I have a paperwhite and I love it for reading. I frequently send PDFs to it using the "send to" function.
Yes, it has a browser, and I could do gmail from it. But it would be awkward, so I don't. What I like is that it is essentially a single-function device. Everything else--computer, phone, etc.--has wants me to always be doing something *more*. The paperwhite is like walking around with a good book, period. The battery lasts for quite a while, but I would consider some kind of charging circuit if I were going on tour. On Saturday, August 2, 2014 2:37:54 PM UTC-4, justin...@gmail.com wrote: > > I have a basic Kindle (pre-Paperwhite Kindle Touch). > It's the perfect non-paper reading device - unless you want to read > magazines. It's black and white. Remember Kindle Fire is the same as > reading on an iPad or iPhone. It doesn't have e-Ink and will > tire/degrade/annoy your eyes and the Kindle Fire won't have as long of > battery life. > > 1. You can use the "Send To Kindle" email address via Kindle Personal > documents to send text files and PDFS (I THINK!) to your Kindle. Read up > here: http://www.amazon.com/*kindlepersonaldocuments* > They've changed how it works over time so maybe it's different. > > 2. GMail - yes you can. It is not fun IMO. My father does it on a regular > basis though. He prefers his iPhone however. > > 3. I usually take mine to the beach once a year (didn't get to this year) > and can read the whole week (5 days, 4-6 hours of reading a day) without > charging. You have the option to turn off the wireless services which will > GREATLY increase your reading time. > > I really love mine. Light, useful and does what it's made to do perfectly. > Especially for touring. I wish it wasn't funneling money to Amazon but we > all make compromises! > > -J > > On Saturday, August 2, 2014 11:19:31 AM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> I have more and more books on the Kindle system and I'm seriously >> thinking of getting a small screen device on which to read them -- in >> between my iPhone 4 and my 17" Macbook Pro. >> >> I'm inclined toward the basic Kindle at $70 since I want it very largely >> for reading and because it is light (and cheap). But a couple of questions >> for those of you who have used such things. >> >> 1. Will the basic Kindle download and display books from The Gutenberg >> Project and other such sites? (I don't order from Apple, so it needn't >> handle their products.) >> >> 2. Can one read and send gmail on the basic Kindle? >> >> 3. How long in reality does the battery hold a charge on average with >> daily use of, say 3 hours? >> >> I'll welcome other practical comments. >> >> Bike content: I'd take it with me on a bike tour. >> >> Thanks, Patrick who not too long ago discovered the free and almost-free >> classics available from Amazon. >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> Patrick Moore >> Albuquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> >> ************************************* >> * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to >> never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from >> it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* >> * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to >> look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind >> it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into >> somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your >> daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is >> all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was >> any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, >> because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where >> in your time and your body can they be?* >> * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. >> "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where >> Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of >> you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
