Doesn't it cost money to email things to your kindle address?
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Dana - Dec 25, 2011 7:28:35 am PST #19021 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Gris - Dec 25, 2011 7:52:10 am PST #19022 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Not if you download the thing over Wifi, instead of 3G. My kindle is Wifi only now, so that's how I always get it. The money is just bandwidth costs, so if it doesn't cost them any cell bandwidth, it's free.
You may need to e-mail to username@free.kindle.com instead of username@kindle.com, I'm not sure.
ETA: I just tested this whole process. Send it to username@free.kindle.com and you can download it for free over WiFi. You have to set flag-noreply@erayd.net as an approved e-mail address on the Personal Document settings in your Amazon Manage Your Kindle page, but then it works well.
Dana - Dec 25, 2011 7:57:17 am PST #19023 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Ohhhhh. Hmm.
Polter-Cow - Dec 25, 2011 8:40:43 am PST #19024 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I sent my thing to username@kindle.com and downloaded it over WiFi with no problem. I put my own e-mail address as an approved address.
askye - Dec 25, 2011 2:29:59 pm PST #19025 of 25501
Thrive to spite them
With the personal documents feature on the kindle I can read pdfs - like crochet patterns! They aren't in color, obviously but I can at least have them at my fingertips.
§ ita § - Dec 25, 2011 3:38:33 pm PST #19026 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My cousin is telling me that a tech can't find the hookup on her iPad to get her online via cell service. What are they talking about? Do they sell iPads that can't be activated for cell service? If they do, would they then have models that need something external and can't support it? That sounds suspiciously like fragmentation.
Gris - Dec 25, 2011 3:49:58 pm PST #19027 of 25501
Hey. New board.
They do sell iPads that are Wifi only. The cell-capable models are more expensive. There shouldn't be anything to plug in, for any of them - either they have it built in, or they don't.
le nubian - Dec 25, 2011 3:51:00 pm PST #19028 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Yes there is 3G service for iPad, but the setup is often in store at the apple store or AT&T/Verizon.
§ ita § - Dec 25, 2011 4:06:24 pm PST #19029 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Okay, so this woman who's saying she can't find where to plug it in--she's full of shit. If my cousin's iPad can't get cell, she's permanently SOL. My cousin is being told she's missing a port or something.
Thanks.
le nubian - Dec 25, 2011 8:08:54 pm PST #19030 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
No port at all. You need to have phone service and iTunes to activate it.