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Mr.Toad · 08-17-2010, 06:19 PM

Before setting off on a whirlwind tour of Europe, I bought a Kindle DXG, partly for the new clearer screen (I have a Sony 505) and partly for the free Internet access, which I hoped would work in most of the countries I visited - my home is Canada.

I was pleasantly surprised to find I had access in:
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Finland
Russia
Poland.

The only country where I couldn't even get a cell connection was Belarus.

So not only did I take a hundreds of books with me (my last trip with paper books cost me more than the Kindle in excess baggage weight), but I could check my email and do some basic web browsing - very nice.

I was somewhat concerned that the reader would be damaged by being tossed around so much: I had it in a leather folder case and then in a Zeroshock 3 case which protected it well.

08-17-2010, 06:19 PM	#1
Mr.Toad Member Posts: 12 Karma: 11354 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Canada Device: Lots	Travelling with a Kindle DXG Before setting off on a whirlwind tour of Europe, I bought a Kindle DXG, partly for the new clearer screen (I have a Sony 505) and partly for the free Internet access, which I hoped would work in most of the countries I visited - my home is Canada. I was pleasantly surprised to find I had access in: Germany Denmark Sweden Finland Russia Poland. The only country where I couldn't even get a cell connection was Belarus. So not only did I take a hundreds of books with me (my last trip with paper books cost me more than the Kindle in excess baggage weight), but I could check my email and do some basic web browsing - very nice. I was somewhat concerned that the reader would be damaged by being tossed around so much: I had it in a leather folder case and then in a Zeroshock 3 case which protected it well.