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Hello all,

I have asked the other half to get me a kindle for my Christmas but she has said to me she is unsure what to get and has started giving me different prices for the normal kindle, kindle with wifi and one with wifi and 3g or something.

Now I am a bit of a technophobe, I have had a go on the iPhone/iPad and like these. Well sort of.  But for the price they go at I don't think I could justify asking for one for Christmas. 

Are there tablets out there that have different type of apps than may interest me.  To give you an idea of likes and dislikes I like to have access to social media, poker and betting sites and my e-mail as well as reading moderately maybe 2 or 3 books a month.

Thanks in advance for any responses/help.

sounds like you want a tablet, and defo not a kindle.

you can get some decent Android tablets for the price of a kindle with some good research. They are usually chinese and have names like 'FlyTouch III'.

I'll post some links in a bittt

edit: http://www.jexaa.co.uk/ - my dad bought from these guys and was v impressed.

If you get a kindle definitely get one with Wifi/3G

I have one with 3G and find it's an absolute blessing whenever I finish a book whilst lying in bed. A couple of clicks and I have a new one :)
Same when we were on holiday in Cyprus, I though 6 books would last me for a couple of weeks but ran out, one click..problem solved.

You don't need the 3G to order a book when you're in bed if you've got wi-fi though.

Only 6 books to go on holiday with? Palestine!!!!

Well, I thought 6 would be enough. Read Chris Evans' Autobiography as well...what a great read that is...but yeah, will have to take 10-12 books at least next time we go on holiday to some sunny hell hole.

I think you can live without 3g on a Kindle.  For a device that holds approx 1400 books, I'm pretty sure you can download enough to keep you going before going on holiday.

It's handy when you're not at home but are in bed wanting to read something. Not sure if it extends to Palestine though ;)

Why do you have to decide what you want to read before you leave?

It worked in Cyprus, which has a remarkably similar landscape to Palestine :)

Will see if it works in Cape Verde over xmas.

[ ] thinly veiled

It's really not surprising that people don't like you, you know.

[ ] Not jealous.

You don't really, I have quite a few books lined up so I already know.   Was just saying like

Probably works in.......Bracknell

[ X ] not a brag

Can't confirm if it works in Bracknell.

[ ] thinly veiled

lol :D

if 6 books isn't enough then maybe you need to go somewhere more interesting on holiday

It was the sunshine holiday that MrsB likes to go on once a year. We have one interesting holiday once a year (New York again next year...YAY) and a sunshine holiday later in the year.

Err so kindle or tablet?

The mrs was telling me you can get an app for the iphone that lets you buy and read books are there apps for tablets that would let me do this as well? 

Tablet needs to be backlit, kindle doesn't. Ergo, kindle battery lasts much longer. Fact.

*Waits for gatso to authenticate*

You can get the Kindle app for the iphone.  Personally I found the screen far to small to read books on but you may like it.  I think Apple have thier own book thing too. 

Good deal on a Blackberry Playbook here http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/blackberry-playbook-tablet-pc-16-gb-10647929-pdt.html.  Personlly I'd avoid the cheap import versions with unknown names.

Spot on. You can read a book on a tablet, the same way you could use a normal pc.

For reading books, the kindle fits the bill. If you want to do other stuff as well as read you could get a tablet instead, or the ideal solution, get both.

Thoughts?

http://www.jexaa.co.uk/tablet_pcs/android_tablet_pc/jextab808

My laptop has basically died. Screen is cracked. Expensive paperweight etc.

Is tablet the way to go? Only really want it for internet and downloading/streaming TV and movies.

Any recommendations?