Kindles, Ipads, Ipods etc

[Carrie_Cat]

Hello

Hope nobody minds me coming over from the DLP board to ask a question.

I'm going to be in England next week and I'm planning on buying a Kindle.

I saw that Amazon have refurbished 3G ones for roughly £40 cheaper than a new one. The only difference is that you just get an USB cable and not an power adapteur (or is it plug ?)

I was wondering if the "adapteur" from an Ipod or Ipad would be ok and work or is it really necessary to have the Kindle one ?

And if they do work are the USB cables on Ipads/Ipods and the like standard the world over and say I bought my Kindle in the UK and my Ipad in the US and my Ipod in Europe they would all be interchangeable adapteur/plug wise I'd just need travel plug thingys for each county or am I totally on the wrong track

Thank you very much for any help

 

[Brandis]

The Kindle is relatively sensitive in regard to the watt output of the charger. Not that it would break but I noticed that if I use the iPad charger with the higher watt output, the Kindle won't charge. With the iPhone charger it's a bit hit and miss, the only way it really charges every time is when I use the original Kindle plug. Are you sure that it is not included even if it is a refurb model?

 

[Carrie_Cat]

The Kindle is relatively sensitive in regard to the watt output of the charger. Not that it would break but I noticed that if I use the iPad charger with the higher watt output, the Kindle won't charge. With the iPhone charger it's a bit hit and miss, the only way it really charges every time is when I use the original Kindle plug. Are you sure that it is not included even if it is a refurb model?

Thank you for your reply

According to the annonce it doesn't seem to be coming with a plug, just the USB cable

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-li...olp_refurbished?ie=UTF8&condition=refurbished

So I'd be better off buying the full price one maybe rather than taking the risk

It's strange as when I look at the .com site even the new ones aren't sent with plugs to France, you have to buy them separately which is impossible to do here and that's why I hoped the ipad/pod solution might work.

 

[Brandis]

It seems that they include fewer things with every version.

Version 1 had the display cover included. They got rid of that in Version 2, which I bought, however, that one still included the plug, even though it was a US version even when ordering from abroad.

Now they got rid of the charger as well, no wonder they can still lower the price

And maybe the newer version isn't as picky with the power source as version 2.

 

[mikki.young]

I have a USB plug charger and that works fine with the kindle cable. Looks very like this one. Does my phone, mp3, Palm etc

 

[Carrie_Cat]

I have a USB plug charger and that works fine with the kindle cable. Looks very like this one. Does my phone, mp3, Palm etc

Thank you for that I've seen some like that on ebay.
I'm going cross eyed looking at all the different plugs as I need either one for the UK, 1 for France or just the UK and I'll put an adapteur behind it but with a 3 in 1 travel charger I'd be well away

I've order the refurb and it should be waiting for me next week so I'll see if I need to charge it straight away or not