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Who has a Kindle? Some questions

I am thinking of getting my mom a Kindle for xmas.  I have a couple of questions though:

1. Is the screen really glare proof?  She travels alot (which is why I thought it would be good), but mostly to hot climates so she spend alot of time reading in the sun.

2. Is it easy to use (load up books, etc)? She is not super with new technology.  She has learned to use her iphone, but not without lots of help from me and my sister.

3. Are the compatible with a Mac?

TIA

Rebecca- mom to 3 kids: DS born 2005, DD born 2007 and DS born 2010.

Re: Who has a Kindle? Some questions

  • 1.  Yes.  It's pretty cool.

    2.  Yes. You can either do it on the computer through the amazon website or actually use the Kindle to browse and buy books.  You might have to sit down with her at first and show her, but it's really easy (too easy, I spend too much money).

    3.  Don't know, but I don't see why not, as long as you can access the amazon website, it shouldn't be a problem.  There's no need to attach it to your computer unless you download the book to the computer first or are putting music or pdf files on it (which I'm guessing she wouldn't even need to do).

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  • Ditto Gin and Tonic.
  • Ditto everyone else.  We're thinking about getting one for MIL and she can't always manage email.  If you get the 3G one, you don't need a computer at all!  I'm hopeing to do that bc the wireless one would require more set up.  Still, if you can set it up once for her, she's set to go for good.

    FWIW - We have 2 kindles - one for me and one for DH.  We used to share but we got to the point where we couldn't anymore.  We rarely read "real books" at all.
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