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Originally Posted by HarryT
You will note that it is "shop for and download Digital Content from the Kindle Store" that is free. Nothing else. Web browsing falls under the "other services which we may make available" bit.
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I can't argue with that, but what Amazon have done is change the equation quite significantly. In the past you paid $50 for what was relatively cheap emergency internet access, potentially useable even outside the US. For me as I travel quite a bit that was $50 well spent. Take that away and I would be paying $50 essentially just for the ability to buy content, content that I suspect Amazon makes more than enough profit on to be able to cover the bandwidth cost. As someone else pointed out earlier it is to Amazon's benefit to have the device always connected so that you are always able to make a purchase, as opposed to waiting, perhaps price shopping or second guessing the purchase.
So once i rule out the Touch 3g, and the basic Kindle due to reduced capacity and battery life, I am left with the Touch. Is it worth $99 to get a Touch kindle? Honestly, for me I don't think it is. I have a Nook Touch, I don't use touch much. The UI is better than the Kindle but i tend to turn the pages using the hardware buttons. Plus I have a 16GB Micro SD card in it and can carry a ton of books but lacks the quality feel that the Kindle's have had in the past. It feels as though it was built down to a price point.
I was hoping for a best of both worlds Kindle, a revised UI that takes advantage of the touch interface, Hardware page turning buttons and maybe even an expansion slot. Without that think I'll stick with the Nook and my Kindle 3G, at least for now.