DR George wrote:
Congrats on the free Kindle! Mine was free, too, but I got mine with points from my debit card. The 3G is cell phone technology...meaning, you can use it anywhere you could use a cell phone. Mine doesn't have 3G, either. I can download to the Kindle through a USB cable from my computer or use Wi-Fi. They all should have that. And you will use the keyboard. You can search a document, there's a web browser (if you have Wi-Fi), things like that.
So without 3G just means i cannot download books anywhere (only where there is wifi?)
I'm curious when you send a book from amazon to your computer and then to your kindle, do you need to have an app on your computer for this?
Also, (and forgive how dumb these questions sound) I know to buy a book from amazon you have to have your kindle registered. But then i'm curious what the process is after that. For instance i have a giftcard in my account. Does the kindle book just go to your computer/kindle as soon as you buy it. Is there an option to choose my giftcard as payment (i think you have to set up a certain credit card as the payment card).
I'm trying to figure out if people in canada use their kindles differently (i.e., if it is cheaper to send it to your computer and then USB it to your kindle or just sending it straight to kindle).
Jennifer, not trying to pass the buck, but I would suggest that you go to Amazon.com and Search the Kindle Store for Kindle Support. They really have everything you could possibly want to know about the Kindle and downloading of books. I would not want to give you any false information.
I would tell you that you do not want to download a book to your computer and then to the Kindle. I don't have 3G on mine, but I download just fine. I believe (and here I go giving possible wrong info) every Kindle has Wireless, you just need to turn it on when you want to order a book, and turn it back off after the book downloads. You can do that by clicking on the Menu button.
