Comments on: Amazon Kindle 2 International Version UK Review

By: Aeryn

Aeryn — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:45:18 +0000

I’d wanted to add that although the Kindle doesn’t have natively expandable storage, all book purchases and your entire library is synced and backed up in Amazon’s cloud storage system, accessible upon logging in with an internet connection. So after using up the Kindle’s native storage (which is quite a bit), users can still swap in and out books from the online library. I actually like this a whole lot better than using SD cards, since in case of fire, SD card loss, corrupted hard disk etc. etc. I am safe in the knowledge that my books are safe and re-downloadable for free on Amazon’s cloud.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:37:43 +0000

The review is brilliant but I will have to crrect you when you advised that the price of this device is “£158 – A bargain”.
You should take in consideration that after the delivery in UK and the tax the actual cost for the British is 211.96 GBP (with today exchange rate 13-01-10)… no so a bargain considering that in USA they are eligible for free delivery…

At the same time Amazon Uk still show in is home page the Kindle for sale….link that take you in Amazon.com…. to bad….there should not be differences in terms of availbility for such big internet-shops

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:19:09 +0000

“Available in Europe and the UK” is a little misleading, isn’t it? It might be an international version, but you still have to purchase it on the Amazon.com website, not Amazon.co.uk, which means that basically you’re still importing the damn thing. Also, the extended warranty is only available to US customers at the moment. That coupled with the fact that you can no longer access the battery like in the first Kindle, means that when it no longer holds a charge, you have to send it away to be re-fitted with a new battery ($59 for US customers) – and I’ll take a stab now that this would mean sending the Kindle 2 that you *imported* from America, back to America, at a much more significant outlay for Europeans.

Sorry, but when I can log onto Amazon.co.uk and buy it there, and purchase an extended warranty that works in the UK, only then will I accept that this device is officially available to UK residents.

By: rcdicky

rcdicky — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:00:26 +0000

From what I can see on Amazon.com this now supports pdf’s natively

And it costs nothing to send them to your kindle via USB (£1/MB charges if sending them to it via whispernet, though why you’d do that I don’t know)

By: aneesh

aneesh — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:40:38 +0000

hi guys ,
kindle has native support to pdf formats now and many of the frequently used book formats and doc formats can be converted to kindle format thru their conversion service for free!!!!! isn’t that really cool!!