More than just pleasure reading-other uses for Kindle

[Toby]

I am studying a "kindle" art book at the moment. I also enjoy "how to write" books, "how to learn books" & various nonfiction books. I put Oprah's, A New Earth Transcripts, on my kindle to read. However, ever since the kindle, I mainly read fiction & what fun I am having.

[Ann in Arlington]

I think I've said this before but since it's come up again. . . . . . .

I have some tax publications on my DX which are good to have available in a tax emergency.  (Hey, it's what I do! )

I have the Washington DC metro map as well as a couple of AAA triptiks.  Also a couple of bus schedules and route maps.  These were all PDF files that I put on there.

I keep users manuals to my gadgets on there. . .GPS, phone, etc.

I have some sheet music and also copies of 'handouts' that we'll use at the 'music camp' I go to each summer.

I know my brother uses his for scripts for the shows he produces with their community theatre group.

I have heard that if you put an airplane boarding pass on the Kindle that the gate people can scan it just like they would a paper one. . .haven't tried that, though.

On my Klassic Kindle I pretty much just have books for pleasure reading.

[Shastastan]

I think I've said this before but since it's come up again. . . . . . .


I keep users manuals to my gadgets on there. . .GPS, phone, etc.

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On my Klassic Kindle I pretty much just have books for pleasure reading.

Hi  Ann.  I've read some other posts about .pdf files, but I guess I'm still confused.  I could drag my camera file onto my K2 via usb, but when I tried to turn the page, it went into some reformat loop or something.  I thought it was due to drm and that I shouldn't bother to send the file to Amazon for conversion because it's probably copyrighted?  Could you educate me on this a little, please?

Stan

[BK]

>>>I keep users manuals to my gadgets on there. . .GPS, phone, etc.<<<

This is a GREAT idea, Ann! 

Bonnie

[Steph H]

I hope this will fit under the broad spectrum of "other uses for Kindle."  Next to my bed is my phone and kindle chargers. I must have been really tired the other night be cause I plugged what I thought was the charger for my phone and it was actually the kindle charger. The strange thing is it fit in the phone and started charging it! It only did it for less than a minute until I noticed it.

 Since it was charging the phone I followed the logic and plugged the kindle charger into the phone and it started charging the phone. I definitely did not leave it plugged in, just wanted to see if it worked.

My Blackberry and the K2 have the same charger plug and I interchange them all the time, especially when hooking them up to the computer.  Doesn't hurt anything, there's nothing magical about having to use the exact charger that came with each device, as long as it's the 'right' charger.

[Steph H]

I have heard that if you put an airplane boarding pass on the Kindle that the gate people can scan it just like they would a paper one. . .haven't tried that, though.

I know this can work on mobile devices (phones, blackberries, etc.), but only at certain airports and/or for certain flights. You basically have to have that option given to you when you check-in online, to send the boarding pass to a mobile device. [I've done that for my boss before and it worked on his Blackberry, never tried it myself.] But I don't know why it wouldn't work on Kindle too, in those cases, unless the contrast isn't as 'clean' as backlit screens for that purpose.

[bvlarson]

It's my emergency web-browser. Mostly for political news, I'm a junky. 

[NYCKindleFan]

I use mine for pleasure reading and I also have some business related books, docs, and PDFs on it.

[threeundertwo]

Besides pleasure reading, I keep up with a few newspapers on my Kindle and a few blogs (Lifehacker, Teleread, Kindle Nation Daily).  I'm currently scouting out some opera librettos with translations.  I'd love to be able to follow along on my Kindle while listening.

My kids mainly use them for pleasure reading, but also for required school reading.  They tell me that kids are starting to bring Kindles to middle school, and the teachers are great about it.  It's fun watching the next generation latch on to ebook reading.

[Ann in Arlington]

Hi  Ann.  I've read some other posts about .pdf files, but I guess I'm still confused.  I could drag my camera file onto my K2 via usb, but when I tried to turn the page, it went into some reformat loop or something.  I thought it was due to drm and that I shouldn't bother to send the file to Amazon for conversion because it's probably copyrighted?  Could you educate me on this a little, please?

Stan

I know I have my GPS and my phone users manuals, PDF files, on my DX.  I just copied them to the Documents folder via USB.  They read just fine.  I suppose it's possible your camera one has DRM though that seems odd. . .the whole point of having the things electronic is so you can have copies where you need 'em.

If they are indexed so you can jump from the ToC to the proper section, that part doesn't work on the Kindle PDF viewer as it is now.

Now, on a K2, you have to have software version of 2.3 at least to be able to view the PDF file.  And it's going to be small probably and difficult to read.  If you have the 2.5.x software, there's a pan and zoom but, honestly, I don't know how well that will work if you actually need to look something up.