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Originally Posted by mamakeet
I have a wireless network, not WiFi. My Kindle has neither WiFi nor 3G. It doesn't need either one to get Kindle editions of books I buy from Amazon. I thought that B & N added WiFi and 3G so people could access the net with the Nook, in the same way that my cell phone can go on the web for email, etc. I didn't know that the Nook is totally dependent on WiFi to get the books. If 3G only works in the store, it wouldn't have done me any good to pay another $50 for that. You don't get enough info in the promotions to know that you're buying not just a machine with WiFi, but a machine that doesn't work without it. Also, just because a place advertises WiFi, that doesn't mean the Nook will work there. I tried four places with WiFi before I finally found one where the Nook works. Our local Starbucks has an A T & T WiFi, which worked, sort of. I thought I was downloading the books I had already bought, but only about half of them are on the Nook. It seems as if the Nook is designed to be used primarily in B & N stores. By the way, my Kindle can be used within a B & N store to search for and buy Kindle books from Amazon. I've done it several times. When I asked the man at the info desk if I could use a Nook the same way I use my Kindle, he assured me that it would be even better. I thought I could just pop either ereader in my bag before I leave the house with a nice library of books on both of them, ready whenever I have some time to read. I'm really disappointed..
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As a very new member of the forum I'm hesitant to be blunt and almost rude, but honestly, before you start giving advice about which reader to buy you really should at least understand the fundamentals. Your Kindle isn't magic. It uses AT&T 3G just like the Nook would if you'd bought the 3G model.