Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

First of all, the device itself, reading books, the backlight, are all very nice. I previously had a 3rd gen kindle and this one is drastically better and well worth the upgrade if only for the wonderful backlight. There is one big issue and that is with the wifi. Every public wifi service now has some web page or interface that needs to be clicked through in a browser to activate the connection. This kindle works with some major chains that do this, but there are so many airports and other areas with "free wifi" that the kindle can't utilize because of the limited browser and it's inability to navigate these activation pages. One example was Charlotte airport, I wanted to purchase a new book for my layover, but their website to enable wifi actually completely froze the kindle and I had to hard-boot it. I rebooted and retried 2-3 times and it bricked the kindle every time. This was not an isolated incident as I have come across hotels and offices with similar issues while owning this device. I would recommend skipping the wifi version of kindle e-readers and just get the 3g, the extra money is well worth not getting stuck at an airport or hotel without something to read.