Turns out there is a catch with the Kindle Touch 3G Amazon announced on Wednesday. The Touch 3G offers the addition of 3G wireless connectivity and sells for $149 — $50 more than the Kindle Touch, which allows Web access over WiFi networks only. However, when you’re using the 3G connectivity you can only access Amazon’s Kindle Store and Wikipedia. That means users are forking over an additional $50 to access just two sites. For any other website, they would need to have a WiFi connection.
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Kindle Touch 3G: A Step Up and a Step Down
Posted by: Rob Spiegel October 3, 2011 03:37 PMTurns out there is a catch with the Kindle Touch 3G Amazon announced on Wednesday. The Touch 3G offers the addition of 3G wireless connectivity and sells for $149 — $50 more than the Kindle Touch, which allows Web access over WiFi networks only. However, when you’re using the 3G connectivity you can only access Amazon’s Kindle Store and Wikipedia. That means users are forking over an additional $50 to access just two sites. For any other website, they would need to have a WiFi connection.