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Kindle
GillE:
Do kindles have the facility to skim through a book? For example, I might be interested in some woodwork patterns in a kindle book but I wouldn't want to have to have to go through all the pages to get to the one I wanted. Also, could I print off such plans?
Clive:
--- Quote from: Rik on October 27, 2011, 12:08 ---How much do you want to know, Clive?
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Everything Rik. ;D
The Kindle will always return to the page you finished on Baz, and you can also bookmark any page you want. You can also skip to the beginning of the next chapter ad infinitum. Skimming through a book seems a bit difficult but the page turning facility is quite fast. I think you can transfer material to your computer via USB and you could then print it out. It will store any Word or .pdf document too and has built-in dictionaries for reference. I will play around with it again this evening. 8-)
Simon:
--- Quote from: Clive on October 27, 2011, 10:38 ---I'm hoping Rik might be able to educate me on EDGE and GPRS. :D
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EDGE is basically 2G or GSM (you could say that a similar comparison would be dial up (2G) to Broadband), and GPRS is what detects your location. :)
Clive:
Thanks Simon. Looking at the coverage map, I can see that EDGE seems to be quite widely available along the coastline of South America.
Gill, Kindle has a Menu button which allows you to search the entire book or go to a specific page. Because Kindle books are formatted differently to their paper counterparts, and you can read it in various text sizes, there are no page numbers as such. However, the book is split up into several thousand "locations" which you can go straight to or bookmark. Much easier than I thought! 8-)
Simon:
--- Quote from: Clive on October 27, 2011, 16:27 ---Thanks Simon. Looking at the coverage map, I can see that EDGE seems to be quite widely available along the coastline of South America.
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Presumably, though, you still have to be connected to a network to receive it?
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