Comments on: Using Google Reader on the Amazon Kindle

By: Jim Hartnett

Jim Hartnett — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:10:42 +0000

On a related note, I like the Calibre app which can go and pull all the articles from an RSS feed, convert them to mobi and automatically send them to the Kindle when you connect it to your PC. One of my favorite sites posts about a dozen new articles a day. Works very nicely there. Wouldn’t necessarily want to do it for a feed of thousands of links, but for this it works great.

By: Eric Franklin

Eric Franklin — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:25:37 +0000

No problemo, Call Me Cate! The short cut keys don’t work on v1 of the Kindle either but I’m still satisfied that I can get it to “work.”

By: Call Me Cate

Call Me Cate — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:19:03 +0000

Thank you!!! I don’t know why I didn’t realize Google Reader had a mobile access site. And just to confirm – works like a charm on the Kindle 2 (though the short cut keys don’t seem to work).

By: Eric Franklin

Eric Franklin — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:09 +0000

Hi Liora,

I haven’t tried this on a Kindle 2 but there’s no reason that it wouldn’t work. You’re just using the Kindle’s rudimentary browser to look at the mobile Google page for Reader. It’s ultimately no different than using the browser to look up Wikipedia or anything else. There’s no reason it should impact battery life substantially if you’re already running with the wireless turned on.

Eric

By: Liora Hess

Liora Hess — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:09:23 +0000

Anyone given this a try with the Kindle 2? I would love to implement this, but am concerned about draining the battery (and ultimately the battery lifespan) too quickly.

By: Eric Franklin

Eric Franklin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:26:56 +0000

Hi Adam. I currently have 92 feeds in my Google Reader and Kindle seems to be just fine. Since it’s really just a mobile webpage, I think that Kindle is agnostic to the number of feeds you may have subscribed to. I’d much rather access Reader from my iPhone these days but it’s still possible on the Kindle as described, just a lot more wonky and slow.

By: Adam Ainbinder

Adam Ainbinder — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:27:13 +0000

i’m very interested in getting a kindle, and getting RSS feeds is very important to me. I love google reader. i have about 100 subscriptions in mine. would this be too much for the kindle? or would it work well?

thanks for the help!
Adam

By: How to Get the Most Out of Your Kindle—Tip #4 « Doug Geivett’s Blog

How to Get the Most Out of Your Kindle—Tip #4 « Doug Geivett’s Blog — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:47:50 +0000

[...] how do you use your Kindle to access your favorite blogs? It all starts with a Google Reader account—which you should have anyway. You can access your Google Reader blog feeds directly [...]

By: Eric Franklin

Eric Franklin — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:38:30 +0000

@Sandra Scoppettone – Happy to help! Yours in Kindle-dom. Eric

By: Sandra Scoppettone

Sandra Scoppettone — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:33:08 +0000

Thank you so much. I just set it up and it works like a dream. Easy, too. Love it.
Sandra