Tag Archive | "whispernet"

How to download a Kindle Book to your Computer

June 7, 2009 2 comments

Did you know that you can download a Kindle Book directly to your computer from Amazon’s website? Yes you can, but you are probably wondering why you want to since it is a wireless device. Well not everyone in the Country can get a good signal to Sprint’s cellular network (dubbed the Whispernet network by [...]

What happens in Las Vegas is now on your Kindle!

May 24, 2009 No comments yet

One of the great features of owning a Kindle is getting the latest news automatically delivered to you ever morning (no dog required). Newspaper subscriptions for your kindle are cheaper than the print version and are delivered to you wirelessly via the Whispernet network. The Las Vegas Review-Journal is one of the latest US newspapers [...]

Amazon Price Increase for Wireless Transfer of Personal Docs

April 30, 2009 No comments yet

Yesterday, Amazon quietly posted this Policy Update on their Kindle Blog. This did catch my attention since I do transfer many of my own personal documents to my Kindle 2, both wirelessly and via the USB cable. The main difference is that Amazon will now start charge by the file size vs. each document sent [...]

Accessing your Email on the Kindle 2

April 29, 2009 17 comments

One of the most asked questions on the various kindle discussion forums is how to access your email using the Kindle 2′s web browser. Using the built-in wireless Whispernet cellular network, accessing email via the Kindle 2 is very convenient when you don’t have access to a computer or your smart phone. The thing to [...]

Buddy…can you spare a dime?

April 1, 2009 No comments yet

Remember back in the day when making a local call at a public phone cost you only ten cents? Those were the days and it seems that Amazon could still be reminiscing. A very useful feature of the Kindle is the ability to email Amazon a personal document and have it converted to a Kindle [...]


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