Saturday, September 8, 2012

Kindle Paperwhite vs Kindle Keyboard 3g



Kindle paperwhite vs kindle keyboard 3g

    With the latest dedicated e-reader coming out by amazon.  The question arises, Kindle paperwhite, or kindle keyboard 3g.  Now you would think it would be a no-brainer to go with the kindle paperwhite because of the new display and it has its own built in light, holds up to 1,100 books, the battery will last 8 weeks if your read 30 minutes a day which is about what I do.   But then I later did some research and realized that the kindle keyboard has twice the amount of storage which means it can hold up to about 3,500 books.   Now i know that chances are you will probably never go up to one thousand.  But the fact that you pay less for double the storage gets you thinking.  On top of that I am someone who likes physical buttons.  I don't know why but i just do.  Also the paper white has no speakers because amazon dropped text to speech as a way for you to step up to the kindle fire and use audible which they own as opposed to using it on your basic e-reader which basically means no more  just giving your child a kindle and not having you to read to them, thus freeing you up to do other things.  This also means you cant listen to a book while doing something else and then coming back to reading it.   Another thing is if you plan to get the 3g model, which i do, you will be surprised to know that on the newer kindles you can only download books and access Wikipedia over 3g.  But the fact that ultimately made me decide on the kindle keyboard was the fact that on the older model you can use Google voice, maps talk, type a blog post or do anything you want over the internet.  So what do you think?  Should I just accept the fact that i will never use more than the space available on the paperwhite 3g, downplay text to speech, and just realize that there is nothing else you really need to do over 3g accept download books, sync your device, and use Wikipedia, also WiFi is almost everywhere now, meaning that may not be that much of an issue.  Post your thoughts in the comments on which one I should get or which kindle your are going to get or already have.


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