Sorry about your Kindle, that sucks, so you never got your hands on it? Amazon refunded the downloaded books? They should have. Can’t expect them to refund the Kindle but would be awesome of them to do so.

Let us know how it turns out. I would sure like to hear from someone that uses one in the Philippines and let us know how well it works. I might just treat myself to one!

I had the chance to order the Amazon Kindle 2.0. I had it shipped thru my sister-in-law’s address in CA. And eventually she sent the Kindle with other items to the Philippines. Fortunately it arrived in Manila. We used a local forwarder to send in Cebu but along the way the van they used has been forced open along the traffic in Binondo and got our 2 boxes of shipment which also contains my Kindle. So that was goodbye to my Kindle! We were informed the next morning about the incident. When I traced my Amazon account, I found there was a wireless downloading done on the kindle and it was charged to my credit card. I informed Amazon about it.What they did was deregister the Kindle and asked me for a police document.I hope they can help me trace my Kindle. I know it’s quite impossible but at least an effort has been done. So my advice to people who have Kindle,always be on guard with your unit or else they might get to your credit card.

Amazon has a new Kindle 2. I wish I had one.

I need your suggestion..

I got atleast 5 titles that I want to purchase from Amazon. The books are cheap but the shipping cost is too much.

How can I go about this? Thanks!

Cheers,
IRa

I was in Cebu yesterday, saw a Powerbooks store, first time I noticed one. I didn’t go in though. Yea, I’d only order from Amazon as a last resort but it is an option if one must to get what they want. With the books stores you mentioned willing to order for you is also a great help.

Thanks for the heads up on the Powerbooks.com site. I’m going to go check that out. My gf loves to read. That might come in handy.

The single most useful thing I’ve learned about the Philippines and had re-enforced over and over is that one should avoid applying their own experiences in the Philippines across all of the islands. The differences from island to island are great.

I know pretty much nothing of Manila. I want to visit there and do see some advantages of living in a city of ten million or at least I would think there would be advantages but I’ve never been there so I don’t know. I know there are lots of problems too but the advantages might out weigh those, regardless o all the warnings Ii get.

Tell me, do you like Manila?

I heard that the Kindle will start shipping again on March 2009, I know a lot of people who ordered their Kindle last December and will be getting it mid-March.

I didn’t think Kindle is ugly. I would never say that about my Kindle. LOL.

But I heard people say that it’s an ugly brute.

Anyway, Whispernet (the wireless service) doesn’t work outside the US, so you have to buy books in Amazon.com, download it in your computer & transfer it via the USB cable. All you need is a US credit card.

I’m going to send you an email. Please let me know if you do or don’t get it. Thanks!

Hope I spelled that right, hard to see this tiny print for a guy that broke his glasses.

What you report is what I have found to be the case as well, except I haven’t been to Manila, well other than the airport.

I’m very envious that you have a Kindle. They seem a bit over priced to me but Amazon has to recover its R&D cost too. When a new model comes out, perhaps then I can get one. I might be able to find a used on on e-bay too but that is full of other potential problems.

Most of the Christmas season, Amazon was sold out of Kindle. I haven’t looked recently.

It is good to hear that you can actually download via their connection. I don’t think that was true when it first came out. Sounds like travelers are using it a lot and they made the move to expand that service!