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John_Elway · 10-10-2011, 12:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

My credit card details are n't online mainly because I don't have a credit card.
Ive never ever bought a button on line, I was going to order by phone and give amazon my debit card details.

My point was your financial details are online. Don't have a credit card? Do you not have a bank account then?

It's online, whether you choose to access it or not.

Even if you were to give them the details over the phone, they process it online. Pay for a meal at any retailer, processed online.

You can run, but you can't hide. At all.

John_Elway · 10-10-2011, 12:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt D

What are you afraid of?

I don't understand your problem with buying something online. It's safer than giving your card number to someone over the phone.

Matt speaks the truth

Anika Hanson · 10-10-2011, 13:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nasalhair

It's also worth pointing out that the voice used by the TTS is awful.

I find it quite amusing in short bursts

but not for serious reading.

xxtimbo · 10-10-2011, 14:51

I had a quick look round my local tesco, could nt see anything,
it prob has to be one of the bigger size stores to stock them.

seems strange though, buying a gizmo and then having to go
on line to sign up with tesco to get the damn thing started !!
wot is the world coming to ?

John_Elway · 10-10-2011, 14:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

I had a quick look round my local tesco, could nt see anything,
it prob has to be one of the bigger size stores to stock them.

seems strange though, buying a gizmo and then having to go
on line to sign up with tesco to get the damn thing started !!
wot is the world coming to ?

Buy a book and save yourself some time

xxtimbo · 10-10-2011, 15:13

quote
You can buy them as Tesco's as well - might be closer than PC World?
end quote

thanks for the tip Nigel, Ive just been on the blower to
Tesco and they ve got them at £ 149 that s £10 less than
PC world and the Tesco is closer !

So tomorrow Tues, Im on my way to Tesco with £149 in my
sweaty little hand to do the deal
when I get home and take it out of the box I hope
it will work from the getgo without having to go on line to register the damn thing !

Nasalhair · 10-10-2011, 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

quote
You can buy them as Tesco's as well - might be closer than PC World?
end quote

thanks for the tip Nigel, Ive just been on the blower to
Tesco and they ve got them at £ 149 that s £10 less than
PC world and the Tesco is closer !

So tomorrow Tues, Im on my way to Tesco with £149 in my
sweaty little hand to do the deal
when I get home and take it out of the box I hope
it will work from the getgo without having to go on line to register the damn thing !

You still have to go online to register it against your Amazon account for some features to work.

tealady · 10-10-2011, 19:41

The customer staff are there to help with advice on returns, faults, warranties etc.
If they tried to take orders on the phone, they would need 1000s of new staff and the prices would go up. They want buyers to do the work, not themselves.

xxtimbo · 10-10-2011, 20:02

Its probably a bit like Easy Jet...

if memory serves they want you to book on line and do everything on line... pay etc

IvanIV · 10-10-2011, 21:21

Amazon's computer infrastructure is massive, there probably isn't enough phones to complement that power

I remember some people wanted to bring Amazon down with a DoS attack, but they had to give up. Amazon can sustain the whole world xmas shopping at Amazon 'attack', this was nothing. That's the amount of orders they are dealing with, they can't have people on the phones taking orders, they would serve just a fraction of requests.

ASIFZED · 10-10-2011, 21:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

quote
You can buy them as Tesco's as well - might be closer than PC World?
end quote

thanks for the tip Nigel, Ive just been on the blower to
Tesco and they ve got them at £ 149 that s £10 less than
PC world and the Tesco is closer !

So tomorrow Tues, Im on my way to Tesco with £149 in my
sweaty little hand to do the deal
when I get home and take it out of the box I hope
it will work from the getgo without having to go on line to register the damn thing !

All I can say is to keep the receipt and the packaging all intact. I've a sneaking suspicion you're going to be sorely disappointed if you really expect to use the wonderful Kindle to its full ability, without registering for an Amazon account.

You've been advised by enough people here about TTS not working on books (publisher feature), about using 3G for surfing - this isn't an IPad (use your phone instead), and how dragging and dropping 'free' books will remove the joy of wirelessly loading books onto the Kindle in a matter of seconds.

No matter what you think, you're already on the 'grid' if you've ever bought anything in a shop or remotely. Just go with it, get an Amazon account and enjoy Kindle to its full extent.

spiney2 · 10-10-2011, 22:07

U have to register the Kindle for full functionality, but that costs nothing, and you can do it on the device itself.

As said, to purchase ebooks from amazon, u need an account.

xxtimbo · 10-10-2011, 22:18

Ill be nabbing it tomorrow from
Tesco .... £149

Lets not forget its an mp3 player too .... so all in all... a handy piece of kit !

IvanIV · 10-10-2011, 22:19

Very likely you won't be able to use 3G without registration.

ASIFZED · 10-10-2011, 22:21

If you hit the alt+z keys simultaneously, it also fires lasers out of the screen...

Let's all just sit back and enjoy.

RobinOfLoxley · 11-10-2011, 00:02

amazon.co.uk Kindle Store Dep t

Kindle Support link is top right

Click Getting Started and the other links eg FAQs

When you get home with your new one, the Quick Start Guide really only tells you where the On button/slider is and How to Register.

I thought the amazon.co.uk pages were really rather good.

I won mine in a competition and was very impressed and nearly kept it.
eBay won in the end.

Nigel Goodwin · 11-10-2011, 13:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by RobinOfLoxley

I won mine in a competition and was very impressed and nearly kept it.
eBay won in the end.

I bought two - a week after I bought mine, I had to buy my wife one

With both Kindles (non-3G - didn't see the point in 3G) registered on the same account, both Kindles can receive all the books ordered for either.

xxtimbo · 11-10-2011, 22:14

Bingo .... ! the kindle 3 g is in my hot little hand right now !
£149 from Tesco !

Despite warnings of doom.... it DID start from out of the box,
prob 30 mins hooked up to my comp and it was fully charged up

I ve put some text in there, played it on the text to speech.................. its great.

I put some mp3s in there and they play great

I put 3 jpeg pics in there... so far I have nt managed to see them
they went into the kindle , but maybe it does nt play them !

What a cool gizmo and well worth the price
The girl at tesco said that they are flying off the shelves !

IvanIV · 12-10-2011, 07:31

As for pictures, create a top level folder on your Kindle called "pictures", create subfolders in that folder, their names will be the names of collections visible in the list of the "books", copy jpgs into these subfolders. When you unplug the Kindle from USB, press 'ALT' and 'Z', It will refresh the list and you should see your subdirectories there.

xxtimbo · 12-10-2011, 16:10

Thanks for that info Ivan,
I dragged the pics over, but maybe I should have put them in the pictures folder.
There's no reason why it should nt play them.... if only in black and white !

No doubt Kindle 4 will have colour !!! but I cant wait that long.

I thought that I would only be able to get onto the web when I was near a hotspot ... like Macdonalds or an airport or somewhere
but ... bingo ..... its working and Im surfing the net ... with no wires !!!
this is brilliant... surfing the web for free !!!!

Don t think there is any way of saving text or info or files though ....
but anyway, it s great to be able to surf the net for free
wot a great gizmo !
Money well spent !

I went to register with amazon
but when it got to the part
.... type in your credit card details...
I hit the back button.... no way hose !

Nasalhair · 12-10-2011, 16:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

Thanks for that info Ivan,
I dragged the pics over, but maybe I should have put them in the pictures folder.
There's no reason why it should nt play them.... if only in black and white !

If you want them to appear as screensavers you need to hack your Kindle. Google is your friend.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

No doubt Kindle 4 will have colour !!! but I cant wait that long.

No, the Kindle 4 isn't in colour, but the Kindle Fire (not currently available in the UK) is. Failing that, if colour is so important to you, buy a tablet computer. Personally I read books which are black text on a white background, so colour would be worthless.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

I thought that I would only be able to get onto the web when I was near a hotspot ... like Macdonalds or an airport or somewhere
but ... bingo ..... its working and Im surfing the net ... with no wires !!!
this is brilliant... surfing the web for free !!!!

Wifi needs a hotspot, 3G works anywhere there is a 3G signal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

Don t think there is any way of saving text or info or files though ....
but anyway, it s great to be able to surf the net for free
wot a great gizmo !
Money well spent !

You can add notes to your books, but you can't save files. If you want to do that, buy a tablet computer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

I went to register with amazon
but when it got to the part
.... type in your credit card details...
I hit the back button.... no way hose !

Oh grow up. Amazon are as safe as houses. Stop being so paranoid and register. If you don't register some functionality of the Kindle won't be available to you.

tealady · 12-10-2011, 17:56

Why do you have a credit card if you don't want to use it? If you won't use it on Amazon, where will you use it?

xxtimbo · 12-10-2011, 18:19

I don't need amazon, Ive got a ton of books free from guttenberg on line....... there are another ton of free books out there ............ why should I "buy" books from amazon ?

Nasalhair · 12-10-2011, 18:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

I don't need amazon, Ive got a ton of books free from guttenberg on line....... there are another ton of free books out there ............ why should I "buy" books from amazon ?

Because one day you might want to "buy" a new book rather than reading ones from Gutenberg, or from other, shall we say less legal, sources.

Besides, there are also things people sometimes try to do with their Kindle which aren't available unless you have registered it with Amazon. You can also download free samples of books to your Kindle if you've registered. It's easy, and safe. If you prefer you can wear a tin-foil helmet while you do it.

InsideSoap · 12-10-2011, 18:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxtimbo

I don't need amazon, Ive got a ton of books free from guttenberg on line....... there are another ton of free books out there ............ why should I "buy" books from amazon ?

Is this thread serious?

Don't want to use Amazon, don't buy an Amazon Kindle then.

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10-10-2011, 14:51	#29
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,929	I had a quick look round my local tesco, could nt see anything, it prob has to be one of the bigger size stores to stock them. seems strange though, buying a gizmo and then having to go on line to sign up with tesco to get the damn thing started !! wot is the world coming to ?

10-10-2011, 15:13	#31
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,929	quote You can buy them as Tesco's as well - might be closer than PC World? end quote thanks for the tip Nigel, Ive just been on the blower to Tesco and they ve got them at £ 149 that s £10 less than PC world and the Tesco is closer ! So tomorrow Tues, Im on my way to Tesco with £149 in my sweaty little hand to do the deal when I get home and take it out of the box I hope it will work from the getgo without having to go on line to register the damn thing !

10-10-2011, 19:41	#33
tealady Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: colchester Services: freeview fvrt200, broadband 4Mb, 2Kw solar pv array Posts: 7,438	The customer staff are there to help with advice on returns, faults, warranties etc. If they tried to take orders on the phone, they would need 1000s of new staff and the prices would go up. They want buyers to do the work, not themselves.

10-10-2011, 20:02	#34
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,929	Its probably a bit like Easy Jet... if memory serves they want you to book on line and do everything on line... pay etc

10-10-2011, 21:21	#35
IvanIV Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 18,916	Amazon's computer infrastructure is massive, there probably isn't enough phones to complement that power I remember some people wanted to bring Amazon down with a DoS attack, but they had to give up. Amazon can sustain the whole world xmas shopping at Amazon 'attack', this was nothing. That's the amount of orders they are dealing with, they can't have people on the phones taking orders, they would serve just a fraction of requests.

10-10-2011, 22:07	#37
spiney2 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 13,217	U have to register the Kindle for full functionality, but that costs nothing, and you can do it on the device itself. As said, to purchase ebooks from amazon, u need an account.

10-10-2011, 22:18	#38
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,929	Ill be nabbing it tomorrow from Tesco .... £149 Lets not forget its an mp3 player too .... so all in all... a handy piece of kit !

10-10-2011, 22:19	#39
IvanIV Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 18,916	Very likely you won't be able to use 3G without registration.

10-10-2011, 22:21	#40
ASIFZED Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 728	If you hit the alt+z keys simultaneously, it also fires lasers out of the screen... Let's all just sit back and enjoy.

11-10-2011, 00:02	#41
RobinOfLoxley Forum Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: East Devon Services: Freeview. AOL. Win7 64 Home Posts: 4,983	amazon.co.uk Kindle Store Dep t Kindle Support link is top right Click Getting Started and the other links eg FAQs When you get home with your new one, the Quick Start Guide really only tells you where the On button/slider is and How to Register. I thought the amazon.co.uk pages were really rather good. I won mine in a competition and was very impressed and nearly kept it. eBay won in the end.

11-10-2011, 22:14	#43
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,929	Bingo .... ! the kindle 3 g is in my hot little hand right now ! £149 from Tesco ! Despite warnings of doom.... it DID start from out of the box, prob 30 mins hooked up to my comp and it was fully charged up I ve put some text in there, played it on the text to speech.................. its great. I put some mp3s in there and they play great I put 3 jpeg pics in there... so far I have nt managed to see them they went into the kindle , but maybe it does nt play them ! What a cool gizmo and well worth the price The girl at tesco said that they are flying off the shelves !

12-10-2011, 07:31	#44
IvanIV Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 18,916	As for pictures, create a top level folder on your Kindle called "pictures", create subfolders in that folder, their names will be the names of collections visible in the list of the "books", copy jpgs into these subfolders. When you unplug the Kindle from USB, press 'ALT' and 'Z', It will refresh the list and you should see your subdirectories there.

12-10-2011, 16:10	#45
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,929	Thanks for that info Ivan, I dragged the pics over, but maybe I should have put them in the pictures folder. There's no reason why it should nt play them.... if only in black and white ! No doubt Kindle 4 will have colour !!! but I cant wait that long. I thought that I would only be able to get onto the web when I was near a hotspot ... like Macdonalds or an airport or somewhere but ... bingo ..... its working and Im surfing the net ... with no wires !!! this is brilliant... surfing the web for free !!!! Don t think there is any way of saving text or info or files though .... but anyway, it s great to be able to surf the net for free wot a great gizmo ! Money well spent ! I went to register with amazon but when it got to the part .... type in your credit card details... I hit the back button.... no way hose !

12-10-2011, 17:56	#47
tealady Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: colchester Services: freeview fvrt200, broadband 4Mb, 2Kw solar pv array Posts: 7,438	Why do you have a credit card if you don't want to use it? If you won't use it on Amazon, where will you use it?

12-10-2011, 18:19	#48
xxtimbo Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 4,929	I don't need amazon, Ive got a ton of books free from guttenberg on line....... there are another ton of free books out there ............ why should I "buy" books from amazon ?

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