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Some decisions in life are easy ... which college? which guy/gal to invite to the prom? which car? which spouse?
Some decisions in life are really, really hard ... which Kindle 3 -- WiFi only or WiFi + 3G?
*wrings hands*
I have excellent 3G coverage in Canada and have directly tested my Kindle 2i in Toronto, Montreal and St. John's, NL ... plus I spend about 4 weeks a year in Mexico, primarily Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara and on the last trip 3G rocked in those places. (And Kindles do fall back to 2G where necessary.)
But, really ... I also have 25 mbps Internet gateway with a home wifi network and that's where I read my Kindle for 11 months of the year. And the places we stay in Mexico have always had very good free WiFi ... good enough for my corporate VPN access. And, short of being stuck on a snow-bound train in the dead of winter, I can't think of anywhere I might be that I actually "need" 3G.
(Overlooked tidbit? The WiFi + 3G model defaults to WiFi and only invokes 3G when WiFi is not available. Very smart network management, Amazon!)
So ... do I spend the extra $50 on 3G ... or invest that cash in the Burgundy Red case with built-in book-light instead? And, heavens! What to do with the Kindle 2i?
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