Email on Kindle

15 years ago

I just wanted to let other Kindle owners know that in a pinch, you can use your Kindle to send and receive emails.

This was very useful to me on my recent trip to Europe.

I was at the airport in Copenhagen waiting for my son's plane to arrive (3 hours after mine), and wanted to get some emails out. I couldn't find a place that sold a sim card to use in my phone, the public access computers were very expensive - about $1 a minute - and I was unable to connect to the airport wifi on my phone, even after I signed up and was charged for an hour's service on my credit card.

So it was my Kindle with free world wide 3G service to the rescue! In the "experimental" settings is a web browser. It's a bit clunky and slow, but I was able to access my gmail account and let my cousin, who would be picking us up at the train station know which train we would be on. I was also able to let my husband know that I was safe after my long day of flying. The trick to getting it to work was to use the "mobile" setting for gmail, which is m.gmail.com. When I had tried just going to gmail.com it took too long for the page to load. I would imagine that other email providers have a mobile setting also.

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yayagal
15 years ago
Thank you for that, I was waiting in a hospital yesterday and wishing I could email on my kindle. Now I know!!!!
graywings123
15 years ago
I didn't know that.
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maire_cate
15 years ago
Oh wonderful information. I might be heading to Ireland in October and my smart phone isn't global. I know Verizon will rent me one but I hadn't even considered my Kindle.

One question though - was there any kind of significant time lag between your sending the messages and the other party receiving them?
terezosa / terriks
Original Author
15 years ago
No, there didn't seem to be any time lag. As I did say, emailing on the Kindle is a bit slow and clunky, and it's sometimes hard to get the cursor to move, but with some patience it can be done. I would definitely try it out before you really need to use it. And of course the way I was able to use it for free only works with the 3G Kindle.
newdawn1895
15 years ago
Thanks for the information Terriks. But, I really wanted to ask you are you still hooping, I bet so. I've had mine for almost two years and used it three times. Tomorrow I am going to do it.
However, I have started Zumba classes, do you zumba terriks?

....Jane
terezosa / terriks
Original Author
15 years ago
Yes, I am still hooping! In fact I just got done hooping for a half hour. I have taken some hoop dance classes and I can do lots of cool "tricks" now. I've graduated to the lighter weight "dance" hoops. I have also kept of the weight that I lost when I first started hooping, and more importantly I now have a waistline!
So dust that hoop off!

And no, I haven't gotten into Zumba. I quit my gym membership because I wasn't using it anymore. I have friends that love going to Zumba class though.
newdawn1895
15 years ago
Gosh you can hoop for a half hour? It is fun and I bet you look fabulous.

Okay, tomorrow is the day, no excuses.

And thanks for the sweet compliment on the other thread.

.....Jane
terezosa / terriks
Original Author
15 years ago
So newdawn, did you hoop the other day??

It took me a while to build up to a half hour of hooping. In fact, I could barely keep it going for 30 seconds at first. It turns out that I was trying to hard, moving my hips in a very exaggerated manner. It is really just a gentle back and forth movement.
What I really like about it is that I can easily hoop and watch TV. I don't really work up a sweat, and I find the rhythmic movement to be somewhat relaxing while I am still exercising.