Fred James

The Kindle touch 3G only seems to be available in the US. It is not listed on the UK or ES site.

MikeJ

Well I bought it from Amazon UK last week. Maybe they've run out of stock.
I see it's still listed at Clickshop and Tescos online among others.

Fred James

I was surprised to see that it wasn't listed. It's got to be a better option than the huge keyboard version.

It's not on the French or German sites either.

Odd?

Fredbargate

A brand new Amazon Kindle device with a so-called 'Paperwhite' display


http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/a...-display-leaks

Rambling Rose

Does that mean you can buy it from the US site and get it shipped to Spain?
You used to be able to do this when it wasn't on the ES website. I was about to buy one from the US when they put them on the ES site at 189 euros which made it much more expensive and so put me off. Strange its not there now.

Fred James

That definitely looks worth waiting for.

I have never liked the grey display and usually read my books on my iPad - a much better experience - but expensive as just a book reader.

I see that this new model also has a backlight which is another big improvement.

The biggest advantage of E-Ink readers is they they can be read in bright sunlight whereas tablets can't. If that's not an issue it might be worth waiting to see what the new clutch of inexpensive 7" tablets from various manufacturers are like, including the Kindle Fire, when they all come out next month.

Rambling Rose

Just looked at the .COM site and its 'currently unavailable' on there too. Perhaps there have been problems with it or maybe they are just planning their pre christmas product launch of newer models.

Fred James

If you look at the US site it knows you are not in the US and directs you to enter your country. When you enter Spain it tells you to buy from the Spanish site.

Rambling Rose

Depends how you do it. I just went into .com but didn't log into my account straight away. There is a drop down box at the top left to select country or region, the default is US. I looked for a kindle touch 3g and they only had used ones.

I then changed the region to europe, still no touch but a keyboard 3g so I selected that, put it in my basket and then logged in. It quite happily allowed me to select a spanish delivery destination. I had to remove it from the basket before I ended up buying it accidently.

I suspect the answer is that you can buy from .com when the item is not available on the es site. It might be worth keeping an eye on as the dollar prices are usually cheaper and you still get free shipping.

Fred James

I just tried that and went right to the final checkout.

They add $20.98 for shipping and $72.49 as an Import Fees Deposit.

That total comes to $282

Rambling Rose

OUCH well that's that idea out of the window then. Sorry Fred, I really thought that might have been the answer.

EsuriJohn

ISTR that some one posted elsewhere that the German site was supposedly the cheapest for electronic goods.

Chiclanagir

Sounds brilliant. Wonder what the price will be? Got my light but it makes the kindle quite heavy so a backlight will be a bonus.

Fred James

If it is just a revamp of the whole line, rather than an additional model, the price will almost certainly be the same.

MikeJ

B....r, looks like I've just bought the last Kindle Touch 3G before they are withdrawn and replaced! I bet the new one will have 4G as well