On Sun, 27 Feb 2011, Jim Adcock wrote:
Is there any way to surf on a Kindle without setting up an Amazon account and making up a password. . .???
I haven't actually tried going without an Amazon account, but the Kindle manual implies that setting up an Amazon account and registering a device is optional, and only necessary if one wants to buy and download ebooks directly from Amazon.
By "surf on a Kindle" I assume you mean using the Kindle's built-in "Experimental" web browser to access the internet directly and download books directly from internet sites such as Gutenberg.org, which should be possible without an Amazon account.
Maybe someone getting a new Kindle can actually try and confirm that it is possible to use the web browser prior to registering a device? [I'd hate to have to deregister a Kindle which I have already registered just to check this out]
I will have my hands on a non-registered Kindle in a couple weeks, and only registered the other one a week ago AFTER I tried browsing and it told me, in no uncertain terms, that I had to register before I could surf via the browser. . . . However, I broke down and let a friend register it because I wanted SOOO badly to try out Jim Adcock's "gutmagic" at http://bit.ly/gutmagic Just as my own personal comment, I think Mr. Adcock's program should be the very first thing anyone tries out on their Kindle, and I would LOVE to see versions for nook, Kobo, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Sony, etc., etc., etc! Whatever I can do to encourage this. . .please let me know. . . . Wow!!! Michael