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Amazon Kindle 3 (3G+WiFi) video review

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The Kindle offers a wonderfully flexible way to buy and read eBooks and has the best e-ink screen on the market. Equally impressive is the affordable price tag compared to other e-readers. Read full review

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9/10

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Gordon Kelly

By Gordon Kelly
Reviewed 06 October 2010
Updated 09 February 2012

Price as reviewed

£152.00

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    • 1: Hardware Changes & Navigation
    • 2: Kindle UK Store & Format Support
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Amazon Kindle 3 (3G+WiFi) details

Design
8/10
Features
9/10
Value
9/10
Overall
9/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Good battery life
  • Quick to charge
  • Brilliant e-ink screen

Cons

  • No support for EPUB format
  • Covers not included
  • Menus are slighty convolulted

Price as reviewed

£152.00

Manufacturer

Amazon

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robjohn

7:33 AM on 6 October, 2010

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I've had my Kindle 3G some 2 weeks now and I am not alone in being very impressed (see the Amazon review pages). I travel to Asia a lot and wanted a book reader I could use while in flight and in hotels (and yes, those business traveller restaurant meals-for-one). On a recent trip to India I had my novels loaded up, many work PDF files (effortlessly) converted to Kindle format, and a trial delivery of The Independent newspaper. Overall an excellent reading experience during the trip - I did a lot more reading than usual (and not glued to inane hotel TV channels). A huge boon was the 3G roaming - which worked perfectly in Delhi and Mumbai, although at EDGE rather than full 3G level - I could download a new book, get my Indie delivered each day and even browse websites (better to use mobile sites for usability on the small screen) - and all of this totally free on the Indian Vodafone network. This browsing was an added extra, not the Kindle's core feature. Too many geeks spend time reviewing this feature than the Kindle's core function (which is the old fashioned reading of books). It is a truly excellent ebook reader. The Amazon website has over 300,000 ebook titles (and thousands of free classics); not everything I want is available, but none the less the choice and pricing of books is very good indeed. I can download book samples and buy the book if I want. On a plane, on the sofa it is actually easier to use than a thick paperback, and the screen quality is as good as reading a paper book (with a choice of fonts and sizes that a real book cannot give you). I'm a convert, and this Kindle will be the first thing I drop into my bag on trips; global, free for life data roaming to download books, get your newspaper delivered or do basic browsing is a big value add too. One of the best gadgets I have ever bought; and as a frequent traveller the 3G was the better option.

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8:18 AM on 6 October, 2010

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Nice review - a tipping point this probably is (as soon as I get through my backlog of paperbacks). However, it's probably worth pointing out that any DRM needs to be stripped before Calibre will convert ePub to Kindle format or vice versa. Easy enough for those with some technical competence/Googling skills.

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rav

8:59 AM on 6 October, 2010

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I got mine as a gift a week ago and totally love. It' so light and compact you barely notice that you're carrying it. Definitely far more portable than a book.





I only got the WiFi version but to be honest if the need arises (which I can't forsee) I can use my Desire as a hotspot for it.





If you love books you will absolutely love it. I find that the page turning is near instantaneous and it doesn't bother me at all. I'm just pleased to not have to anchor a book open with my phone any more while I'm eating my lunch and then fiddle with page turns.





The only downer is the .mobi format. Although books are cheap at Amazon I've been burned by iTunes and still have loads of old DRMd tracks which are useless on anything non-Apple. Why Amazon?





Top marks for calibre too although I did find it a bit confusing to get my head around.

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RageBoy

9:19 AM on 6 October, 2010

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I couldn't believe the price of both Kindle models when I saw them on Amazon's home page. I've actually found myself reading more since I bought a few ebooks on my iPad - using the Kindle App seeing as it's so much cheaper than iBooks.





For £100, I can't see it being long before I'm tempted to buy a dedicated reader, especially as I'm already building up quite a collection for it.

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simonm

9:27 AM on 6 October, 2010

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I was lucky enough to get one of the first Kindles, and have read incessantly since then.





I can't manage quite such unqualified enthusiasm for the screen as other folk. It's brilliant in sunlight or interior daylight, but in lowish artificial lighting it's a bit of a struggle... the contrast isn't that high. For my first few days Kindling I found myself sitting in my living room twisting the device to odd angles to try and catch the light or reading with it right up to my face.





Once I realized I was doing this I bought the £50 (eek!) case with integrated reading light, which completely solves the problem, but I'm surprised at how many people think the display is just perfect - my eyesight is great, but for prolonged reading I thought the display hard work under typical living room/bedroom artificial light.





That said, I love the device (or have done since they bumped the firmware to 3.0.1 and it stopped crashing all the time), and my continual discovery of 'must-read bargains' on the Kindle store is doubtless making Amazon very happy too.

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piesforyou

9:42 AM on 6 October, 2010

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This looks excellent. I've held out until now, but this looks like it will tempt me.





Tipping point!!





Shame about the DRM but a quick google tells me it's easy to strip it off so I'm not too concerned about that.





And free browsing from other countries!? That's amazing!

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10:20 AM on 6 October, 2010

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You know, even if it's colourless, basic 3G browsing not tied to a contract or PAYG, and way more readable in sunlight than a smartphone is not too shabby at all for a little bonus.

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Ian Loynes

10:41 AM on 6 October, 2010

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It really is a fantastic reading aid (I speak as a reluctant book reader)


The option to email your Kindle with office documents (Word, PDF) is the killer function I've been waiting for.


Not sure yet if my 3G option is worth the 50% hike in price, but there is no doubt that it works well and allows me far more mobility.


Well done Amazon, for a gadget that... just works.





My only negative is book pricing, whilst some are cheap, many are just a few pence cheaper than buying a real book, which has to be printed and then posted. Kindle books have infinite free circulation and I just don't understand why they are not (say) £2 cheaper than printed books to reflect lower production and distribution costs.

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I think im going to get one of these to try it out as my first e-reader. It would be ideal for my parents as they spend a lot of time on our summerhouse which is off the coast of Denmark and has no internet, it does have 3G however so the 3G version would be ideal for my mum to download books and my dad to download the Daily Telegraph..... hmm maybe I should get two then :-)

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It's a great device. I've been more than satisfied since I've bought it. Maybe my eyesight is great, but I can read it very well in low light, and I think the contrast if fantastic, not worse than a book (I prefer the e-reader, actually). As the review explains, just use Calibre for management and conversion and it will be a doddle. The official Amazon pouches prices are a joke, though, I use a bubbled envelope and it does the trick perfectly.

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