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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
If your Kindle is wi-fi only, there is no difference. If your Kindle is 3G, there is a difference.
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And even with 3G, there's only a difference if you set your Whispernet maximum charge limit above $0.00.
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Originally Posted by SampleAndy
And this is better than sideloading why?
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Suppose I read a lot of longform.org essays, which I do. One option is to use the built in browser, but that's often slow, and it can be hard to control the font size. Another is to copy and swipe the contents of individual essays into a .txt document on my PC, and then sideload. That gets the essay onto my Kindle quickly, but it takes some of my time. The best option is to click "Send to Kindle," which causes the essay to go through a readability.com server and be sent as an email to my kindle.com address. Next time the Kindle is in WiFi range, it will get the article automatically.
Then there are the news options at Calibre. Calibre makes side loading easy, but not side loading is just a bit easier yet.
I also make heavy use of Amazon's Send to Kindle for Google Chrome, which is different from the longform/readability Send to Kindle, and also works through the Kindle email.
Lastly, if a close friend or family member (their address has to be pre-entered, by me, at amazon.com) wants to send me a long email or other text, the Kindle address is a good option.
The killer feature, for me, of the Kindle Keyboard, is the New York Times Latest News Blog for $1.99 a month. (US only, I'm afraid, at least at that price.) Next comes free world-wide text based cell phone network web coverage. It's the ultimate magical feature for a newshound like myself. Book reading I'll rank third, but the email address feature is just behind.