Kindle For the Weary Traveler
Feb. 27th, 2011 06:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keyan_bowesSome months ago, I'd posted about my new Kindle. Now, one international trip later, I'm a convert.
I was recently out in India, facing a long flight back to the Bay Area. Seven hours in Hong Kong, probably too tired/ sleepy to go into town all the way from Chep Lap Kok. Staying with people in Bangalore, I had an overloaded backpack and was some way from the nearest bookstore.
Kindle to the rescue. I parked myself in front of their computer, opened up my Amazon account, and browsed happily for an hour or so, downloading books as I went with "1-click-purchase." They were all priced at $6-10, about the same as the regular paperback (but needed no backpack space and were instantly available -- at midnight).
Half a dozen books later, I was good to go. I turned off the "wireless mode" and plugged my Kindle in with an adaptor (India uses 240 volts and round-pinned plugs) to ensure it was charged. The charge has lasted me through three books so far, and still hasn't run down.
I was recently out in India, facing a long flight back to the Bay Area. Seven hours in Hong Kong, probably too tired/ sleepy to go into town all the way from Chep Lap Kok. Staying with people in Bangalore, I had an overloaded backpack and was some way from the nearest bookstore.
Kindle to the rescue. I parked myself in front of their computer, opened up my Amazon account, and browsed happily for an hour or so, downloading books as I went with "1-click-purchase." They were all priced at $6-10, about the same as the regular paperback (but needed no backpack space and were instantly available -- at midnight).
Half a dozen books later, I was good to go. I turned off the "wireless mode" and plugged my Kindle in with an adaptor (India uses 240 volts and round-pinned plugs) to ensure it was charged. The charge has lasted me through three books so far, and still hasn't run down.
