Evernote on Your Kindle

An e-ink Kindle is one that currently has no color screen - the device is specifically made to read books and the screen only shows different shades of grey. Unlike the Kindle Fire which is a full color, glossy screen multimedia device - great for gaming, web, music and movies but not specifically great for reading books.

Evernote's actually more than just a Notepad application. It is a fantastic tool which can be used for text but can also store images, web pages, snapshots or clippings, pdf files, audio and more.

It's basically a huge database filing system which stores everything you need in one handy place. And it is very easy to search. You can create different Notepads to group related information together. Use it online, on your PC, Mac, iPad or Mobile device. I use Evernote to store ideas for new articles, my recipes (which I can then view on a tablet device or my ipod while cooking) and I also store links to websites which I want to read through at a later date.

I use the free Evernote app on my iPod Touch (UK iPod Touch) which is small enough to slip into your pocket so you can make notes no matter where you are.

With the Kindle Web Browser (Home / Menu / Experimental / Launch Browser) you can access the mobile version of Evernote which is at www.evernote.com/m - you'll need to press the Sym button on your Kindle Keyboard to add the forward slash.

If you don't yet know how to view web pages on your e-ink Kindle (Kindle, Kindle Keyboard and Kindle Touch) here's how you do it:

1. Go to the Home page of your Kindle and select MENU
2. Choose 'Experimental'
3. Select 'Launch Browser'
4. You might need to press OK if your wireless connection isn't turned on already
5. The Kindle web browser should be displayed which you can now use
6. You need to navigate to the top to add in the evernote address (www.evernote.com/m) and select GO TO

As you'll see, the Evernote mobile version isn't much to look at on a Kindle. It does load up reasonably quickly and you can also search and view any notes which you have. I don't personally recommend the full Evernote website on a Kindle (www.evernote.com) because it takes quite some time to load and it is very awkward to navigate. In my own tests, I found it impossible to use any useful buttons like New Note, Edit or Delete. So that's why I recommend the mobile version if you just want to view notes.

One huge disadvantage of the mobile Evernote website is that although you can make a new note (press next page until you hit the end and select Quick Note) you are only able to apply a title and tags to it on the latest Kindle 3.

You can't currently place or input any text into the main section of a note. So not very useful! So how do you work around this?

STILL TO COME - SCROLL DOWN TO VIEW
- Email to Evernote from Your Kindle
- Video How to Email to Evernote
- Further Reading
- Recommended Kindle Notepads

So if you want to be able to use your Kindle to add notes into Evernote, the best method is to send notes via email. Here's how:

1) On your PC/Mac go to the Evernote.com website and select "Settings" which is at the top of the web page.

2) Scroll down to the bottom of the page.

3) You should now be looking at a section called "Emailing to Evernote" - and there is your very own Evernote email address. You use the Evernote email address for sending content into your Evernote application via email.

4) Copy the Evernote email address and add it to your address book or preferably as a contact to an online email account such as yahoo or gmail.

5) On your Kindle, log in to your online email account using the Kindle web browser and compose your note. The subtitle section of your email will be the Note title and the content of your email will become the body of the note once opened up in Evernote.

6) Send the email to your Evernote email address.

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