I've used the iPhone charger to charge my kindle, and vice versa. It seems to work fine. I think the kindle charger is slower, but it gets the job done.
Now, my kindle and phone are both micro-USB which makes me extraordinarily happy.
Jayne, your mouth is talking. You might wanna look to that.
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Gris - Dec 30, 2011 5:35:07 am PST #19041 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Sophia Brooks - Dec 30, 2011 5:38:51 am PST #19042 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
When I was having trouble charging my Kindle, they did say not to use an iPhone charger because it did not give it enough power to overcome being drained of charge. It didn't charge anyway, and they ended up sending me a new one for $40 (mine was out of warranty. My only problem is that I need to get a new case as my old one does not fit the new Kindle Keyboard.
Does anyone know how the owners lending library works? How long can you have a book out? I just borrowed Hunger Games and am wondering how long I have to read it.
Gris - Dec 30, 2011 11:03:07 am PST #19043 of 25501
Hey. New board.
When I was having trouble charging my Kindle, they did say not to use an iPhone charger because it did not give it enough power to overcome being drained of charge.
Really? That doesn't make sense to me - the iPhone charger is specifically designed to send more current than an average USB connection, not less. Apple does some annoying things with the USB specs that make them a not always work the way they should with non-Apple products, but I've had good luck with interchanging their chargers.
I haven't used the Prime lending library, so I can't help you there. Sorry.
Consuela - Dec 30, 2011 2:09:23 pm PST #19044 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, apparently my phone charger, which is a micro USB/USB cable plugged into a converter, works on my Fire. Woot.
§ ita § - Dec 30, 2011 2:12:01 pm PST #19045 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hey! That's what I said.
Polter-Cow - Dec 30, 2011 3:37:49 pm PST #19046 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Okay, apparently my phone charger, which is a micro USB/USB cable plugged into a converter, works on my Fire. Woot.
Oh, cool! Then my phone charger should work as well. Nice.
Jessica - Jan 01, 2012 2:26:55 pm PST #19047 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So for Hanukkah my Dad got me and my mom matching Logitech C910 webcams so we can Skype in HD. The camera is great, except that the Pan & Zoom functions don't exist on the Mac, and the lens is so wide that putting it on top of the TV (hooked up to the Mac Mini) means I'm a tiny speck on the couch about 6 feet away. There's a 3rd party utility called iGlasses which fixes this, but is $20. Anyone know of a free driver I can install that will do the same thing?
Typo Boy - Jan 01, 2012 7:03:43 pm PST #19048 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I always knew pdf was not an efficient information storage means, but did not realize how much. I am making a screen res pdf mockup - 79 pages, 8.5 X 11 72 dpi. As a pure bit map, 1 byte per dot, that would be less than 600K. Now I know a pdf has fonts and all sorts of info. But that pdf comes out to almost 33 meg! Do I need to use different pdf creation software, or does that sound about right?
Ginger - Jan 01, 2012 7:05:09 pm PST #19049 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
What are you using?
Liese S. - Jan 01, 2012 7:54:30 pm PST #19050 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Are you using a bunch of image files that are getting included?