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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Originally Posted by ladyloulou:
“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”
“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.
Originally Posted by Nasalhair:
“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.”
“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.
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!
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!
