Why does the Kindle have a headphone jack?

[Papa Deuce]

Does it play mp3's or something?

I was watching the video on amazon and I can't imagine why it needs a headphone jack.

 

[Papa Deuce]

bumping up as it was already to bottom of page 3.

 

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

I never knew it did.
I saw a women using one at the DRS one day but did not notice it had a headphone jack.

 

[Papa Deuce]

I never knew it did.
I saw a women using one at the DRS one day but did not notice it had a headphone jack.

Watch the video on amazon; it clearly does.... but why?

 

[daisax]

Audio books, maybe?

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

I've got mine here on the armrest of the chair and I wondered the same thing... never used it, obviously.

 

[Charade]

Audio books, maybe?

It does play audio books.

 

[SHAYMARAYSMOM]

I wonder if it for music.
You can add a SD card to it so you would be able to put music on an sd card

 

[suzanna1066@comcast.]

It can play audio books and music.

 

[Shugardrawers]

It plays both MP3s and audiobooks which makes it that much more versatile and worth EVERY FREAKING PENNY I PAID!!! Not quite the sound quality of say an iPod but all in all, pretty dang good

 

[Papa Deuce]

It plays both MP3s and audiobooks which makes it that much more versatile and worth EVERY FREAKING PENNY I PAID!!! Not quite the sound quality of say an iPod but all in all, pretty dang good

Awesome. I mean, I have an iPod.... but I like the ability for it to play mp3s.

 

[monkeyboy]

The Kindle is equipped with a headphone jack and allows users to download both audiobooks (though this must be done as a download to a computer then to the Kindle via USB cable) and MP3s.

 

[lindalinda]

I just can't put out the cash. I need it to drop in price before I do it. I actually bought the ebook reader years ago, and it sucked! And you could only get nerdy sci-fi books on ebook at the time. I got really frustrated.

Crossing my fingers that it gets cheaper soon.

 

[DisneyMissy318]

I'm so glad you asked that - I got mine in the mail TODAY and have been having a great time figuring it out - but the headphone jack and the volume control were completely lost on me! Of course, I could have read the book - but I was so blame excited to start using it ...

 

[Shugardrawers]

I just can't put out the cash. I need it to drop in price before I do it. I actually bought the ebook reader years ago, and it sucked! And you could only get nerdy sci-fi books on ebook at the time. I got really frustrated.

Crossing my fingers that it gets cheaper soon.

I know it still seems pricey, but in terms of technology it's like comparing today's pcs to the old crt's of the 80s