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Originally Posted by HoopyFrood
Is she/are you aware of how unobtrusive and easily ignored the ads are? My wife got me the ad supported Kindle NT and to be honest, the ads are only at the "Home Page" and the "Screensaver" when you shut down the Kindle. Easy to overlook and ignore. Also if you don't connect to WiFi the ads don't renew, so you just see a big READ for the "Screensaver".
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That might be true if you never, ever, ever connect via wifi. Which to me sort of defeats the purpose of having a unit with Wifi, but clearly it's a personal choice. I too have the Kindle non-touch & find that even with Wifi off, I still get the ads.
As soon as you connect via Wifi once, you'll get the ads whether you turn it on again or not. I've seen it happen right in front of my eyes when I was out of country in a place that didn't have Wifi & I didn't even have it on searching for a connection. The screensaver ad just changed while I looked at it. At first I thought I was seeing things but after it happened a few more times, I realized that I wasn't. lol
As to the 3G without offers, yes I've seen them at Target, Walmart & Best Buy. It seems to be hit & miss though as to stock. I don't always see them. I've found more of the touch 3G no offers at Walmarts though. In a worst case scenario & to save yourself time, just do what Harry suggested.