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I have 5 Kindles at present, 4 Keyboard and 1 Kindle 4. I just gave away a Kindle 2 and a Kindle Keyboard with a Sony touchscreen screen installed (it works, but it's kind reading on a foggy day). Most were given to me broken, and I replaced motherboards or screens in them. I keep one for my son (he never borrows it) and one for my wife (on vacation she uses it). The Kindle 4 I bought on sale for $49. I stick it in my pocket whenever I go out. I take the KKeyboard when I travel for the 3G. In fact, I was in a taxi on the way to CDG airport in Paris a couple of weeks back, and the driver didn't know what terminal my airline used. It wasn't on my e-ticket, either. If you go to the wrong terminal at CDG, you are pretty buggered. I turned on my Kindle, experimental browser, Googled CDG AirTransat, and Bob's your uncle. I had it in minutes. Since I don't have a cell phone or tablet, I have made use of the Kindle 3G several times for such things. And, of course, for downloading books and newspapers. There was absolutely no coverage in France of the Stanley Cup playoffs, so my Kindle NYTimes was great.
But all of that is entirely off-topic. I do keep a backup charged. And I have brought a backup when I travel. By the way, I went to France with my Kindle 3 fully charged, but brought the wrong voltage adapter. No problem. The charge was good for hours of reading on my flights and on 7 hours of train travel to/from Geneva. I still had some juice when I arrived home. Try that with your tablet, mofo!
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