The Kindle fire tablets use a standard micro USB. What kind of port does your
Kindle have?
-Curt
From: Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Cc: Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Kindle revived
My son bought me the original Kindle. I uploaded a free book - Jack
London's Fang - but bogged down and then lost the charging cord. it now
sits unloved on my desk...
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Last Friday I detoured through a couple of yard sales on my
> way to work. Among the booty was a $10 Kindle Touch 3G, complete
> with folder, case, charger. It was discharged, and could only
> show a sad battery picture on its face.
>
> I charged it, and found that it worked just fine, it even had
> a few books and games left on it. I upgraded the firmware to the
> latest, in three stages, and got it registered to my wife's
> Amazon account. I also had to deploy a newer wifi AP in our
> house, it really wasn't enjoying our old one.
>
> Anyway, it works great. I _really_ like the readability of
> that kind of display technology. The lack of color is not an
> issue for me, I'm a black-and-white kind of guy. Currently
> I'm re-reading Moby Dick (free!) on it. Love that book.
>
> The reason for the new wifi AP (the 3G phone connection
> is otherwise good enough) was so that I could use its web
> browser. Rudimentary, but it works.
>
> The other notable score was a Slim Whitman LP, which I have
> been keeping an eye out for since our last Mars Attacks
> watching. Put smiles on my family's faces when those
> dulcet tones came wafting upstairs from the basement sound
> system!
>
> -- Jim
>
>
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