# Help me decide on a Kindle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-kindle/624171>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 5, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-kindle/624171 "2012-06-05T16:22:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-kindle/624171/21 "2012-06-06T21:47:19Z")

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> I’ve got an iPad that I read ebooks on, but I’ve been wanting to get a Kindle. However, I recently read that Barnes & Noble has come out with a Nook with a “backlit” e-ink screen (actually sidelit, it seems). Has anyone tried one of those out? Sounds like Amazon might be coming out with something similar for Kindle.

[Rumors](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47417625/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/#.T8_M4b9zA7A) have the lit Kindle coming out this summer. I have a cover with a light, works great, so I’m not interested in this.

To the OP, the Kindle Touch is a good choice. I love reading on my Kindle outside, it has less glare even than a paper book. Since you have an iPad I’d recommend that you use that for reading PDFs with charts or graphs. The Touch will handle converted text-only PDFs fine. Unless you plan to buy books on the spur of the moment on a deserted island or don’t have wifi at home, don’t bother with 3G. The ads aren’t intrusive and if you get the ad supported version for cheap and don’t like the ads, you can opt out by paying the difference to Amazon later ($40), so go for the ads.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decide-on-a-kindle/624171/22 "2012-06-08T02:59:06Z")

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SWMBO and I started with original Kindles and thought they were great.

Last Christmas, we upgraded to the Kindle Fire and we abso-frickin-lutely love them.

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