Originally Posted by xxtimbo:
“Thinking about it... ok kindle 3 has free web browsing...
but surfing the web in black and white is pretty bleak
add to that the navigation is very basic
and it does nt play you tube videos...
I dont think it plays audio files on the web either
so its pretty dire.
It does nt seem to enlarge text on the web enough to make reading easy....
Maybe I could use it to send the odd e mail, but its going to be pretty fiddly to do that.
Another minus mark on the kindle 3g is playing mp3 files.
I put an mp3 on that was 60 mins.
I listened to 20 mins then turned off
I turned back on later and expected to resume at the point I left.... but no, the file started again at the beginning ...!!!!
so that is a bit of a drag.
Some how, in a years time when kindle fire has kicked in with full living colour, then second hand kindle 3s will be on e bay for £9.99 and free postage !”
You seem to be failing to grasp that the Kindle is primarily an E-reader with an E-ink screen. It is designed to give a reading experience as close to reading a normal printed page as possible, with the added bonus of being light weight and able to store 100s of books.
Everything else it can do is a bonus feature and not it's selling point, the "experimental" browser isn't going to be as good as surfing on a PC, tablet or phone. likewise the MP3 player isn't going to have the functionality of an Ipod. What you want is a tablet, get an Ipad if you can't wait for the Fire.