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Once you've had time to spend a while with your new Amazon kindle 2 you undoubtedly begin to appreciate the enjoyable reading contact provided by this great device. If you've had a occasion to download some e-books into your kindle 2 you also have enjoyed an additional benefits of a great audio book listening experience. But, your kindle 2 is capable of so much more! Here are five cool things you can do with your Amazon Kindle 2:

Cool ability #1) - You're spending a relaxing afternoon reading an e-book on your new Kindle 2 e-book reader and the view strikes you - "I need to check my e-mail to see if I've heard back from my daughter!" Now regularly that means that you have to stop reading, put down your Kindle, and check your e-mail list on your computer. But, if you have a Gmail list you can read and sass to e-mails right on your Kindle!

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First, go to your Kindle's built-in basic web browser (Home > Menu > Experimental > Basic Web). Next, make sure that Javascript for your Kindle's browser is turned on (Browser > Menu > Settings > Enable Javascript). Finally, go to the Gmail Internet address (Browser > Menu > Enter Url > Gmail address - see below), enter your Username and Password.

Important - use the approved Gmail Url and not the Google Url provided by default in the Kindle's bookmark folder. If you try to access your Gmail from the Url provided in your Kindle you will be prompted to load a Google Gmail application. Applications cannot be loaded onto your Kindle so this will fail - you need to use the Url provided above to be able to use your Gmail account.

Cool ability #2) - Are you a Twitter user? If you'd like to send a "Tweet" to your friends and followers about the great new book your reading on your Kindle you can do it right from your Kindle. This beloved microblogging service offers a movable version that works great on your Kindle.

Go to your Kindle's built-in basic web browser (Home > Menu > Experimental > Basic Web). Next, make sure that Javascript for your Kindle's browser is turned on (Browser > Menu > Settings > Enable Javascript). Finally, go to the Twitter movable Url (Browser > Menu > Enter Url > [http://www.m.twitter.com]), enter your Username and Password.

Important - The approved Twitter Url is too complicated for your Kindle to display properly. Use the Url above for best results on your Kindle.

Cool ability #3) - Have you ever wanted to "save" a page you were reading to share with a friend? The Kindle has two separate ways to do this. The first way is to take a screen shot of the page you wish to share. To take a screen shot hold down the and the keys then press the "G" key. You will consideration that the Kindle screen will "flash" showing that the Kindle created the screen shot.

The screen shots are stored in your Kindle's "documents" portfolio as image files with a .gif extension. You can get them by plugging your Kindle into your computer using the Usb cable that you got with your Kindle. Open "My Computer" and look for the Kindle drive icon. Duplicate click on the icon to open up your Kindle and then double-click on the "documents" folder. Look for files that end with .gif and you'll find the screen shots you just made.

To share them with your friends you can save the files to your computer and then attach them to an e-mail message. You also can print-out the screen shots by occasion them in a descriptive schedule such as Windows Paint or Windows Internet Explorer. The ability is not great - but is undoubtedly approved for sharing several pages.

Cool ability #4) - There is an additional one way to capture and share passages from Kindle e-books. When you highlight passages from Kindle e-books and make notes your Kindle saves them to a file in the "documents" portfolio called "My Clippings.txt". You can open this file with a schedule like Windows Notepad and copy your highlights to save in an additional one schedule or share.

To do this, go to the passage you wish to share. Move the Kindle cursor to the beginning of the passage you want to save and click the sailing button. Now move the cursor to the end of the passage you want to save and press the sailing button again once all of the text is highlighted. This will save the highlighted text to the "My Clippings.txt" file.

Plug your Kindle into your computer then look for the Kindle icon in "My Computer." Double- click on the Kindle drive icon then double-click on the "documents" folder. Uncover the "My Clippings.txt" file and double-click on it to open it in Windows Notepad. Find the text you highlighted on the Kindle. It should be at the lowest of the file. You can copy the text and paste it into a schedule like Microsoft Word to save it. Or you can copy and paste the text into an e-mail message.

Cool ability #5) - Up to now we've been talking about text - now let's talk about graphics. If you haven't noticed, your Kindle 2 offers the ability to enlarge graphics so you can undoubtedly see them! To do this simply move your cursor over the descriptive and it will turn to a magnifying glass. Press the navigator button and your Kindle will zoom-in on the image so that it fills the Kindle's screen.

This is very handy when you are reading books with technical graphics or screen shots. The Kindle 2's screen is enough great ability that these graphics are worthwhile reviewing as you read through your books. To return to the original page view, press the button or the button.

Congratulations! You now know about five cool things you can do with your Kindle 2. You can use your Kindle 2 to check your Gmail and send "Tweets" with Twitter, take screen shots to save or share, save or share passages from Kindle e-books, and make graphics in your e-books more relevant by using the Kindle's "zoom" feature.

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