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...

Twitter, for those of you that don’t know, is an innovative social networking tool that has seen enormous growth in the past several months. It’s been called micro-blogging and has been likened to Facebook status updates. Essentially, users write “Tweets” of less than 140 characters....

If you’re like me, you quickly tired of using traditional navigation to reach the Kindle Store. You either had to click on Books, then Kindle Books, then Kindle Store to get to the main page, or click on the picture of the Kindle on the homepage and then click on Kindle Store in the upper left-hand...

I recently bought an iPhone and have been spending lots of time exploring the app store. One of the best apps I’ve found so far is the Amazon app with their fabulous Amazon Remembers functionality. Using the built-in camera in your iPhone, you take a picture of an item – in a store, on the...

While the Kindle automatically saves your place in your reading material, sometimes you might want to bookmark a page for other reasons – if two people are reading the same book, for example. I’ve talked about bookmarks before, but this shortcut is the easiest way to add a bookmark. On any...

If you’re not happy with a full-justification screen (where the words spread out to fill the width of the page) and would prefer left-justification, it’s easy for you to change it. In any piece of reading material, click the text button (the one with a big A and a little A on it. A menu will...

Last week we covered a shortcut to search Wikipedia from your Kindle. This week, we have a shortcut to search Google. While Wikipedia is wonderfully informative, sometimes you just need the Big G. Press Search on your Kindle keyboard. Type @web followed by your keyword. Your Kindle will search Google...

Do you find yourself searching Wikipedia frequently from your Kindle? There’s a quicker way to do it than manually going to the Experimental Browser and then navigating to the Wikipedia bookmark. First check to make sure your wireless switch is turned on. Then press the Search key on the Kindle’s...

The Kindle is useful for all sorts of tools other than reading. This might be one of the coolest, however. You can use the cell towers that power your Kindle’s wireless internet to locate your position. Go to the web browser (for more on how to do that, click here) and hit Alt and 1. The Kindle...

Remember The Milk is a useful web-based productivity tool that allows you to create to do lists. The real benefit of Remember The Milk (or RTM, as it’s lovingly referred to by users) is being able to access it just about anywhere – on the website, in your email inbox (it has a flawless integration...