions... you have to send the Kindle BACK TO AMAZON to get the battery changed if it dies. It's supposed to have quite a long life... but if you're planning on staying an ex-pat for a while, I'd recommend buying a refurbished Kindle 1 (the original model.) It has slightly less storage space, but you can change the battery out yourself, which I think is a definite plus when you're dealing with international shipping prices and turn-around times. AND its significantly cheaper!
I'm using the Kindle 1 now, and I love it... and having to hook it up to the USB cable to dl books is super easy, and not really a hassle at all. |
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ed1980
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Location: Goyang
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:12 am Post subject: |
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Hi
I am running out of ideas for Christmas...
any suggestions on how I can get my hands on Kindle in 2 weeks for a decent price ??? |
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zappadelta
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| Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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| cassimira wrote: |
I know this thread hasn't been updated fo a while, but just wanted to add a word of advice for anyone looking into a kindle for Korea....
Yes, the Kindle 2 and the international are "optimized and updated."
But for ANY of the new versions... you have to send the Kindle BACK TO AMAZON to get the battery changed if it dies. It's supposed to have quite a long life... but if you're planning on staying an ex-pat for a while, I'd recommend buying a refurbished Kindle 1 (the original model.) It has slightly less storage space, but you can change the battery out yourself, which I think is a definite plus when you're dealing with international shipping prices and turn-around times. AND its significantly cheaper!
I'm using the Kindle 1 now, and I love it... and having to hook it up to the USB cable to dl books is super easy, and not really a hassle at all. |
Can't do pdfs though right? |
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tannerev
Joined: 20 May 2010
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ed1980-
i am selling a 2nd gen international 3g network model with a great case for 100,000. i just put it up on the for sale threads.
let me know!
tanner |
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Adam Carolla
Joined: 26 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| zappadelta wrote: |
| cassimira wrote: |
I know this thread hasn't been updated fo a while, but just wanted to add a word of advice for anyone looking into a kindle for Korea....
Yes, the Kindle 2 and the international are "optimized and updated."
But for ANY of the new versions... you have to send the Kindle BACK TO AMAZON to get the battery changed if it dies. It's supposed to have quite a long life... but if you're planning on staying an ex-pat for a while, I'd recommend buying a refurbished Kindle 1 (the original model.) It has slightly less storage space, but you can change the battery out yourself, which I think is a definite plus when you're dealing with international shipping prices and turn-around times. AND its significantly cheaper!
I'm using the Kindle 1 now, and I love it... and having to hook it up to the USB cable to dl books is super easy, and not really a hassle at all. |
Can't do pdfs though right? |
Yes, it can do pdfs. You just email the pdf to your kindle e-mail address, and it will show up automatically after a couple of minutes.
However, the problem with viewing pdfs on a kindle is that it the text is super tiny, so you need to re-orient the kindle to landscape mode to have any hope of reading the text, and it's still quite small even then. If you are into pdfs, I'd probbly get the kindle DX. |
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ed1980
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Goyang
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 5:31 am Post subject: |
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is it this one ?
does 3g mean I can download books from anywhere ??? - if so whats the point of wi-fi ??
cheers |
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tannerev
Joined: 20 May 2010
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 8:41 am Post subject: |
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| 3g means you can get books from anywhere. wifi will let you post on facebook or whatever if you want to. |
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mtmelton
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Chillin' in Gwangju
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| Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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| The 3g you can get anwhere in the world as he said. The wifi lets you download a book or have a book sent to you only around a wifi connection like at a coffee shop or near a wireless router. Unless you are going to some remote place with no wifi around and only download books from amazon you can get the 3g. If you want to save money you can download the books from torrent sites and put on your kindle with the charging cable. |
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