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The main function of the Amazon Kindle is to allow users to find read electronic books and other types of electronic media. This independent computer device can hold up to 3,500 books that do not have illustrations and it can also be utilized for reading books in PDF format. Users can choose books and other reading materials from Amazon’s store for Kindle and download them directly to this device.

It is also possible to use the Amazon Kindle to send tweets to your followers at Twitter to tell them about what you are doing or to simply inform them about the astonishing new book that you have discovered. This is possible because this particular microblogging service has a mobile version that can be accessed with the help of this particular hardware. Access is through the browser that has been included with this device. You may be able to connect to the mobile edition of Twitter after you have ascertained that Javascript is running.

Your Amazon Kindle can also be used to check your Gmail account and even send out email messages to friends and other acquaintances. Once again, you will need to access the device’s own web browser and then check if Javascript is running. However, do not forget that the Kindle browser is very basic and a substantial number of the common features of Gmail may not be available in this particular device.

It is also possible to share with your friends certain passages from the e-books that you have read in this kind of hardware. You can highlight those passages that you think your friends would find interesting. This is made possible when you point the cursor to the first character of the passage, press the button for Navigation, point the cursor to the last character of the passage and then hit the button for Navigation again. These moves will cause this particular content to be saved in Kindle as a text file that could be opened using common tools such as Notepad.

Still another way to use Amazon Kindle and share what you have been reading to your friends is to capture a screen shot of the page that you have found interesting. This could be accomplished by hitting the G key while you are holding down the Shift and Alt keys. To indicate that this particular action had been accomplished, the screen of your device will flash. Take note that the screen shot will be stored as a GIF file and you can transfer the image to your computer by connecting to it using a USB cable. The file can easily be found because an icon representing Kindle would be found in your documents folder.

Learn more about the Amazon Kindle for yourself and view the wide range of Kindle accessories available to help you personalise your reader.