Does anyone own a Kindle 3. I'm thinking of purchasing one but have a some questions. Everything i have read still leaves me wondering. So short answers will be greatly appreciated.

Does the Kindle 3 allow you to browse the internet for anything other than downloading books. (ex. checking email, facebook, ...)

If you purchase the available games do you have to be in wireless mode to play them?

And is the Kindle 3 the right choice or is the Nook better. I am primarily going to use it for reading books, but do think i want at least a little of the internet fun with out the ipad price.

thanks for all your help.

I've never used one myself, but I know several people who have Kindles and they love them.

Have you checked out Amazon? They have a lot of different Kindle options on their site. I'm thinking they may answer your questions in their descriptions of the various versions.

I have a sort of vested interest in this, as three of my books are available on Kindle. So I have no qualms about promoting the product!

I have checked amazon and B&N(nook). There is plenty of info there, just too wordy and not specfic to the questions i have asked. Good luck with your books. Thanks for the input.

I am just learning about them. Linux has them available for the new books on Linux.

I just can't grasp wanting to give up reading actual books. But, I do know many people who have a kindle/nook and love them.

Exactly. I love to have an actual book to read while I am supposed to working at my job. It helps to pass the time till its time to go home. Before I would just stare at the clock before I got back into reading.

Reading at work is why i want one of them. The place i work has told me that we (employees) are not allowed to read books at work anymore unless it is of the educational variety. So i was think of a fake out with the kindle. Read what i want but also have some educational books on there so i can swap out if i get caught. sneeky me. I don't know how i feel about giving up actual books myself, but i was doing the majority of my reading at work. So its a toss up for me. I think by the way, that i am going to get the nook color.

I have a nook color and it's awesome. To hell with the kindle. The nook color is on par with the iPad for nerds like me. =/

the Kindle rocks

I have a co-worker who loves his Kindle, but with a color Nook you can 'jailbreak' it and load Android and do more with it.

you know, i thought the same...before i got one.

love love LOVE my kindle. i have literally not read a print-book in over a year and a half...everything for me is kindle.

no wrist-strain from holding the book open or from the weight, no eye-strain because it's so clear. i read for many hours and i LOVE it.

the key for kindle is that there's is no backlighting. this really saves your eyes. while the nook color appears pretty, after a while the eyes hurt. for the same reason, i wouldn't use an ipad for extended reading. amazon chose to not use color for battery-life and for less eye-strain. good choice.

my kindle weighs about half of the nook color. as my wrists are screwy, i highly appreciate that. i also appreciate the 3G that i don't have to subscribe to. my battery lasts me over three weeks...MUCH better than eight hours. for me, this is important. i can take my kindle camping with me and know that i'll have plenty of charge for the trip...and that i can get my books over 3G should i need them.

something that should be mentioned is that the kindle also has an integrated dictionary. you bring the cursor to the word and get an automatic definition. this has been wonderful for my children, and i purchased an additional two units so that my college kiddo could take one with her and my other kiddies could share one as well. reading scores have improved.

YES, you can surf other pages. i even use yahoo messenger on my kindle occasionally.