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Originally Posted by mamakeet
When I buy a Kindle book from Amazon, it shows up on my Kindle as well as my laptop and iPod. That doesn't happen with the Nook.
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It does if you use the B&N reader app on those devices. They don't actually "download" until you open them, though, so as to not use up your Nooks's memory with books you don't want on the device at the time. Some people have HUGE book collections, thousands of books, which wouldn't all fit at the same time.
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I have a wireless network, not WiFi.
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Well, there may be a confusion of terms here. "WiFi" is the technology used to create home wireless networks, but some people do get a 3G USB dongle from their wireless phone company, and use that to connect to the internet. Is that what you are doing? If you get your internet from a cable tv provider, or a regular phone company, and then use a wireless router or wireless access point to connect a laptop or printer, etc, then you have WiFi.
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My Kindle has neither WiFi nor 3G. It doesn't need either one to get Kindle editions of books I buy from Amazon.
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Um, actually, it uses 3G to do that. Kindle wasn't the first eReader, but I believe it was the first to use 3G. The Kindle does NOT have WiFi, though.
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At first I thought I should have bought the 3G, but I read that 3G only adds a connection in a B & N store, not my wireless network at home.
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3G is the technology used by wireless phone companies to provide data (internet) access to mobile phones. The Nook uses it to connect TO the B&N website only, but you can do that anywhere you could use an AT&T wireless phone, not just in their brick and mortar stores. You can't surf the web with it, but you can surf the web with the WiFi component. The Kindle currently allows you to surf the web with 3G, but they have indicated that is just temporary, they intend to charge for it in the future.
When you walk in to a B&N store, your Nook connects to their WiFi (not 3G) and provides you with their "in store" promotions, and ability to read eBooks for free while there.
If you just recently purchased this Nook, you could probably still exchange it for the 3G model, if you don't have WiFi access at home.
Or, you could load the B&N eReader app on your computer at home, and use IT to buy and download your ebooks, then transfer them to the Nook using the USB cable - no need to find a WiFi hotspot.