Hi there,
there are two versions available in the UK at the moment:
Kindle £89: Wi-Fi, no physical keyboard
Kindle Keyboard 3G £149: free global 3G, Wi-Fi, physical keyboard
US customers have more choice (and pay less):
Kindle $79: Wi-Fi, no physical keyboard
Kindle Touch $99: Wi-Fi, no physical keyboard, touch screen
Kindle Touch $149: free global 3G, Wi-Fi, no physical keyboard, touch
screen
Kindle Keyboard 3G $189: free global 3G, Wi-Fi, physical keyboard ($139
with advertisements)
Kindle DX: free global 3G, Wi-Fi, physical keyboard, big screen
Some sources for more information:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/
especially:
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_Reader_Matrix
http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Choosing_An_Ebook_Reader
I have been using a Kindle Keyboard 3G for over a year and definitely do
recommend the device. Due to global free 3G it was especially useful
abroad, i.e. for Wikipedia, news and e-mail.
Kind regards from Weimar,
Katja Müller
Am Freitag, den 27.01.2012, 11:35 +0000 schrieb John-Ronald Hardey:
> The 3g is an option however with the new kindle (Basic) having been released it looks like Amazon is currently restricting the keyboard model to the 3g ...
>
> Hope that helps
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> John
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> >Kindle's user friendliness meant that on our recent pagebot setup, the
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