tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post1202656641236319070..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Questions from the Comments area, some with answers - UPDATE2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-71213469156177730582012-03-09T11:49:00.373-08:002012-03-09T11:49:00.373-08:00Anonymous, did you pull the light stem ALL the way...Anonymous, did you pull the light stem ALL the way out? At first, I too thought it didn't work, but the very last part has to be pulled up and out a bit harder than I thought at first. <br /><br />AND, it works only when the power is set to ON. When the Kindle goes to sleep, the light goes out too, which is a battery saver for when you fall asleep at night reading etc.<br /><br />Let me know how it goes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-41535015215458081822012-03-09T05:15:54.584-08:002012-03-09T05:15:54.584-08:00kindle3 3g book cover built in light doesn't w...kindle3 3g book cover built in light doesn't workAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-33573610295835528912010-10-12T23:03:34.707-07:002010-10-12T23:03:34.707-07:00Anonymous at 11:00PM PDT,
Yes, it's on my li...Anonymous at 11:00PM PDT,<br /> Yes, it's on my list of brief news items I am listing and linking for the entry for tonight or tomorrow morning. There's so much news, and the one I saw and kept is from a slightly different source but they all get them from Amazon, which sends us alerts to the originals too. Very intriguing idea.<br /><br /> Thanks for making sure I saw it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-48752534729315693322010-10-12T23:00:10.204-07:002010-10-12T23:00:10.204-07:00Have you seen this Business Wire article?
http://w...Have you seen this Business Wire article?<br />http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101012006202/en<br /><br />Titled:<br />Amazon to Launch “Kindle Singles”— Compelling Ideas Expressed at Their Natural LengthAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-82931398423880889502010-10-12T21:45:22.092-07:002010-10-12T21:45:22.092-07:00Anonymous, Oct 12, 9:02:00 PM PDT,
Thanks.
Yes...Anonymous, Oct 12, 9:02:00 PM PDT,<br /> Thanks.<br /> Yes, when the only reason is the battery being too low, but the other works in almost every type of case (there are many things that can cause it, bringing up no little anxiety) and with a low battery would likely need the 2nd method. <br /><br />If it's just the battery you normally get a message saying you need to plug it in. <br /><br /> USB powering -- Depends on the power from the USB port -- I have two higher-powered ones and one lower-powered.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-87813557008809888692010-10-12T21:02:01.982-07:002010-10-12T21:02:01.982-07:00I've found (the one time I it turned off my DX...I've found (the one time I it turned off my DX and couldn't get it to come back on) that just plugging it in to a computer would cause it to turn itself on again. No need to use the switch :)<br /><br />Guess receiving a USB signal for synching from a PC is enough to cause it to wake up even if it appears to be turned off.<br />If the battery is completely flat that might not work of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-25920551535071780792010-10-12T18:16:54.921-07:002010-10-12T18:16:54.921-07:00Anonymous,
Thanks for the feedback, I guess I wi...Anonymous,<br /> Thanks for the feedback, I guess I will - As you can see it's a good way for me to learn a few things this way as well, from visitors here who catch my errors :-) or have good recommendations.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-85154757820085040502010-10-12T15:59:07.305-07:002010-10-12T15:59:07.305-07:00These are great. I think it is a good idea for you...These are great. I think it is a good idea for you to do this every once in a while, as I learned some new tricks that I wouldn't have thought of asking about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-28361200721848325122010-10-12T13:00:01.297-07:002010-10-12T13:00:01.297-07:00Zach,
Most of us don't do it for "need&...Zach,<br /> Most of us don't do it for "need" but to get a maybe better idea of the various uses of the word and to look up the origin of the word and similar ones (which I find really interesting).<br /><br /> In reading, I run across a lot of words not there either, but it actually has a larger vocab than I do :-) and the idea is to have one for the standard audience. One problem is that you need the exact word and not a substring. <br /><br />I've found words I thought weren't there but they were under a mild variant.<br /><br />The OED would be a bit expensive for the Kindle and we now get the ODE as an added dictionary that we can substitute for it but I don't know if that's better.<br /><br />"obscure or archaic. Those are the ones I need a dictionary for"<br /><br /> Which one do you use for those?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-16075023714213968092010-10-12T12:53:41.253-07:002010-10-12T12:53:41.253-07:00Neil,
Good thing that TripAdvisor thought of peo...Neil,<br /> Good thing that TripAdvisor thought of people like me and redirects tripadviser.com (which domain name they wisely bought) to tripadvisor.com. Will change that in the body of the text though.<br /><br /> Thanks re booking.com<br /><br /> I tried it, and the Kindle 3 defaults to the full site, with tiny letters, so I'll list the recommendation as m.twitter.com for both Kindle 2 and Kindle 3. (I guess you use it on an iPhone?.)<br /><br /> I'm not entirely sure it would be the absolute cheapest, as I had a flooding decision and searched for hours for a hotel during a bad time here ($$ due to insurance probs) and with all the booking sites I found on google, hotels.com saved me about $50 from the next cheapest, per night.<br /><br /> But your experience with it means a lot and it has a good interface if we use the m.booking.com URL.<br /><br /> Thanks for the quick correction and recommendation!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-19625541636218181862010-10-12T12:24:10.046-07:002010-10-12T12:24:10.046-07:00Hi, Clarissa,
Thanks for the quick feedback!Hi, Clarissa,<br /> Thanks for the quick feedback!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-33386424656141219342010-10-12T12:17:43.088-07:002010-10-12T12:17:43.088-07:00I would add a note regarding the Kindle Dictionary...I would add a note regarding the Kindle Dictionary being basic. It's great functionally, but I've found (and please accept my apology, because I know this sounds really arrogant) if I need to look the word up, it's not in this dictionary. The vocabulary is too small. I wish I could think of a good example here. I just kept running across words that are actual, legitimate words, but are obscure or archaic. Those are the ones I need a dictionary for.Zachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09454555770949951135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-43799868042736894062010-10-12T12:17:36.541-07:002010-10-12T12:17:36.541-07:00A) it's tripadvisor.com
B) booking.com is by ...A) it's tripadvisor.com<br /><br />B) booking.com is by far the best (and cheapest) way to book hotels globally<br /><br />Neil.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15156748070834022711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-75291173302585619882010-10-12T12:07:11.662-07:002010-10-12T12:07:11.662-07:00Thank you, these answers are really helpful.Thank you, these answers are really helpful.Clarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11027134365260069910noreply@blogger.com