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Originally Posted by owenfinn
I live in Japan but am in the states now visiting, and was thinking of buying a Nook Color and rooting it to use as a poor man's tablet before I go back.
I have a Sony PRS-700 so don't really need another dedicated book reader but I would like a way to gain access to the internet, email, blogs, etc when outside the house (without signing up for a monthlly access plan). Problem is, where I live, it is very difficult to find free wifi so while the Nook Color w/wifi sounds like a great deal, I'm not sure how often I would be able to use it as a tablet outside the house. Now, I'm wondering if maybe I should get a kindle and take advantage of the free 3G.
Question is - what can you do when connected?
Obviously much less I know, but if I could just check email and read blogs or forums and surf the internet a bit that probably would be OK.
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This is the 3G coverage for the Kindle. As you can seem most of Japan is covered.
http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html#cellmaps_intl_tab
The Kindle has a built-in Webkit browser. It's not as full featured as a tablet like the Nook or the iPad, but it's sufficient for getting news and posting things on facebook and such. Flash does not work, so videos don't work. Not that it matters since eink is too slow anyways.
I use it to check facebook, twitter, news (BBC, CNN, ESPN, Reddit, etc), wikipedia, google maps, etc. when no other options are available.
I going to Europe in the fall and plan to take it with me to lookup directions. I'll have my phone with GPS and prepaid sim, but data is not unlimited or cheap with prepaid sims, so I'll utilize the Kindle for some reference.
If you want to watch Youtube or play flash games and such, the Kindle is definitely not the right device. The Nook Color and iPad are much better for real web browsing.