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badgoodDeb · 04-12-2015, 09:04 PM

Hey experts --
If I bought a Kindle Fire HD 6 in the USA, mostly to use as a tablet -- would it run a browser OK in the UK? I'm planning a vacation, and looking for a small tablet that I can do email and map searches on. And I can *always* use another Kindle. This looks small enough to be drop & travel resilient. Besides, I was planning to pack a Kindle anyway (gotta have my books).

But since the whole point would be for the wifi to work in the UK ..... what does Amazon's pop-up "only the content that you have already downloaded"* mean as far as "will the wifi actually work and let me run a browser to get my email and map out my route"? I understand that I would have to find wifi and not cellular signal.**

Hmmmm. I *think* I've almost answered my own question, and convinced myself that wifi is wifi, and it certainly ought to work just fine. But does anybody have experience?

*I'm find with pre-downloading my books before I leave the states.

**How easy is it to find public wifi in the UK? How about in small areas, if I were to take a coastal road and tour the perimeter of the country? Would I find wifi anywhere other than my hotel?

Yeah, I know .... I'm asking quite a lot here!

04-12-2015, 09:04 PM	#1
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,541 Karma: 64201357 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Fire HD 6 - wifi work in UK?? Hey experts -- If I bought a Kindle Fire HD 6 in the USA, mostly to use as a tablet -- would it run a browser OK in the UK? I'm planning a vacation, and looking for a small tablet that I can do email and map searches on. And I can always use another Kindle. This looks small enough to be drop & travel resilient. Besides, I was planning to pack a Kindle anyway (gotta have my books). But since the whole point would be for the wifi to work in the UK ..... what does Amazon's pop-up "only the content that you have already downloaded"* mean as far as "will the wifi actually work and let me run a browser to get my email and map out my route"? I understand that I would have to find wifi and not cellular signal.** Hmmmm. I think I've almost answered my own question, and convinced myself that wifi is wifi, and it certainly ought to work just fine. But does anybody have experience? I'm find with pre-downloading my books before I leave the states. *How easy is it to find public wifi in the UK? How about in small areas, if I were to take a coastal road and tour the perimeter of the country? Would I find wifi anywhere other than my hotel? Yeah, I know .... I'm asking quite a lot here!