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Old 10-04-2012, 07:55
ladyloulou
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Hi, i need some advice please, i am thinking of going over to the dark side and purchasing a kindle, i love the feel of a real book but my hubby nagging about how they get everywhere is doing my head in! I have looked at a kindle and then for nearly twice the price the 2011 with 3g, i am not sure wether i need the 3g or not! I will not be taking it abroad, or probably not even out of the house, i have a home wifi network which if i have read it correctly will download the books on the basic kindle. So my question is will 3g benefit me in any way? many thanks
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Old 10-04-2012, 09:21
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Hi, i need some advice please, i am thinking of going over to the dark side and purchasing a kindle, i love the feel of a real book but my hubby nagging about how they get everywhere is doing my head in! I have looked at a kindle and then for nearly twice the price the 2011 with 3g, i am not sure wether i need the 3g or not! I will not be taking it abroad, or probably not even out of the house, i have a home wifi network which if i have read it correctly will download the books on the basic kindle. So my question is will 3g benefit me in any way? many thanks
Not really. I have the 3G model (with the keyboard on it) but I travel around a lot with work so I find it handy for buying books if I'm stuck in a hotel and bored, or even just surfing the net (albeit slowly and in black & white). If you're only really going to use it at home and have wifi there you wouldn't really benefit from paying the extra for the model with 3G.
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Old 10-04-2012, 09:24
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Not really. I have the 3G model (with the keyboard on it) but I travel around a lot with work so I find it handy for buying books if I'm stuck in a hotel and bored, or even just surfing the net (albeit slowly and in black & white). If you're only really going to use it at home and have wifi there you wouldn't really benefit from paying the extra for the model with 3G.
Completely agree - if you don't think you will have a need for downloading when out and about and you don't need the keyboard you may as well save yourself a few quid. As you can store 100's or 1,000's of books on the Kindle there is probably not a huge need to download when out and about for most people.
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Old 10-04-2012, 09:41
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I don't really use 3g as I have the Kindle app on my phone.
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Old 10-04-2012, 10:59
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The WiFi only one will be fine for you. I've the 3G model and have never used the 3G side of it and I travel quite a lot.

I usually have about 20 unread books on it at any given time so I'm unlikely to run out.

I know someone who has enough books on their Kindle to last about 25 years!
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Old 10-04-2012, 11:15
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I know someone who has enough books on their Kindle to last about 25 years!
Do you know my wife? LOL
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Old 10-04-2012, 11:16
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thanks for all your great advice! Will spend the money i save on downloading books
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Old 10-04-2012, 11:27
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Do you know my wife? LOL
Might do!
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