[sjc]

Just trying to see how important users thought the NowNow feature was and whether or not they miss it. 

 

[Wannabe]

I never used it but I thought of a good question the other day that I could have asked if the Now Now wouldn't be Gone Gone. I have since forgotten the question so I guess it wasn't that important anyway .

 

[Teninx]

I think that the people who answered Now Now questions found the information by the same web-based search that is available to anyone with an internet connection. I can look it up for myself.

 

[Vegas_Asian]

I usually just wiki'd things.

 

[chynared21]

I tried it once with a Kindle related question just to see how fast they got back to me.

 

[kim]

Now Now was Gone Gone before I got a chance to us it it.

I don't think I would have really used it much.  It's just as easy to google your own questions.

 

[iRA4m6EAJpz0HL]

Just trying to see how important users thought the NowNow feature was and whether or not they miss it.

I never got a chance to use it. I got my Kindle on Friday night and it was about the following Monday that NowNow WentWent ByeBye.

 

[GrammieCheryl]

I never got the chance to try it, I live about 30 miles away from Whispernet coverage, but I do go into coverage about twice a month, unfortunately NowNow  was gone after about 2 weeks of owning my kindle.  Even so, I don't think I would have used it a lot anyway. 

 

[marianneg]

I tried it a few times, just for fun, to see what answers would come back.  It was kind of cool, but nothing I'm heartbroken about losing.  As others have said, it's just about as easy to google it yourself.

 

[marianneg]

Since I just joined the Kindle Kommunity, I've never had a chance to use it. What exactly did NowNow do?

You would ask a question (type it in on your Kindle and send it via Whispernet), and the amazon m-turkers would find the answer using the internet and you would get three responses back. You could then grade the responses on how helpful they were.

 

[sebat]

It was gone before I got a chance to try it. 
Now all I can say is...

Bye bye

 

[jah]

I never use it, and don't miss it

 

[LDB]

Well, since I have no idea what that is I guess I don't miss it. I'm a fairly new Kindler so I guess it's from before my time.

 

[sjc]

I was never in doubt as to how short-lived it would be.  I knew that having staff looking up your questions on free wireless to begin with would not last.  I too, only tested it when I first got my Kindle to see the reliability and response time.  Guess none of us miss it...that's what Google is for.

 

[bkworm8it]

I never got to use it. It was gone a couple of days after I got my kindle.  But the other night I really wished I had it, there was something I wanted to know that was driving me crazy and I didn't want to go to the computer.

hmmm don't remember what it was anymore so must not have been that important! 

theresam

 

[qotdr]

Any time I use my Kindle for anything other than downloading or reading, i.e. internet, etc... it freezes solid. I quickly stopped trying as I use the main computer for that stuff anyway.

 

[ak rain]

I had one trip into wisperland. I ran into a kindle question and asked. answer back was they could not answer kindle questions - to call CS. I had no access to phone so no help.  I thought it had potential though. kind of felt misterious being new to the wispernet and all.
Sylvia

so sorry spell check not working- may be my slow connection

 

[Micdiddy]

I'm in the boat of never had a chance to use it. But I'm also in the boat of miss it terribly, because it seemed like such a cool feature and I wanted to use it a lot before I got the polite e-mail saying it was gone

 

[Micdiddy]

Any time I use my Kindle for anything other than downloading or reading, i.e. internet, etc... it freezes solid. I quickly stopped trying as I use the main computer for that stuff anyway.

I find you need like 4 or 5 bars of connection for any remotely decent internet browsing. And that's "remotely decent" in 1990's terms.

 

[iRA4m6EAJpz0HL]

,---gets 5 bars and it seems to run like his old 1200 baud modem