Amazon.com has just announced that they will begin selling a slightly cheaper version of the Wi-Fi only Kindle that will include special offers (aka advertisements) and sponsored screensavers.
The new version which goes on sale May 3, 2011 will cost $114. The regular, non-ad version is $139.
I can see the trade-off of paying less in exchange for having to see/watch ads, but at a mere difference of $25 (about an 18% discount), it doesn’t seem worth it. And we don’t even know how intrusive the ads would be.
The Kindle is a great eReader, but come on Amazon – you can do better on the price tag for this version.
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