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Amazon’s Kindle 2 is a wireless reading device that makes it easy to take (and read) your books whenever and wherever you wish. Here are some tips and tricks to try on the Kindle 2.

• Kindle 2: Play Minesweeper - While the Kindle is an excellent reading device, let’s face it, sometimes you just want to do something mindless for a spell. You can play Minesweeper on your Kindle, but everyone else will think you’re being productive.
• Kindle 2: Listening to Ebooks with Text-to-Speech - Sometimes it is inconvenient to be actually reading your ebook (when your driving is a good example!). Using Kindle’s Text-to-Speech functionality, you can listen to your ebook while you are busy doing something else, and then switch it off so you can continue reading from where it left off.
• Kindle 2: How To Reset the Device - If your Kindle locks up or fails to respond, you can easily reset it by following this tech-recipe.
• Convert PDF, DOC, TXT, and HTML Files for Reading on Your Kindle 2 - You’ve acquired a large collection of ebooks in various file formats over the years and want to put them on your Kindle, but how? If you are running a Windows computer, you can easily and freely convert them so that you can read them on your Kindle.
• Kindle 2: Listen to Music While You Read - If you enjoy listening to music while you read, then you’re in luck. By loading some of your favorite MP3’s onto your Kindle, you’ll be able to listen to your favorite songs as you read your ebook goodness.
• Create Photo Albums for Viewing Images on Your Kindle 2 - The Kindle 2’s 6″ high-resolution screen with 16 shades of gray makes it a decent and convenient way to view your favorite photos while you are on the go. By creating different directories for each subject type (such as family, friends, etc.), you can have your own photo albums for easily viewing the desired photos.
• Kindle 2: Using Keyboard Shortcuts - Keyboard shortcuts provide a quick way of performing various tasks on your Kindle. Once you get used to them, you will use them all of the time.
• Kindle 2: How to Increase the Size of Images in Ebooks - While reading a book on your Kindle, you come across an image that you’d like to take a closer look at. You can magnify the image by following this tech-recipe.
• Kindle 2: Using Search Options to Extend the Searching Capacity of the Device - It’s bound to happen, you are reading an ebook and come across something that you would like to find some more information on. By using your Kindle’s search line and selecting the appropriate option, you can search your items, the Kindle Store, Google, Wikipedia, the Dictionary as well as any notes you have attached to the ebook.
• Kindle 2: How To Delete Ebooks, Photos and Items - It’s easy to get books, pictures, music files and other items on your Kindle. At some point, you are going to need to remove some of this to make room for more stuff. Here’s how to delete the files off of your Kindle 2.