In message 01cbce1e$13a7dce0$LocalHost@default, Michael R N Dolbear
writes
The Kindle ebook reader comes with a free 3G data link (GPRS or EDGE if
no 3G) mainly intended for downloading books but which including a
simple internet browser. And I have just acquired one (£152).

A user could check Live Departure Boards on the way to the station
without presenting, as a smart phone would, the temptation to use voice
and thus annoy fellow travellers.

Ah, but you *can* annoy fellow travellers by using the Kindle's
text-to-speech option, which is surprisingly good. For those that want
to annoy, of course (and so many seem to want to do that). It doesn't
work on web pages, as far as I can see.


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Clive Page