COUNT THE WAYSTNW's Quinton O'Reilly points out that the Kindle can do quite a bit more than read ebooks and articles.
Games
He mentions the old built-in games of Minesweeper and GoMoku, and that for those in the U.S. especially, there are now plenty of game apps in the Kindle Store.
Reading [b&w] Comics and Manga
There are good illustrations there, so you should just go on over to his article to see them in connection with such things as Reading comics and Manga, with his find of a free app called Mangle by FooSoft.
Personal Note Taker
He also recommends the "Personal Note Taker" Notepad by 7 Dragons (the group makes excellent tools), but go there to read why. Kindle-Edition subscribers: you can click on the link (on the Kindle) for his article (then zoom it or use Menu/Article Mode)... OR instead use your computer to type "bit.ly/kindle10ways" ("http://" doesn't have to be typed on any web browser these days nor even on the Kindle.)
And you can type the URL (link) "bit.ly/notepad4kindle" to get the 99c Notepad.
Image Viewer
He describes how to add and view images on the Kindle, reminding people that the images used shouldn't be bigger than 600x800 pixels, to save loading time.
Presentations and Flash Cards
O'Reilly mentions converting PDFs and Word files. Word documents can be sent to your private Kindle-device address, and Amazon servers convert these to Kindle format.
See my blog article on How to send WORD doc files to your Kindle. ( bit.ly/kwdoc2kindle ) . However, PDFs can be read as-is on the Kindle, although sending them for conversion gets you a 2nd often more readable copy while it ignores original layout.
He points out you can keep your notes together this way and then mentions saving flash cards onto the Kindle and viewing them sideways and tells us about FlashCardExchange ( flashcardexchange.com ).
Navigation (Step-by-step directions from here to there)
In connection with the Kindle's Navigation help (a favorite of mine), in getting step-to-step driving/biking/bus/walking directions. The link he shows for typing on the Kindle (and then bookmarking) is good --
( maps.google.com/m/directions ) -- but the article's link for that doesn't work.
Here's my tutorial/guide on how this is done though. (Link: bit.ly/kdriving ) My guide uses that directions-link. That was actually probably found on my blog.
MP3 player & Text to Speech
He also mentions the mp3 player and Text to Speech Reader and shows you how to start those.
Language Translator
AND, I'd forgotten about Kindlefish, which is a form of Google Translation that's optimized for the Kindle. O'Reilly recommends the Kindlefish, and if you'd like to read more about it, see my blog article on Kindlefish ( Link: bit.ly/kwkfish ) as well as the follow-up fix for it Kindlefish-fix ( bit.ly/kfishfix ).
Dictaphone
ALSO, he's found a way to use the Kindle as a Dictaphone and gives a link to the instructions given at mobileread forums ( bit.ly/kmicrophone )
I see 9 different headings to use the Kindle, but I imagine READING was counted first :-). Nice selection of tips in one article.
Kindle 3's (UK: Kindle 3's) K3 Special ($114) K3-3G Special ($139) DX Graphite
Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources. Top 100 free bestsellers. Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.
This was originally to be for Kindle Edition subscribers especially, who get this blog via Amazon delivery to their Kindles. But an attempted direct delivery to the Kindle from the Amazon links did not work for the Kindle; it halted at some point and gave my Kindle gibberish. So, don't try to download any of the files below if you're reading this on the Kindle.
Kindle (Global Wireless)
