Amazon debuted global versions of their Kindle family of devices in recent months. These global wireless versions are able to get the Amazon Whispernet service just about anywhere in the world. Unfortunately, if you purchased any version of the Kindle device before the global versions were released,...

I get a lot of questions on this site – both in comments and through email – about problems with the Kindle that I just can’t solve. If you’re having trouble navigating the device or have questions about how to do something with the Kindle, I’m happy to help. However, there...

We recently received an e-mail from someone who was looking to purchase a Kindle for an elderly member of their family, and they were concerned that the font on the Kindle wouldn’t be big enough for that person to read. They asked how big the font would go on the device. Not long ago, someone...

Considering the fact that the Kindle was the most gifted item in Amazon’s history EVER this holiday season, it’s safe to say that a lot of people received the device for Christmas (or Hanukkah, or Festivus, or Winter Solstice…). When I received a Kindle as a gift, the first thing I...

Amazon recently released an updated version of Kindle’s software, giving it a better battery life, a better PDF reader for Kindle Global and US Wireless, and more. Amazon usually rolls out software updates via Kindle’s wireless, but what if you want to install it now? According to Amazon’s...

I only recently started using the My Clippings feature on the Kindle (amazing, since I’ve owned it for over a year!), and it’s very helpful. I’ve been saving some articles from Newsweek and Business Week for a class project in grad school, but I was concerned that if I deleted the issues to make...

One of the scariest things for a gadget owner is the idea of losing an expensive device. I get upset when I leave a paperback on a plane, so the thought of leaving my Kindle in the seat-back pocket is super stressful. While there’s an Ars Technica article making the rounds about Amazon’s...

The Kindle DX will automatically rotate the screen when you rotate your DX, so that up is always up, and you can always read what’s on your screen. (For more about how to use landscape mode, check out our previous post.) What if you don’t want the screen to rotate?  There’s an easy...

The Kindle DX has the ability to be read in landscape mode, meaning you can turn it sideways and the content will rotate.  The screen on the Kindle is set to automatically turn when you’ve rotated your Kindle DX on its side. A mechanism inside the DX is triggered when you’ve physically rotated...

My biggest current problem with the Kindle is the lack of an unread status marker for books. With the increase in authors offering their books for free, I’ve been downloading a lot of books I haven’t gotten around to reading yet. That, combined with the fact that I’m reading more magazines...