Kindle DX and directory support
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Kindle DX and directory support
Originally the Kindle had no directory (a.k.a. "folder") capability, so all files ended up in one place, so obviously you could not have two of the same name.
This was OK for e-books which are PDFs with built-in tags and the thing built an index from the tags.
But for approach plates, you need to sort by country/airport so need 3 levels of directories.
The new Kindle does support them somehow, but nobody knows how. I think people who use it just use it for e-books and don't need to understand the issue.
Is there some sort of USB- or WIFI-connected drag/drop functionality?
I think the FLASH is 4GB which is far too much for transfer via the GPRS/3G feature, which is in any case charged for except when uploading purchased e-books. God knows how much they charge for it when you go abroad (roaming).
I had a play with the small Kindle today and it was suprisingly quick - much quicker to redraw the pages than previous e-book readers like the Irex. The DX version (necessary for the over-50
) looks quite usable for Jepp plates at approx 1:1.
This was OK for e-books which are PDFs with built-in tags and the thing built an index from the tags.
But for approach plates, you need to sort by country/airport so need 3 levels of directories.
The new Kindle does support them somehow, but nobody knows how. I think people who use it just use it for e-books and don't need to understand the issue.
Is there some sort of USB- or WIFI-connected drag/drop functionality?
I think the FLASH is 4GB which is far too much for transfer via the GPRS/3G feature, which is in any case charged for except when uploading purchased e-books. God knows how much they charge for it when you go abroad (roaming).
I had a play with the small Kindle today and it was suprisingly quick - much quicker to redraw the pages than previous e-book readers like the Irex. The DX version (necessary for the over-50
) looks quite usable for Jepp plates at approx 1:1.
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When I got my Christmas pressie - the all singing, all dancing version of the Kindle, I plugged it into my laptop and without any fuss, three folders appeared. I then managed to download some free software that converted a number of books that I had previously downloaded in various formats into the one that the Kindle understood and I was immediately able to read them, Kindle style. Only after I had started reading did I sign up to the Amazon Kindle bookstore and although I still haven't downloaded anything from it yet I have had several hours of reading fun with the unit.
I get the impression that making subfolders from those already there is straightforward. Whether you can make enough to store approach plates in an appropriate manner, I wouldn't like to say.
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I get the impression that making subfolders from those already there is straightforward. Whether you can make enough to store approach plates in an appropriate manner, I wouldn't like to say.
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I have a Sony reader with a similar sized screen, I find that reading books in various e-book formats is fine but reading anything in pdf format a pain as it's too small to be read in it's std size and when you enlarge it you the have to move each page around to read it as it doesn't re-flow the text especially on pdf's created from image files.
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The free "Calibre" ebook management application is very good at converting PDF to other formats such as MOBI, which is one of the best formats for Kindles.
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Can anyone confirm that one can transfer a directory structure from a PC to the Kindle, and have it appearing in the "obvious" browsable way on the Kindle?
Compared with the other e-book readers, the Kindle has succeeded in remaining a totally closed architecture which nobody seems to know anything about.
Yet, it is the nicest hardware platform, with great build quality and a great screen.
Compared with the other e-book readers, the Kindle has succeeded in remaining a totally closed architecture which nobody seems to know anything about.
Yet, it is the nicest hardware platform, with great build quality and a great screen.
A Guru tells me that the Kindle runs under the Linux OS (I'm not sure what variety), so it _should_ be possible to open it up a little 
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It may be (it probably has a telnet login, etc) but a) I know next to zilch about unix and b) don't have the time. I just want to be able to copy a tree structure to it.
I used to own the Irex Iliad which, like most consumer gadgets of this type, runs a ripoff of Linux. Irex "generously" did allow 3rd party addons but you had to request a special "MAC code" from them to enable the installation; I requested this a number of times but it never came. This was just to install a replacement PDF reader which did not have the space-wasting buttons on the bottom, and which would have worked a lot better for Jepp plate aspect ratio. Never managed to do it, and sold the thing on Ebay.
I used to own the Irex Iliad which, like most consumer gadgets of this type, runs a ripoff of Linux. Irex "generously" did allow 3rd party addons but you had to request a special "MAC code" from them to enable the installation; I requested this a number of times but it never came. This was just to install a replacement PDF reader which did not have the space-wasting buttons on the bottom, and which would have worked a lot better for Jepp plate aspect ratio. Never managed to do it, and sold the thing on Ebay.
