Kindle 3, preowned, $35

That's only with the NEWER Kindles. This is the Kindle Keyboard, the last version to allow full internet access over 3G, even when outside the US. I've personally accessed Gmail, Yahoo Mail, BBC News, Slickdeals and more in both Australia, Indonesia and Thailand in the past 3 months on my Kindle Keyboard (the $70 model listed in this thread).

That's only with the NEWER Kindles. This is the Kindle Keyboard, the last version to allow full internet access over 3G, even when outside the US. I've personally accessed Gmail, Yahoo Mail, BBC News, Slickdeals and more in both Australia, Indonesia and Thailand in the past 3 months on my Kindle Keyboard (the $70 model listed in this thread).

I have had the 3G model for 2+ years. There is an experimental browser. Can check email and light web surfing.

Yes.

I have a gen2 and my wife has a gen3 Kindle. I own the nice M-Edge leather case with their LED book light that fits into it. She has tried several various "book lights" with her Kindle as well. While the booklights work okay, they're still not ideal.

You have to buy the booklight itself. You have buy/replace/recharge batteries. If the light is not built into the case, you have to keep track of the booklight in addition to the Kindle. External booklights add weight and thickness to the cases if they're built-in which, to some extent, negates the perk of the Kindle being lighter than paper books. Keeping a separate booklight attached to the Kindle without a case is a pain. The lighting from an external booklight is uneven and directional. Etc., etc.

For the past several years that I have owned my 2nd gen Kindle, I've said repeatedly that it would be perfect if only they could light the screen without adding glare. When Amazon announced the Paperwhite, I pre-ordered it as soon as possible. It's worth every penny to me.

The lighting is very adjustable and fairly uniform. There is no glare. It makes the pages readable without lighting up the room. The battery life on the Paperwhite is excellent even with the backlight on. It is wonderful for early morning or late night reading on airplanes. It is a godsend if you like to read in bed after your significant other has gone to sleep and complains about the nightstand lamp being on. It's great for camping, too.

Also, before I used the Paperwhite, I didn't think I would care one way or the other about the touchscreen. After using it for a while, I definitely prefer it to hard buttons.

I do have two very minor critiques of the Paperwhite. The first is that the bezel is almost too small. You have to be careful or you end up accidentally turning the page when you brush against the edge of the screen due to the small bezel. The second is that the touchscreen is almost too sensitive. I would have preferred that it require slightly firmer contact to register a "touch". These are minor complaints to me though.

I think it is completely worth the extra $$ for the Paperwhite if you tend read at night or in poorly lit areas on a semi-frequent basis.

Do 45 more days BB poll and get a brand new paperwhite!

I don't need second hand kindle!

Best Buy Facebook has a poll every day for 25 Best Buy Reward points. You can link 2 Facebook accounts to one Best Buy Reward number, so 50 points per day. They put a new poll up around 11pm EST, but the "new day" starts at 1am EST for Best Buy. You can vote twice per day to get the points, and if you vote more than twice, you won't get points after 2nd polls. I try to vote a little after 1am every night for 50 points.

250 points = $5 Best Buy reward certificate
The reward certificates I have gotten from this promo (recently) have expiration dates of May, 2013.

However, we are not sure when the 25 points poll promo ends.

I don't know much about 3G and I'm wondering if I buy a tablet that is capable of 3G, how would that work? Would I need a provider?

Best Buy Facebook has a poll every day for 25 Best Buy Reward points. You can link 2 Facebook accounts to one Best Buy Reward number, so 50 points per day. They put a new poll up around 11pm EST, but the "new day" starts at 1am EST for Best Buy. You can vote twice per day to get the points, and if you vote more than twice, you won't get points after 2nd polls. I try to vote a little after 1am every night for 50 points.

250 points = $5 Best Buy reward certificate
The reward certificates I have gotten from this promo (recently) have expiration dates of May, 2013.

However, we are not sure when the 25 points poll promo ends.

Normally 3G/4G tablets require a paid subscription to a provider. Kindle Keyboard 3G is an eReader not a tablet.

Don't forget you also have to buy a charger for $10

I think you are very new, BB certificates expiration dates means nothing.

Thanks. Sounds tedious, and perhaps a bit of wishful thinking to believe this will eventually run up enough points to buy a paperweight.