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Originally Posted by pietro99
To me it is so simple to download to the PC and transfer, why would you bother with dodgy 3G from Vodaphone, who are generally accepted as hopeless I think, especially if you live in the country. I live in a large regional town and Vodaphone reception is sparse.
Besides, I always remove the DRM which you have to do on the PC anyway.
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Why would you bother? That's a pretty blinkered sort of a statement. As someone currently visiting Australia with my Kindle 3G from the UK I found it brilliant to be able to check my gmail on the Kindle when stuck in airports, tranes etc and not willing to pay exhorbitant intl roaming data charges for my phone. Typing up an email while fishing out on a boat in the middle of a lake on a glorious day here the other day I had no complaints about Vodafone's coverage either!
As others have said so long as you don't expect too much of it as a web browsing device it does the job just fine (though sad such functionality though 3G is disabled in NZ I see above). One less thing to carry around when travelling (if choosing I would rather take a stack of ebooks than a phone to while away the hours!). It does lock up every now and then on some websites, other sites you cannot get to sections of at all (including amazon.com when I tried to lookup availability to buy one for my parents and the info was on a popup window which isn't allowed!). The keyboard is painful to use and you won't use it for general surfing unless you are a masochist. But as a fallback device when other options aren't available it is brilliant to have as an option especially when you don't pay for usage.