Travelling with Your Kindle Keyboard

• Free 3G Coverage Map
• Battery Life
• Charging Kindle Keyboard's Battery Outside the UK
• Shopping and Downloading Archived Content without Whispernet Service
• Transferring Personal Documents without Wireless Service
• International Web Browsing

Free 3G Coverage Map

If you have a Kindle Keyboard with Free 3G, we offer Free 3G coverage both at home in the UK and in many countries worldwide. Click here to see our coverage map.

Battery Life

With Kindle Keyboard's long battery life, you can read your Kindle Keyboard device on a single charge for up to two weeks with wireless on. Turn wireless off and read for up to one month. Battery life will vary based on wireless usage, such as shopping the Kindle Store and downloading content.

Charging Kindle Keyboard's Battery Outside the UK

Kindle Keyboard is delivered in the UK with a UK 3-pin plug and a Kindle micro-USB cable. You can charge your Kindle Keyboard by connecting it to a wall socket using the Kindle micro-USB cable and the Kindle 3-pin plug or by removing the cable from the plug and connecting it to your computer via the Kindle micro-USB cable. The light on your Kindle Keyboard next to the USB socket will appear amber when charging and change to green when Kindle Keyboard is fully charged.

Note on third-party charging devices (not included with your Kindle Keyboard): Third-party charging devices, power converters, USB wall chargers, and other charging hubs are not supported nor recommended for your Kindle Keyboard.

Charging from Your Computer via Kindle Micro-USB Cable

When using the Kindle micro-USB cable to charge your Kindle Keyboard via your computer, charging time will normally take 4 to 6 hours. To charge your Kindle Keyboard from a computer via Kindle micro-USB cable:

• Connect Kindle Keyboard directly to a USB port on your computer. Do not connect through a hub, keyboard, or monitor.
  
  
• Connect Kindle Keyboard to a computer plugged into a power outlet. We recommend that you keep your computer plugged into a power outlet while charging your Kindle Keyboard. Your computer may not supply sufficient power to the USB port if it is not plugged in.
  
  
• Make sure your computer stays on during the entire charging process. Disable Standby, Hibernate or Sleep mode, if necessary.
  
  
• Verify Kindle Keyboard recognizes the USB connection. You can verify your Kindle Keyboard is charging if you see the USB drive mode screen. If you do not see this screen, unplug and reconnect your Kindle Keyboard. You may also need to select an alternate USB port.

Using Kindle Keyboard while Charging via Kindle Micro-USB Cable

You can use your Kindle Keyboard while it is connected via USB and charging from your computer by unmounting or ejecting it so Kindle Keyboard exits USB drive mode.

• Windows Vista and 7: Click on the Start button, select "Computer" from the options, right-click on the Kindle drive icon and select "Eject" from the pop-up menu.  
• Windows XP: Right-click on the "Safely remove hardware" icon in the lower left-hand corner of the task bar and follow the on-screen instructions to remove Kindle Keyboard.
• Mac OS: Cmd-click on the Kindle device icon and choose "Eject."

Kindle Keyboard will then exit USB drive mode and display the Home screen. You'll see a lightning bolt on the battery status icon that indicates your Kindle Keyboard is still charging.

Shopping and Downloading Archived Content without Whispernet Service

If you are travelling outside our Free 3G wireless service area and have no access to Wi-Fi or prefer to browse on your computer, you can still shop in the Kindle Store on Amazon.co.uk. See Shopping the Kindle Store on Amazon.co.uk for more information.

To download items to your computer at the time of purchase:

1. Select "Transfer via Computer" from the Deliver to: pull-down menu on the product detail page.
2. Save the file to your computer when prompted by your web browser.
3. Connect Kindle Keyboard to your computer with the USB cable and drag and drop the saved file into the documents folder on your Kindle Keyboard.
4. Use your computer's file browser to drag and drop the file to your Kindle Keyboard.

Downloading Archived Content without Free 3G

Books you purchase are automatically stored in your Kindle library on Amazon.co.uk. Books available for re-download appear on the Manage Your Kindle page.

To download your items from Manage Your Kindle:

1. Visit the Manage Your Kindle page.
2. Locate the item you wish to download in the "Your Orders" section. If you have a lot of content, you may need to use the "previous" and "next" options at the bottom to navigate through all of your content.
3. Click on "Deliver to. . ." next to the title and choose "Transfer via Computer" from the list.
4. Save the file to your computer when prompted by your web browser.
5. Connect Kindle Keyboard to your computer with the USB cable.
6. For more information on using your Kindle Keyboard's USB connection and transferring files from your computer to your Kindle Keyboard, see the Transferring, Downloading, and Sending Files to Kindle Keyboard Help page.

Transferring Personal Documents without Wireless Service

To access your personal documents for free on your Kindle, send attachments to "name"@free.kindle.com. We'll send the files to your Kindle via Wi-Fi and and also e-mail them to the address associated with your Amazon.co.uk account. Alternatively, you can transfer the documents to your Kindle using your USB connection. To learn more, see Transferring, Downloading, and Sending Files to Kindle Keyboard

International Web Browsing

The experimental web browser is free to use over Kindle Keyboard's 3G or Wi-Fi connections. If you are travelling outside the United Kingdom, you can access Wikipedia in over 100 countries anywhere you have a 3G connection (check the wireless coverage map here). You can browse other websites globally via a Wi-Fi connection. Access to other websites while travelling abroad is available via a 3G connection in the 61 countries listed below.

Access to the web browser within these countries may vary and is subject to change.

Kindle Keyboard's new web browser is based on WebKit to provide a better web browsing experience. Now it's easier than ever to find the information you're looking for right from your Kindle Keyboard. Click here to learn more about using Kindle Keyboard's experimental web browser.

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