Comments on: Enjoying my new Kindle in Chennai, India! http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/ My thoughts, haikus and freelance musings Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bhavani http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-10627 bhavani Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:13:35 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-10627 hi I've a kindle and i just love it! do you know any shops in chennai where i can get a cover for my kindle? hi
I’ve a kindle and i just love it! do you know any shops in chennai where i can get a cover for my kindle?

]]> By: Joa http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-10554 Joa Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:51:50 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-10554 Interesting thread to read. I am trying to find out whether there are different country versions (i.e. different 3G provider versions) of the Kindle Keyboard 3G. I know that the US version is different - but are all the other countries the same? Like, can I buy the German version and 3G access also fully works in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and anywhere else? And the other way around? Or in other words, are there two versions: one for the USA and another one for everywhere else? Or is it multiple different versions, depending on the country? Does anybody know? I am currently weighing up options, with friends travelling internationally, whether it makes sense to have them buy one for me and bring it back home to New Zealand. Thanks a lot in advanve for any replies Joa Interesting thread to read. I am trying to find out whether there are different country versions (i.e. different 3G provider versions) of the Kindle Keyboard 3G. I know that the US version is different – but are all the other countries the same? Like, can I buy the German version and 3G access also fully works in New Zealand, Australia, the UK, and anywhere else? And the other way around?

Or in other words, are there two versions: one for the USA and another one for everywhere else? Or is it multiple different versions, depending on the country?

Does anybody know? I am currently weighing up options, with friends travelling internationally, whether it makes sense to have them buy one for me and bring it back home to New Zealand.

Thanks a lot in advanve for any replies
Joa

]]> By: Rahul http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-10526 Rahul Sun, 25 Dec 2011 18:59:38 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-10526 Ratan / Bhagwad/Anyone How did you get your Kindle with Wifi and 3G to work in India? I bought mine in the UK, where it worked just fine. However, back in India (Pune), although I get the 3G symbol and solid connectivity bars showing on the top right, I still can't access the Kindle Store/Wiki/Google etc. Please help! Ratan / Bhagwad/Anyone

How did you get your Kindle with Wifi and 3G to work in India? I bought mine in the UK, where it worked just fine.

However, back in India (Pune), although I get the 3G symbol and solid connectivity bars showing on the top right, I still can’t access the Kindle Store/Wiki/Google etc. Please help!

]]> By: Ratan http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-10301 Ratan Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:07:00 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-10301 Hi I have a kindle with wi fi and 3G, I am able to connect to whispernet with 3G and or Wi Fi. Also there are hacks available to read tamil fonts. Check this out: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116098 Hi

I have a kindle with wi fi and 3G, I am able to connect to whispernet with 3G and or Wi Fi. Also there are hacks available to read tamil fonts.

Check this out:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116098

]]> By: bhagwad http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-10160 bhagwad Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:56:10 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-10160 Library.nu is pretty good. We also have Gutenberg etc which give some of the best copyright free books available on the net. Library.nu is pretty good. We also have Gutenberg etc which give some of the best copyright free books available on the net.

]]> By: Jelena http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-10159 Jelena Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:54:36 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-10159 can you recommend any websites for downloading books - the ones you mentioned you convert in calibre? i am using library.nu but any other similar searchable website? can you recommend any websites for downloading books – the ones you mentioned you convert in calibre? i am using library.nu but any other similar searchable website?

]]> By: Narayanan http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-9825 Narayanan Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:05:44 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-9825 I tried several combination of Tamil files to read in 'Kindle Keyboard 3G'. There were all combination of files, PDFs with scanned tamil pages (showing content as image), PDFs with typed Tamil content with non true type fonts, PDFs with true type fonts, PDFs with Unicode fonts (Latha.ttf), a text file with Tamil characters. Kindle rendered all the above as image, including PDFs with unicode characters. The text file with Tamil characters were displayed just as question marks. So, this leaves me with a conclusion that Kindle by default does not have Tamil fonts installed. When a page is to be read, it tries to recognise the content and if it fails it just shows as an image. When it recognise the contents and it has no way to show as an image as in case of a text file, the contents are interpreted and shown as question marks. I have seen other discussion threads where one has to jailbreak the kindle to install Tamil Unicode fonts and then using a Tamil unicode document just as good as it was done in English with automatic text wrap based on font size. Thought to put it here as it might be helpful for others. Regards, Narayanan (SendtoNarayanan at hot mail dot com) I tried several combination of Tamil files to read in ‘Kindle Keyboard 3G’. There were all combination of files, PDFs with scanned tamil pages (showing content as image), PDFs with typed Tamil content with non true type fonts, PDFs with true type fonts, PDFs with Unicode fonts (Latha.ttf), a text file with Tamil characters.

Kindle rendered all the above as image, including PDFs with unicode characters. The text file with Tamil characters were displayed just as question marks. So, this leaves me with a conclusion that Kindle by default does not have Tamil fonts installed. When a page is to be read, it tries to recognise the content and if it fails it just shows as an image. When it recognise the contents and it has no way to show as an image as in case of a text file, the contents are interpreted and shown as question marks.

I have seen other discussion threads where one has to jailbreak the kindle to install Tamil Unicode fonts and then using a Tamil unicode document just as good as it was done in English with automatic text wrap based on font size.

Thought to put it here as it might be helpful for others.

Regards,
Narayanan (SendtoNarayanan at hot mail dot com)

]]> By: bhagwad http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-9606 bhagwad Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-9606 The color screen is a regular LCD screen and not e-ink - so not an ideal e-reader for real reading fans. The color screen is a regular LCD screen and not e-ink – so not an ideal e-reader for real reading fans.

]]> By: Ganesh Ram http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-9605 Ganesh Ram Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:30:04 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-9605 Kindle has recently launched the touch-screen version - regular as well as in color. am currently using a wi-fi/3g version, purchased just before the launch of the touch-screen model and its pretty cool. the touch and color version must be really good. Kindle has recently launched the touch-screen version – regular as well as in color. am currently using a wi-fi/3g version, purchased just before the launch of the touch-screen model and its pretty cool. the touch and color version must be really good.

]]> By: bhagwad http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/2010/technology/enjoying-my-new-kindle-in-chennai-india.html/#comment-9504 bhagwad Sat, 01 Oct 2011 14:26:56 +0000 http://www.bhagwad.com/blog/?p=1691#comment-9504 Amazon hasn't released a color kindle yet - not with e-ink the way a regular kindle is. If you're in India, I suggest you buy the Infibeam for your man: http://www.infibeam.com/Pi It's local so you'll have faster delivery and probably cheaper too! Amazon hasn’t released a color kindle yet – not with e-ink the way a regular kindle is. If you’re in India, I suggest you buy the Infibeam for your man: http://www.infibeam.com/Pi

It’s local so you’ll have faster delivery and probably cheaper too!

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