The other thing I don't like is the significantly cheaper US price: £169 vs $149...an outrageous mark-up which works out at almost double the price.
I think I'd get over having to get Calibre to convert other books - presume that would involve downloading to a laptop, converting, and then loading onto kindle?
So if I wanted to check hotmail (& maybe Irish Indo where I have a subscription) etc when abroad I'd be better off with the keyboard version as that gives me whispernet which allows me to look at websites in general albeit not a great experience, whereas the 3g touch version will basically only let me buy more books from kindle/amazon?
What do people think of the touchscreen?, would be a bit of a novelty but I'm sure eventually I'll end up with a touchscreen phone and a tablet so that box will be ticked there. Really all I need is an e-reader (with the decent "ink" experience whatever they call it - which would point me towards the kindle), and free basic internet abroad would be good.
I think I'd get over having to get Calibre to convert other books - presume that would involve downloading to a laptop, converting, and then loading onto kindle?
It's not quite free internet, it's free to browse the Kindle store, download books, etc.
The Kindle only has WebKit, which they term as an 'experimental web browser', so you can guess it's far from a full-featured browser. Over 3G, you can only access the Kindle store or Wikipedia, for anything else, you can only browse over WiFi.
Thats not true, you can access lots of sites over 3g, I frequently do.
Kindles kinda put themselves in their own category. However, for an android equivalent, the nearest thing would probably be an android slate - like the samsung galaxy tab. As an alternative - another option might be the samsung galaxy note - this covers all bases. Not for everyone - but some find it meets all their needs. (It certainly does mine...although never used it yet as an ereader - no time for reading just yet! Can't justify loading a book on there until I finish reading a paperback I've been kicking around for weeks..In terms of content, is kindle & amazon the equivalent of i-phone and app store, are there "android" versions of the kindle out there with cheaper content?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?