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Originally Posted by Pingu
Here is my super newbie questions about Kindles...
We have Wifi at home, so am I best off to get the Kindle Wifi not the Kindle
3G+Wifi? I don't need to be able to download a book instantly.
If I was in a Wifi spot like McDonald's then can I get access to Amazon and download from there?
Can you use the internet with the Kindle Wifi [without the 3G biz]?
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Hi Pingu. If you don't envision yourself needing to access the Kindle store when out and about then the wifi-only is a good option. We bought two Wifi-only Kindles and like your thinking reckon we could just pull into McDonald's and use their wifi. I have not tested it yet but I believe McDonalds is a simple connect, no password. They restrict usage to apparently 50mb per day (which is alot on a Kindle and ebooks). The Kindle wifi has better battery life than the 3G+wifi with the wireless turned on (obviously having two wireless devices running uses more power, but if you turn the wireless of each will last the same time).
You say you don't need instant downloads, but once you experience the Amazon store and buy a few ebooks and have them automatically sent to your Kindle.....you will find it hard to live without. Brilliant IMHO.
The Kindle's have a web browser. It is a little clunky (don't forget the primary use of this device is to read ebooks) but it is usable.
Now you mentioned the Kobo. Can I just put my opinion in on that device? Whilst it is sold locally in Australia and some people love it, I would hold off. Kobo have released overseas the new Kobo wifi which is replacing the original. Now whether wifi is needed or not, the new Kobo has had some good firmware updates whilst the original has been left behind. If you do want to go the Kobo path I would either wait for the wifi to be released here in Australia, or wait for a firmware update for the original Kobo to fix some of the bugs in it (I for one do not understand why an e-ink device needs to shutdown, but the Kobo does and takes 30+seconds to start up).