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Sprawl-zero1eye-  4 stars
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 Date Posted: 9/28/11 8:52am Subject: Amazon Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, and Kindle
Keypek posted:
I'm going for the touch. The ads suck but from what I've read you should never see one while you are actually reading a book so that's fine I think. Fire sounds kinda cool but unnecessary for me really. Don't know what I'd actually use it for besides reading and would rather have the touch for that.


The ads don't really bother me. It isn't like they interrupt your reading time. They just display when you aren't using the device.

 

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Ravynmagi  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
 Date Posted: 9/28/11 8:52am Subject: Amazon Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, and Kindle
The free 3G access on the Kindle Touch 3G only allows for book downloads and Wikipedia access. The integrated "experimental" browser can not use the free 3G and only works on wifi. So no 3G Internet access for the most part.

With the previous generation Kindle you were able to surf the web with the browser on the free 3G. Though the "experimental" label is definitely justified for the browsing experience. So I really don't see Amazon removing this ability as a big loss anyway.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/10/kindle-touch-3g-cant-access-most-of-internet-without-wifi.ars
Ravynmagi  4 stars
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Registered: 2001-12-23 17:10:17
 Date Posted: 9/28/11 8:52am Subject: Amazon Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, and Kindle
Good news. If you save $40 and buy the "Special Offers" version with advertising, but later decide "OMG, this is too annoying", you can have the adds removed by upgrading your Kindle for only $30. And you still save $10 off the regular Kindle price.

http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-33198_7-20116713-286/removing-ads-from-new-kindle-costs-$30/
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