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derbot · Joined: 04 May 2010

Newest version, preferably with 3G but it doesn't have to.

Any similar style e-reader would be considered too.

smiles4ever · Joined: 29 May 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

would you be interested in the earlier version that i bought in June this year? Which I hardly used.. it has international free 3G..

derbot · Joined: 04 May 2010

Does it have a web browser on it?

What kind of price would you be asking for it?

derbot · Joined: 04 May 2010

http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Wireless-Reading-Device-Display/dp/B00154JDAI

Is that the one you have?

kprrok · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: KC

http://english.gmarket.co.kr/challenge/neo_goods/goods.asp?goodscode=170085279&pos_shop_cd=EN&pos_class_cd=90000001&pos_class_kind=T&keyword_order=amazon+kindle+wi-fi

There you go. Shipping and everything included, brand new. The price looks high, but figure out the shipping amazon would charge plus customs and it's actually competitive. This is going to be my Christmas present (unless I splash for an SSD).

huck · Joined: 19 Jan 2003

Kalian · Joined: 06 Nov 2010

Amazon won't ship the newest ones here.

My girlfriend had to buy one in the states, and then mail it to me over here.

derbot · Joined: 04 May 2010

Cool, thanks for the info guys. I take it there's no one actually selling one then?

Can you only get books from the Kindle Store with it or can you shop anywhere?

smiles4ever · Joined: 29 May 2008 Location: Seoul, Korea

You have to buy it from the kindle shop

alistaircandlin · Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Location: Seoul

Hi Derbot,

I've got the latest version of Kindle, without 3G. It's had battery issues and isn't holding the charge well - you have to keep recharging it often.

I think you'd be able to replace the battery eventually, although I'm not sure new batteries are available for this model at present.

Amazon should be sending me a new one, so this one will be spare. If you're a techie kind of guy you might be interested, but otherwise I'd recommend just getting a new one.

I had to pay customs charges on mine, so you'd need to factor that in if you bought new from the U.S. You might avoid this by having a friend forward it from America in a plain package.

By the way, you can buy or download ebooks from other sources; you don't have to buy off Amazon. I've converted a lot of pdf files using Calibre software; the standard of them is not perfect though.

With regards,

Alistair

alistaircandlin · Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Location: Seoul

P.S.

Amazon will ship the new kindle here; I don't know why the previous poster had a problem. I bought mine from the U.S. and had it sent straight to Seoul.

derbot · Joined: 04 May 2010

Thanks Alistair, I might just get a new one though. Do you use it much? Is it a good product apart from the problems you've had?

alistaircandlin · Joined: 24 Sep 2004 Location: Seoul

It's fairly good apart from the problems - it does what it says on the tin - but those problems have been a major pain in the neck. I'm going to be very unimpressed if the new one I should be receiving has similar issues; it's cost me a lot of time to get it replaced and I might have to pay customs twice.

I'm not too keen on the actual interface to be honest and think it could be improved. If a company like Apple designed a dedicated ebook reader the user interface would be much more carefully thought out. If I was buying one now I'd probably check out others first, like Sony and iRiver. I think I remember reading good things about the iRiver. the actual experience of reading is fine.