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Originally Posted by jswinden
I bought the Wifi only model. I'm not a big fan of AT&T 3G anyway as it is flaky even in the Dallas/Fort Worth metro where I live. It reminds of the 1960s when we had to constantly re-adjust the rabbit ears antenna on our TV to pick up stations! If you don't hold the phone, Kindle, etc. just right and go to the proper room in the house, you probably will lose the connection. And when I do have connection it is rarely 3G! WiFi in my case will be rock solid and faster. For those with good 3G coverage, then 3G is a good option.
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Last night I tried to use 3G on my KDXG to download a 24MB book. I tried for over two hours and it kept timing out. Throughout the process my KDXG 3G connection maintained 2 to 3 bars. After two hours I had nothing to show for my troubles but a half depleted battery. I finally gave up and downloaded the book to my PC and manually copied it to the KDXG. That took no more than 2 or 3 minutes total. I relate this not to diss the Kindle's 3G, but to point out that AT&T sucks at 3G in my area of Dallas/Fort Worth. It just reaffirmed that I made the correct decision in going with WiFi only on my new K3.
BTW: I downloaded the same 24MB book to my iPod touch via WiFi in appx. 1.5 minutes!