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Originally Posted by NVash
Wait, the free 3G isnt free? Then why am I paying an extra $50? Whats the difference between the $139 version and the $189 version?
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“Free 3G Wireless!” boasts Amazon in its Kindle advertising. This would be wonderful if true. The delivery of books over 3G is free if you buy books from the Amazon Kindle store. They’re beamed to you wherever you are via Amazon’s Whispernet service. If you send your own books to the Kindle via Whispernet, you’ll be charged 15 cents per megabyte. Sending files is done by sending the ebook as an email attachment to a special email address Amazon gives you.
Yes, you can transfer books for free using the USB cable, and, yes, you can send the book to an alternative email address Amazon give you that will only send the file when you’re using wifi (and therefore for free). But the fact remains that the “Free 3G” isn’t actually free. If you intend to use your Kindle to do little more than read Gutenberg titles, and rarely if ever buy anything via the Kindle store, then the 3G model is a waste of money.
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But yes, it's essentially free. And if you use the web browser on 3g, that is also free. So it only costs if you're using 3g to email yourself documents. I just email myself documents to my @free.kindle.com address and it delivers it to me when I'm using wi-fi
for free.