New Kindle Purple SD Folio Case Cover Pouch with FREE Clip-On LED Reading Lamp for New Amazon Kindle 4, All - New Latest Generation 2011 Release Amazon Kindle 6" inch Wi-Fi, from G-HUB

New Kindle Purple SD Folio Case Cover Pouch with FREE Clip-On LED Reading Lamp for New Amazon Kindle 4, All - New Latest Generation 2011 Release Amazon Kindle 6" inch Wi-Fi, from G-HUB

A fantastic value pack from G-HUB which includes a basic but stylish & functional folio case to keep your new device fully protected against bumps and knocks. The Folio is made from a leather like material on the exterior for the ultimate protection while the soft interior lining will keep your screen free of scratches when you store your Kindle away. The BONUS Clip-On LED Lamp is convenient for night time reading and is powerful enough to ensure you can read in comfort but subtle enough not to wake others around you. *introductory offer available for a limited time only. Compatible for use with the new Kindle device launching October 12th 2011 and available in a variety of colours.

New Kindle Red SD Folio Case Cover Pouch with FREE Clip-On LED Reading Lamp for New Amazon Kindle 4, All - New Latest Generation 2011 Release Amazon Kindle 6" inch Wi-Fi, from G-HUB

TeckNet® NEW Kindle Premium Folio Case / Cover With Magnetic Clasp for NEW Amazon Kindle / 6 inch / 2011 generation / Book Style - Includes Kindle Rear Protector - Purple

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TeckNet® NEW Kindle Premium Folio Case / Cover With Magnetic Clasp for NEW Amazon Kindle / 6 inch / 2011 generation / Book Style - Includes Kindle Rear Protector - Purple 

The new Kindle being so thin and light, I was dubious about encasing it in a leather cover. My concern was unwarranted, because once you have the device in the cover the right way up (I got it ...! over ...! at first) it fits beautifully, hardly adds anything to the weight in your hand and is remarkably comforatble to hold. The cover is really well made from excellent materials and is highly recommended.

  Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Touch Screen Display

EasyAcc Black High Quality Leather Protective Cover Case with Built in LED Light for New Kindle 4 Wi-Fi/3G 6" E Ink Display Reader (Black, PU leather)

 

EasyAcc Black High Quality Leather Protective Cover Case with Built in LED Light for New Kindle 4 Wi-Fi/3G 6" E Ink Display Reader (Black, PU leather)

This case is perfect. The leather is high quality. The case folds back so that you can read without holding it with two hands. The light is just magnificent. It works when you are reading or at the main menu, not on the screensaver. It doesn't show show glare and is bright enough to read with in pitch black darkness. I don't think I'd really change anything about this case except to add a closure to it. I carry my kindle with me everywhere and it would be nice to make sure it didn't open in my purse. 2 screen protectors are very useful and perfect fit my kindle .Other than that it's great ''

Kindle Touch, Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Touch Screen Display

Superb! Absolutely delighted.

Kindle e-Reader with Wi-Fi

By Sarah

I wasn't immediately keen on the idea of the Amazon Kindle as I thought I would lose some of the enjoyment of the reading experience - I suppose I thought it would be like reading from a standard computer screen. That was until I had a look at my mum's Kindle and from the moment I started reading I knew I had to have one!

I ordered the Touch, as for £20 more you get a more slimline product, and I am delighted with it.

It is light, attractive and comfortable to hold;

The screen is responsive, but not excessively so;

It is nicer to read than paper. I activated the 'refresh e-ink after every page turn' feature to avoid the ghost writing that people have warned of and have not found it to be a problem whatsoever;

It is simple to shop for books using the Touch screen, and downloads take less than a minute to appear on your Kindle;

It has superb features such as the 'x-ray' which, if the book you're reading is enabled, allows you to 'dig deeper' into the story. Such a good feature! I also love the automatic bookmark, the option to highlight text and save quotes in a 'cuttings' file;

When you touch a word with which you are unfamiliar or do not understand the meaning of, the Oxford definition comes up. This has enhanced my reading experience immeasurably;

The screensavers are very nice and enhance the product and my enjoyment of it - they have an artsy feel, which I love;

The thing I love most is this: when you're lying down and reading it is so comfortable. I used to like the idea of relaxing with a good book, but trying to read the words which had been printed too close to the binding, folding back pages and then losing my place, bulkiness, heaviness... all these things and more used to make reading difficult. The Kindle has actually enabled me to love reading again, and I really can relax with a good book now (or 3000 - which is what it holds) while lying down or even in bright sunlight.

I love it, and could probably go on and on about how good I think it is.

I would love to own a Kindle Touch cover by Amazon but they are too expensive, which is a shame, as that would be the 'icing on the cake'. I will have to buy a generic one from eBay instead!

I would wholeheartedly recommend this product - I will never go back to ordinary books after reading from a Kindle. In fact I sold most of them!

The most useful purchase since the first generation iPod!!,

Kindle Keyboard 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 3G Works Globally, 6" E Ink Display

 

By cARK (Uk)

I  preordered my Kindle in mid August and it arrived a couple of days ago (mid September). Eagerly I opened up the Amazon Easy open box (which, as the name suggests, was remarkably easy to open!) and inside was my new Kindle, charger/synch cable and limited instructions (there are more complete instructions on the device).

I had spent a lot of time researching ereaders prior to my purchase but to be honest I was still not prepared for how great the Kindle would look in the flesh. Smaller and lighter than I imagined it just felt right. Also some reviewers had talked about thinking of trying to peel off the actual image on the screen, well I can confirm that even knowing that the thought crossed my mind - The e-ink looks absolutely great.

After plugging it in (not for long) I then switched it on and after setting up the account/wifi etc (I have the 3g and WiFi version but figured I was better using WiFi to start with) I had a look. What a great experience this was, the device is very intuitive and not once did I have to refer to the instruction manual. Some books I had ordered had already appeared and I had a look and first impressions were spot on, easy to move the pages and easy to hold and read.

Since then I have got to know this device and I would like to take you through my early experiences. Firstly prior to ordering it I could not believe the price and how competitive the Kindle 3 is. I had been looking at the Kindle 2 International and Kindle DX and both were well over the price of the Kindle 3. Likewise compare the Kindle 3 with the Barnes & Noble Nook, Sony PRS series and the like and it is very competitive. So the price was convincing. Then the user experience just got better:

The Kindle Store - very easy to use. Very simple to access from the device and you just browse and, if you want to buy and you have set your Amazon account to 1 click ordering then you just select your book and it is straight on your device to read.

The charger/sync cable - Looks really nice and the plug detaches from the USB adapter so that you can plug it straight into your Laptop etc. The upside of this is that it will also charge from any USB enabled adapter or plug, so charging from your car etc will be very easy. Please note one thing that causes confusion. A lot of people refer to the end of the cable that plugs into the Kindle as a standard USB Mini B connection. Please note it is NOT it is a proprietary connection. I had been looking forward to charging with a regular USB to Mini B cable so please don't make the same mistake I did. However it is not a big deal and Amazon are already selling replacement cables on their site.

Screensavers - When the Kindle goes to sleep Artwork and famous historical figures appear on the Kindle. Some people I noticed were moaning about this. Why? They look FANTASTIC, and I love looking to see which one has appeared!

Ergonomics - I find the Kindle excellent to hold. I read a lot in bed and it is really easy for me to grip the Kindle with my thumb hovering over the page turn button so I do not have to move to turn the pages - Way easier than a book and it just works in a seamless, easy and immersive way. To be honest that has been my experience of the Kindle - I don't notice it is there is the same way I do not notice the physical element of a paper book when I am reading it.

Whispernet - Utterly brilliant - If you have purchased the book from Amazon then the page you have ended on synchs across all your devices (Please note you need to go to the Manage my Kindle section of your Amazon account and enable this feature). I have an iPhone, iPad and Laptop enabled with Kindle reading software and it is a brilliant feature. For example I was in the airport and did not want to use my Kindle while I was going to my gate so read some of the book on my iPhone and then on the plane just carried on from the same place with my Kindle (make sure that you turn it on prior to the plane taking off so that it can access Whispernet otherwise it cannot synch the last read page). However note this does not work if you have not purchased the content from the Amazon store.

Newspapers - I have tried a trial Newspaper subscription and it is ok - To be honest navigation is more intuitive on an iPhone/iPad but it is a useful feature - I am not sure if I will continue with a paid subscription though. One thing here that took me a while to figure out that makes moving through the articles easier is that you can instantly move from article using the 5 way control pad (right click to go forward) rather than using the page turn button and having to go through all the article pages before you get to the next one.

Text to Speech -Tried it and it is pretty cool and also a bit weird! I don't listen to many audio books anyway so I don't think I will be using this feature much. Again nice to have though!

MP3 Playback - The rear speakers are surprisingly good and the music sounds good to my admittedly non sophisticated ears. However the fact that you cannot organise your music and the relatively small 4gb storage provided on the kindle means I won't be giving up my iPod any time soon!

Internet - Again your iPhone is more intuitive here on the move and a better experience. However if this is not available to you or you want to avoid roaming charges when out of your service providers country it is a surprisingly useable experience in black and white. Very much in the `Nice to have' box.

Battery life - Excellent. I have not quite managed the 10 days that are mentioned with Wireless always switched on but then again I have been using the Kindle a lot over the last couple of days!

Comics - Hmm, I have tried this with a couple of things. Something like `Calvin and Hobbes' works brilliantly so newspaper cartoons are a definite plus. However I also put on a couple of Batman comics on PDF and these were not great - I could not really zoom properly so changed the viewing mode to landscape (just press the Aa button on the keypad and change it from there) and this just chopped the comic page in half which is not ideal. I think this would be a much better experience if you used the 9.7 inch screen on the DX. This is still going to be in black and white though - Comics are better served by the iPad which leads me to -

iPad vs Kindle - Why does everything I read have these two products as an either or? I am a total Apple devotee, own Mac Laptops and PowerPC, iPhone/pad and plenty of other Apple products and I still think that to be honest they absolutely complement each other. I think if you can, get both! The iPad wins hands down on areas like e-mail, Web Browsing and Comics - Then it should - It is a relatively heavy LCD screen with an Apple A4 processor that does a great job of multitasking. The Kindle does a GREAT job of doing what it does best - reading books! There is no way that I `forget' my iPad is there when I am reading but I do with a Kindle. There is no way that the iPad has a battery life long enough to just leave in the bedside cabinet and read whenever I want, whereas the Kindle does.

 The Kindle does not make my eyes tired after extended use as the iPad does. Comparison between the amounts of books in the respective Kindle and iBook stores is irrelevant as you can have the Kindle store on the iPad also. However what is relevant is that if you have the 3G kindle you can download books from anywhere without the crazy data prices and initial buy cost of the 3G enabled iPad. The Kindle is dedicated to reading books and it does it better than the iPad full stop - Despite many comments I have seen to the opposite I still think that e-ink is the future for book reading on electrical devices and the Kindle has been the only device where I have thought, wow, I am going to be reading most of my books on this moving forward.

Screen Quality - I am blown away by the Kindle screen and e-ink every time I use it - I think if you have not seen one then you should it just looks superb.

Calibre - This takes the  Kindle e-Reader with Wi-Fi, 6" Display  to a whole new level and simply blew me away. Anyone who has a Kindle really ought to download this brilliant program. It is free (just type Calibre into google etc) and is compatible with Mac and PC. Installation is easy and the program itself just moves the Kindle user experience from the great to the must have purchase that I now believe it is. Calibre allows you to convert and hold all of your previous ebooks or ebooks that you download from free sites like Gutenburg etc into the Kindle Mobi (.azw) file format. Conversion is so simple my gran could do it and even if you cannot manage that then if you try to download it onto the Kindle in the wrong format it will automatically convert it for you! You can also set it up to email your Kindle via your .kindle.com email address (This is set up in the `manage my kindle' section of the Amazon site).   

Please note if you do not want to be charged by Amazon for doing this set it up to email your free email address (just add free in front of your kindle.com email address) however your Kindle will ONLY download the documents when it on a WiFi network and not over 3g (no great hardship!). In this way if you email books etc from Calibre you do not even have to plug your Kindle into your laptop etc to get new books, so you can either just download from Amazon Kindle store or send from your Calibre program!! The icing on the cake is that you can also set it to automatically (using templates provided on Calibre) set the program to download magazines like Wired etc and e-mail it straight to your Kindle so it is autodelivered without you having to go anywhere near your mac or pc.

I said at the start of this review that the Kindle is the most useful thing I have purchased since my first generation iPod. That was the first time I could take my music library with my properly. Now I can take my books digitally as well. A must have in my book (pardon the pun!).

I hope this review was useful to you:)

Review addition: Since reviewing this Kindle someone has kindly pointed out that the synch cable uses is a USB to MICRO USB cable. So whilst I was correct in saying that it is not a USB to Mini USB cable it is not a proprietary cable so there will be third party cables available on the market. Apologies for any confusion.

The perfect case!

 

Belkin Grip Neoprene Kindle Keyboard Sleeve , Midnight Blue

By Scott Becker

 

When I bought my Kindle 3, I also bought the Kindle leather case (the standard black one with the slide-out reading lamp). Nice product, but I now regret the (rather costly) purchase. 

Sure, it's nice to have the lamp on board, but I found the case a bit too heavy for carrying around just for an occasional read on the run, and even a bit too 

heavy/cumbersome for longish reading sessions in bed or lying on the couch. I'd prefer to make sure I have a proper reading lamp wherever I am (like I would have to when reading a printed book, anyway) than to schlep the heavy case around just in case I might need a bit of light. And I discovered I wanted to feel just the sleek and light Kindle in my hands when reading.

Trying to find the right case was not easy, but the Belkin is definitely it! Here's what I was after:
- light weight
- close fit, but not so close that closing/opening it would be difficult
- easy-pull zippers
- no major issues with pulling zippers around corners
- non-flashy but pleasing design (didn't want it to stick out like a sore thumb on my desk at work, or in the canteen when reading at lunch)

- protective enough for carrying the kindle in my backpack, which means protective against scratches, somewhat padded and closable all the way around (against sliding out or getting dirt or dust in it if open on one side like some of the nifty but - for me - impractical - pouches)

- offering a bit of rainy weather (drizzle) protection when I carry my Kindle outside a few paces on my daily path to the canteen
- NO AWFUL SMELL
- not too terribly expensive

Well folks, this is exactly what the Belkin Grip Kindle Sleep delivers - and I am definitely not a Belkin rep or a paid reviewer! Yes, it does have a very slight neoprene smell to it (heck, it IS made of neoprene, and that's the material I wanted), but I am very picky about such smells and a big hater, for example, of those awful mousepads with gel cushions that stink to high heaven. This case does not stink at all like that. Just a whiff of neoprene, and even that gets less over time. Don't conciously notice it at all, even when the case is lying next to me on my nightstand.

At the start of my search, I had also considered those funky, curvy-shaped, neoprene Kindle pouches by BUILT Neoprene Kindle Sleeve (Fits 6" Display, Latest Generation Kindle), Scatter Dot, but the gaudy colors/designs turned me off. Also, one reviewer raised the issue of dirt possibly getting in the open end when carrying the Kindle in a bag/backpack, and I regard that as important since my backpack is know to have a few cookie crumbs or worse things in it, not to mention the occasional shoved-in item which might squeeze its way into an open pouch and harm the Kindle. 

After all, opening and closing the Belkin zippers is quick and easy, so why sacrifice the all-round protection? Ajd if you're ever in a big hurry or feeling lazy, you can just slide the Kindle in and stick the cover in your bag sideways, left edge down, without even zipping it up. This works because the zippers only go part way around, so there's a bit of "closed" sleeve even with the zippers open. 

I have done this from time to time, but usually prefer to zip it all up, which is zero frustration thanks to the well-designed dimensions and good zippers.

I had also looked at several other zippered neoprene cases and read virtually every review on Amazon in the U.S. and the U.K. up though October, and none of them seemed to pan out in terms of zippers, smell and protection. There were always issues, and these were confirmed by several people. Then there are those stand-up types, which might be really nice for reading on a table (e.g. while eating), but those also involve surplus weight, and I prefer to just prop my Kindle up on the unzipped case for a slight angle.

An added plus: The firmer bit in the middle (with the design on it) is indeed good for grabbing the case when carrying your Kindle around. I was glad that not about this non-neoprene accent when I once picked the case up without realizing at I had chocolate on my hand. Getting chocolate out of neoprene can be a bit messy.

In short: I'd highly recommend this case for anyone looking for a no-frills, well-designed, lightweight solution for Kindle 3!

Why Wi-Fi and How Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi Hotspots: Setting Up Public Wireless Internet Access

By Tom Carpenter and R. Pokkyarath

This book is perfectly focused on the intention of setting Public Wi-Fi Hotspots. By this I mean that the book doesn't load you down with all the technical details of how wireless networks work, but instead dives right into the business/organizational benefits of running such a network as a hotspot. There is a very brief chapter at the end that gives an overview of RF or wireless signals (literally 14 pages) and this is perfect. Great job staying on focus.

The book presents the implementation of Wi-Fi Hotspots from start-to-finish covering these topics:

-Why Implement a Hotspot

-Simple Quick-Install Hotspots

-Adcvanced Hotspot technologies

-Marketing your hotspot

-Avoiding freeloaders who consume your bandwidth

-Common problems and resolutions

-Hotspot safety and security

...among others. If you are considering implementing a hotspot for pay or for marketing purposes, this book is a great place to start. -Tom Carpenter, Author: Wireless# Certification Official Study Guide, CWNA Certification Official Study Guide 4th Edition, CWSP Certification Official Study Guide 2nd Edition

A few years back, we had a miniscule operation where we provided hosted billing software to small wireless ISP's and hotspot operators. 

That company gets mentioned in 2 or 3 places here, and that's why I bought this book. 

Thesedays I don't know who makes money off hotspots; the initial hoopla died out long ago and the market was littered with dead operations. 

The book does touch upon all the points you needed to know to set up a _small_ scale wifi service in hotels, cafes and so on; it's not suited for small ISPs and do not cover deployment and operational issues issues associated with a more demanding environment. 

There are two main sections (apart from the basic intro): one deals with setting up a hotspot, and the other deals with the post-deployment aspects; the latter part includes chapters such as, "Fending off freeloaders"! With a little patience you can get all this info straight from the net, but if you prefer the info in a packaged format, this book will be of use. The books comes with a CD; I never opened it, though.

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