Incredible as it may seem, there’s a hotter offer out there, even hotter than the $100 TouchPad… the $80 Kindle 3G. This e-reader is available at this incredible price, since it is an ad-supported version, that takes the price down from AT&T’s $139 with Special Offers.
The e-reader supports WiFi and 3G connectivity and doesn’t even require a monthly fee, data plan or any type of contract. In exchange for this, you’re forced to watch ads from AT&T and many other companies, but it’s well worth it. What’s cool is that the device supports the Kindle Textbook Rental service and since school will start pretty soon, that’s a nifty and useful feature to take advantage of.
This service allows the user to rent e-books for about year with a 80% price reduction from the textbook list price. This version of Kindle sure sounds good and if they get it to play Angry Birds, it’ll be the best seller of the year, most likely beating the iPad as well. Imagine how the Amazon tablets would fare with such a precedent…
