Sept 2011: Please check out our Kindle Tips App instead of this post. The below tip works only on Kindle 1. The Kindle Tips App has 130+ tips that work on most Kindles. It also lets you view the tips as a slideshow and it lets you add your own tips.
May 2010 Update: These tips only worked on the Kindle 1. Kindle 2 and Kindle DX did not have these shortcuts working. These are supposedly not working on the Kindle 1 any more.
Turn the Amazon Kindle into a GPS navigator.
I’d already posted the Kindle hacks from the IgorS blog. Anyways here’s some more details -
The Kindle seems to have location-awareness in the CDMA module. You can plot your current location on Google Maps when you are in Browser Mode by pressing Alt -1 . The other shortcuts are:
Basic Options:
Alt-2 find gas station nearby
Alt-3 find restaurants nearby
Alt-5 find custom keyword nearby
Alt-3 find restaurants nearby
Alt-5 find custom keyword nearby
Advanced Options:
Alt-D dump debug info to the log and toggle highlight default item
Alt-Z toggle zone drawing and show log
Alt-Z toggle zone drawing and show log
Alt-1 show current location in google maps
I’m hoping some viewers can try it out and comment on how they find the experience. BTW I do have Google Maps on Kindle as part of my Header Image 
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i have a kindle and i cant get my gps location
i press alt 1 and i get restaurants that aren’t even nearby
where were you located when you tried this? zip code?
I tried all these shortcuts. Nothing happened.
could you let me know the steps i.e.
1) go into browser mode
2) press alt-1.
and so forth that you followed. thanks,
Sadly, this no longer works on kindle 2
Doesn’t work for me on a kindle 1, 02465. opened browser and hit alt-1. it filled in the box with “Not Avail, Not Avail”
hmmm. perhaps it’s a recent change.
dosent work at all. tried it on my kindle dx, and dosen’t do anything.
OH. Will update the post. This only works on Kindle 1 and I think it’s disabled on it too now.
I have a Kindle DX, I have tried all the shot cuts and nothing happen. Do I need to be outside of building? or Do I need a GPS locator or something?
Thanks
This only works for Kindle 1. Kindle DX doesn’t have some of the shortcuts for Kindle 2 and doesn’t have a lot of the shortcuts for Kindle 1.
Please try this post – Kindle DX Tips.
Don´t try to do…
This only works for Kindle 1.