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Originally Posted by rand
I am planing on getting a k3 in the near future, mainly due to the fonts. I have a 505, but due to my eyesight getting worse (46 now), I think the Kindle will suit me better. I already have most of the books I want, so I will not be using the G3 to buy books, mostly for the internet, I will mainly use it for checking emails and reading newspapers. I do plan to do some travelling with it, mainly in the states and the Caribbean. I would be grateful for any advise from the experts!!
p.s. I live 2 hours away from Toronto, if that helps |
I live in Montreal, and I have really gotten use from the 3G on my Kindle 2. While on vacation in the Laurentians, and in the Lac St. Jean region, I was able to get my NYTimes delivered to my Kindle. I also purchased the New York Review of Books while sitting in a tent on a rainy day up north. I was then able to go to Amazon to buy one of the books reviewed. More recently, I was in the Dominican Republic, and was able to get my newspapers delivered as I sat on the beach.
However, the browser on the Kindle 2 is much too slow to make use of for email. It is O.K. for looking up things in Wikipedia, but I haven't used it more than a couple of times for emergency emails. Maybe Kindle 3 is better. But for the extra $50 that the Kindle 3G will cost you (over the wifi only K3), it is well worth it.