Click to viewWe got a unit , dally with it , and shoot it from all angle including the out of sight SD posting slot and the surprisal “ pleather ” protective guinea pig . In this Charles William Post , NYC newsman Jen Hooker and I respond many of your most pressing query — hell , peradventure all of them — including browsing the web , playing music and transferring Holy Writ and more :
Take a flavour at the screen shooter :
• How long was initial powerup ? 4 seconds ( but our demo unit may have been reboot up before ) .
• How long does it take to reverse pages ? One second or less .
• How comfortable is it to hold ? Very comfortable . It ’s nice and lightsome . It feels right in the crease of your hand , between the thumb and forefinger . The downside is that it ’s very well-off to murder the Next Page paint by chance .
• How promiscuous is it to use the scroll wheel ? gentle and intuitive .
• Can you switch the font size of it everywhere ? No . you could change the fonts of books , but when essay to change the size of text on the home projection screen , we got a subject matter that tell “ Sorry , you could only change the size of text while reading message . ” It does n’t say you’re able to exchange the font set globally , either .
• How responsive is the keyboard ? turn out , not very responsive . It sometimes takes a mo after you type the cay for the varsity letter to appear . ( Good thing there ’s no school text - message app ? ) Placement of the Delete key is unenviable because it ’s directly above the Enter key , and it ’s well-heeled to confuse the two .
• What does the connection cost monthly ? Nothing . And in subject you are curious , the EV - DO religious service is from Sprint , not Verizon Wireless .
• What happens when you connect your Kindle to a PC or Mac ? It goes into USB Drive Mode and shows the contents of the Kindle . Here ’s what we saw when we plugged in :
Can you transmit document straight to the twist ? In our testing , we only got MP3s to show up when we transferred them via USB . PDFs , RTFs , and JPEGs did not seem when we copied them to the Documents folder on the Kindle . But concord to the online manual , you should be able to transfer any Kindle - compatiable filing cabinet via USB .
• How do you convert files ? Once you have set up your sanction e - mail addresses atwww.amazon.com/manageyourkindle , you want to send off JPEGs , Word docs and other files ( but NOT PDFs ! ) to your Kindle e - mail address from your standard address . But gauge what : a SMALL FEE of 10 cent will be apply per atomic number 99 - mail attachment , so careful with that . When we tested , our transition of one JPEG and one Word doc took about 20 minutes all said and done .
• Can I backup and store the book on my microcomputer ? Yes . We download a Bible , and then re-create it to the Mac and delete it from the Kindle . We see to it and it was by all odds go from the Kindle . And when we copied it back over from the Mac , it appeared again . Of course , Amazon recommends erase record book to economize room , but download them from the swarm when you need them , rather than hive away them on your PC . But at an norm of 300 - 400 KB , you should n’t really have a problem storing rafts in your personal practical storage warehouse .
• Can I read the books stored on my personal computer ? So far , “ no , ” but that could change . The files are in a .azw format and we do n’t have a .azw reader . Do you ? Either way , it ’s probably an easy thing to manipulate up for Windows and Macs , so mayhap it ’ll go on . But why would Bezos need you reading his $ 9.99 downloads on your shiny laptop ? There are economic reasons why this might not happen .
• What is the SD card slot for ? As far as we can tell , the Coyote State is mainly for lengthy depot . It is gentle to send hooey from the Kindle to SD , but it ’s not observable how you could move document off of SD and onto the Kindle .
• What ’s the deal with the dictionary ? Inside the Kindle is the Oxford American Dictionary , but you may only depend up word that you endure across while interpretation — you ca n’t just typewrite them in . Also , you could eventually download preferred dictionary , and select which one you want to be primary .
• Can I browse the web on this thing ? Since the EV - DO serve is free , we suspected that the response is “ no . ” But it turns out , you’re able to crop the World Wide Web ! Something hollo “ Basic Web ” browsing useable in the “ observational ” part of the menu , along with “ roleplay Music ” and “ Ask Kindle NowNow . ”
• How do graphics calculate on the World Wide Web ? There are two web modes . Default mode lets you see text but pictures come in tiny and unvoiced to see . Advanced mode expose the entanglement page the manner you ’d anticipate on a normal internet browser , but it snub off text and is heavy to manage .
Default web internet browser modal value :
Advanced web internet browser mode :
•How do you play music ? The “ bid Music ” characteristic is in the observational pageboy ( Menu > Experimental ) . So far we can only play MP3s on it , and with no metadata on the screen . The birdsong just play . AAC was try and apparently does n’t lick . ( you’re able to also sink in Alt - P to run euphony when you are in another part of the reader . )
• What file format are support ? Kindle ( .azw ) , text ( .txt ) , unprotected Mobipocket ( .mobi , .prc ) , Audible ( .aa ) and MP3 ( .mp3 ) .
• How long did it take to search for a especial book ? In our test , it demand 12 seconds .
• How long was the factual download ? The download was nearly instant — there ’s a bit of sleight - of - handwriting because when you click “ buy , ” it takes you to the “ OK ” silver screen and then after that you go to the home filmdom to see the lean of title you own ( in your Amazon.com Kindle account ) . By the time we jibe the home concealment , the book was download . We conceive the 60 - second statement , but we ’ll see if we can time this stuff on mediocre ( without going broke ! ! ! ) .
• What ’s in the library , aka Kindle Book Store ? There are already plenty of books , 90,000 in all , include 101 of the current NYT bestsellers . Do n’t believe us ? See for yourself at theAmazon Kindle Store .
• Will it be available at brick and mortar ? in all probability not , at least not yet . Bezos only allege available at Amazon , and we doubt Barnes & Noble is begging to sell .
• Is the screen really “ easy on the eyes ” ? We say yes . It ’s definitely mellower than a laptop computer , though the screen ’s acuteness is n’t as neat , so that might bother some masses .
• Can you emphasise text ? Not exactly , but you may “ highlight ” which place a thin boxwood around the text you want to call out , so in a sensation , you are doing the same matter . you could also total margin notes to specific passage .
• How does it compare to the Sony Reader ? We have n’t done a comparability of our own yet , but Gadget Lab did one that you could readhere .
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