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Originally Posted by JD78
..if i'm not near a WiFi hot spot, I can always use the one on my phone.
One thing many people forget is that since the 3G is provided by ATT we also get free WiFi access to their HotSpots.
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Although the first is true for me too, I may not want to charge my phone as often as is required when using it as a hotspot. I've used the 3G several times during power outages (could have used phone, but have to drive a ways to get power to recharge), or when the local internet was down. The coolest, though, is just turning it one to grab books or surf for directions when traveling. My mother has had internet outages lasting a few days, recently - so, it was drive a few miles to a place with access or just turn on the K3G (she did both). We don't live "out in the boonies" (although I'm a bit further out of town), but in a top 100 city; like most US cities, though, it's more spread out and not all high rises, so when a huge storm takes out the power grid and related services, it takes a while for to get put back together, sometimes.
As for those hotspots - coolest thing is that the B&N is one, so the Kindle works better on their wifi than my original nook (which goes thru contortions trying to "order" a "free-in-store" selection, then reports the network is missing, while the nookcolor grabs then with two "clicks" and the K3 pops on the network without a whisper and browses the Kindle store faster than the nook can do a lookup at B&N). Much easier access than at the local (and now defunct) Borders, which is still charging nearly the same as when they were "open" for business and selling stuff like mad (at well over Amazon prices). The bargain hunters were buying like made when it was only 10%, which was the same as regular pricing (and for some thing, actually more) than it was the week before.