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3.1. APPS (Applications)
Free: Get “Today’s Free App of the Day” (Apps-Store, upper left). Also, look at “Recommended For
You”.
Categories: Amazon offers 30 categories of apps. Among them are: Books & Comics, City Info,
Communication, Cooking, Education, Entertainment, Finance, Games, Health & Fitness, Kids, Lifestyle,
Music, Navigation, News & Magazines, Novelty, Photography, Podcasts, Productivity, Real Estate,
Reference, Ringtones, Shopping, Social Networking, Sports, Themes, Travel, Utilities, Video, Weather,
and Web Browsers. Each category has several sub-categories.
Types of Apps:
Stand Alone: These do not require Wi-Fi. You can use them in the car when traveling. Examples
include: Andoku Sudoku, CIA World Factbook, North American Trees, and MobilLearn Talking
Phrase Book.
Requires Wi-Fi: Examples include: MapQuest, Tune In Radio, The Weather Channel, and
MONEY Magazine (requires subscription).
Half & Half: These work without Wi-Fi, but require Wi-Fi for added features. Examples include:
USA Today 24/7, Art Authority, and Classical Music: Essential Collection.
Apps that will save you money: The June 2012 issue of Money Magazine contains “The 35 Best Money
Apps”. The 5 categories are: Banking & Budgeting, Investing, Home, Cars, Travel and Shopping.
Updates: You will be notified of free updates for apps you “purchased”.
3.2 BOOKS
Amazon: Buy at Books, Store. Get free books with Prime or search on “0.00”.
Kindle Owners’ Lending Library: 270,000 “free” books require Amazon Prime (see section 5). No
waiting. No due dates. One per month.
Libraries: Garland and Saline County residents can borrow e-books from their county’s respective
library and the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). For more information go to
http://www.cchsv.com/kindle.html . Click on the applicable Handout.
Lending Kindle Books: Eligible Kindle books can be loaned, to another Kindle user, once for a period
of 14 days. The lender will not be able to read the book during the loan period. Go to www.cchsv.org,
Special Interest Groups, Kindle Users Group. Click on “Book Loaning”.
Enhancements: Immersion Reading, Kindle Lending Library, Text-to-Speech, X-Ray,
Dictionary/Wikipedia, Translate.
3.3 MUSIC
Buy: Buy music from Music - Store. (Buy audio books at Books - Store or Apps - Audible.).
Free: If you have bought any music (CDs) from Amazon since 1998, you can get a free MP3 version
(compatible with your Kindle Fire) on your Cloud. For more information check on the AutoRip service.
Load CDs into Kindle Fire: For detailed instructions, go to www.cchsv.com (Kindle Users Group,
Handouts “Steps to turn a music CD into MP3 files, on your computer, and transfer them to your Kindle).
Play Fire on car radio: Use a 3.5mm Stereo Audio Cable. (Amazon does not recommend the use of a
USB connection.)
3.4 VIDEOS
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