what does unlocked kindle mean

[roadrash]

I am a real techno numpty, but i quite fancy an e reader. looking on ebay a lot of ads for kindle say UNLOCKED, what does this mean , answers as simple as possible please.

thanks

RR

 

[TheDoctor]

I think it means that they're not registered to the user any more, so books they've bought are no longer on the device.
Unlocked in mobile phone terms means it's not tied to a particular network (like my Virgin mobile is, so I can't just stick an Orange SIM in and expect it to work), but that doesn't really apply to Kindles.
I'll also add that I've found myself hardly using the Kindle now I've got the Kindle app on my smartphone. Any tablet will also run a Kindle app, so the only thing going for a Kindle device is the very long battery life and e-ink display.

 

[roadrash]

Any tablet will also run a Kindle app,

hmm interesting , i may have to have a re think,thanks for the reply

 

[ColinJ]

If you want to read outdoors in sunlight then e-ink Kindles are great, whereas most tablets are awful. My Samsung Galaxy Tab looks really bright indoors, but it is virtually unuseable in sunlight, even with the brightness turned up to its highest setting. (The only way I can use it outdoors on sunny days is to sit in the shadow of something and sit or stand with my back to the sun, and even then it is pretty bad.) Indoors, or on dull days outdoors - tablets are great!

 

[roadrash]

but then again i know nowt about them either

 

[roadrash]

If you want to read outdoors in sunlight then e-ink Kindles are great, whereas most tablets are awful. My Samsung Galaxy Tab looks really bright indoors, but it is virtually unuseable in sunlight, even with the brightness turned up to its highest setting. (The only way I can use it outdoors on sunny days is to sit in the shadow of something and sit or stand with my back to the sun, and even then it is pretty bad.) Indoors, or on dull days outdoors - tablets are great!

thanks colin, i doubt i would be using it outdoors , i guess i had better do some homework regarding tablets (for the first time user)

 

[phil_hg_uk]

thanks colin, i doubt i would be using it outdoors , i guess i had better do some homework regarding tablets (for the first time user)

I used to have a Kindle but then I got a Samsung 7" Tab 2 and sold the Kindle and I now just read on the tablet.

I am waiting for the new Nexus 2 7" 32GB to come out in the next few weeks it promises to be a nice tablet so I want to see what it is like compared to the Samsung.

 

[roadrash]

thanks for the replys, can anyone recomend a simple tablet, it only would be used as an e reader and im pretty sure my grandaughter would want to play games on it , any ideas what i should be looking at

thanks in advance

 

[phil_hg_uk]

thanks for the replys, can anyone recomend a simple tablet, it only would be used as an e reader and im pretty sure my grandaughter would want to play games on it , any ideas what i should be looking at

thanks in advance

What size screen are you after 7" or 10"

 

[TheDoctor]

I've just ordered one of these from A Well Known Auction Site.
I'll report back once I've tried it out...

 

[roadrash]

What size screen are you after 7" or 10"

hadnt realy thought that far ???

I've just ordered one of these from A Well Known Auction Site.
I'll report back once I've tried it out...

i like the look of that

 

[TheDoctor]

Me too
I'm hoping it'll be like a rather more portable netbook

 

[PaulSB]

thanks for the replys, can anyone recomend a simple tablet, it only would be used as an e reader and im pretty sure my grandaughter would want to play games on it , any ideas what i should be looking at

thanks in advance

Nexus 7

 

[ian turner]

Note that tablet has 72 5 star reviews and 84 1 star reviews on Amazon and I'd be dubious
About buying from someone who calls it a tablet netbook PC.

 

[TheDoctor]

It's on the way so I'll see shortly.