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nachtxeule · 08-26-2010, 08:21 PM

189$ is for "3G" which means 3rd generation... and by that they mean 3G towers

these towers are mainly in big cities only so you should probably only get the 139$ one which has wifi... you could connect at home or any hotspot, however you wouldn't be able to download lets say... on a bus or in a car. (it doesn't matter really)

if you do not have wifi at home, or there is no hotspot nearby (like a coffee place) then simply use usb connect.

you're not going to miss much from going from 189$ to 139$ besides 3G, you can still browse wikipedia, gmail etc with the wifi version... again just not on a bus or car.

189$ = 3G, WiFi or USB
139$ = WiFi or USB

easy decision, get the 139$ version!

edit: don't worry about the size of the downloads like the guy above mentioned, they are tiny... it's just text in black and white. open notepad on your mac/pc and write a bible, you'll see it takes no place in your harddrive. both versions offer 4GB of space which supposedly holds 3500 books (you won't read that many any time soon)

08-26-2010, 08:21 PM	#4
nachtxeule Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 2098 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3.	189$ is for "3G" which means 3rd generation... and by that they mean 3G towers these towers are mainly in big cities only so you should probably only get the 139$ one which has wifi... you could connect at home or any hotspot, however you wouldn't be able to download lets say... on a bus or in a car. (it doesn't matter really) if you do not have wifi at home, or there is no hotspot nearby (like a coffee place) then simply use usb connect. you're not going to miss much from going from 189$ to 139$ besides 3G, you can still browse wikipedia, gmail etc with the wifi version... again just not on a bus or car. 189$ = 3G, WiFi or USB 139$ = WiFi or USB easy decision, get the 139$ version! edit: don't worry about the size of the downloads like the guy above mentioned, they are tiny... it's just text in black and white. open notepad on your mac/pc and write a bible, you'll see it takes no place in your harddrive. both versions offer 4GB of space which supposedly holds 3500 books (you won't read that many any time soon) Last edited by nachtxeule; 08-26-2010 at 08:23 PM.