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[Patchninja]

Snadger I'm afraid that I am a convert- I love mine too (treated myself) but I do miss reading in the bath (when I enjoy reading the most). I, for some odd reason, miss seeing my progress through the book and some of the text on the conversation is, sometimes, not formatted correctly

Was it Nicos who suggested putting it in a ziploc bag for the bath? I have a friend who does that hahaha.

[TEB]

Hi Folks,

Again apologies for not reading the whole thread, a couple of questions for you converts:-

A it can also browse the WEB, what other functions?

What's the difference between the WiFi and 3G version, I'm a novice on 3G so dont understand what it delivers?

The web browsing is only experimental and not to good, it can also play mp3 but I havent tried it and so dont know what its like, and for some strange reason it has minesweeper .

wifi means it can connect via your home wireless or hotels, wifi hotspots etc, 3g means it can connect via mobile internet (using whispernet), I have the wifi only as I mainly used it at home but OH has the wifi + 3g because she can be working anywhere in the world, I noticed she downloaded a couple of books yesterday (I get the thank you for your order amazon email ) and she was on the bus from the airport into Rome

[broadway]

The web browsing is only experimental and not to good, it can also play mp3 but I havent tried it and so dont know what its like, and for some strange reason it has minesweeper .

wifi means it can connect via your home wireless or hotels, wifi hotspots etc, 3g means it can connect via mobile internet (using whispernet), I have the wifi only as I mainly used it at home but OH has the wifi + 3g because she can be working anywhere in the world, I noticed she downloaded a couple of books yesterday (I get the thank you for your order amazon email ) and she was on the bus from the airport into Rome

Thanks for the info Teb

[Patchninja]

Mine's wifi only and it looks for wireless networks wherever you are. If I go to a friend's house, it finds their wifi automatically.

Whispernet is the Amazon software used to download all books. It takes less than 60 seconds for a book to download.


3G uses mobile phone type technology and means that you don't have to find a wifi hotspot to use it.

[broadway]

Well I bite the bullet and got one yesterday, WiFi, decided I didn't need 3G.

From what I've seen so far it's the "dogs nuts"