Hi Lee, I can't talk to the phone issue, but I can relate my experience with the Nook. First I was reluctant to go with the Kindle because Amazon requires that any book you want to read has to be sent to them for formatting. I believe this is a free service but does require you deal with them exclusively. I bought my Nook from the Barnes & Noble store in Lynnwood WA. I explained to the store personnel that I resided in Japan and was assured I would have no trouble downloading books. That happens to be not true. Copyright law comes into play when you try to purchase a book while overseas. If that title has not been licensed for foreign sales you will not be able to download the book through a foreign ISP. Barnes & Noble and Amazon both check your ISP's address and will deny the download if it is outside the U.S. I ended up buying a Sony Ereader. It is more expensive but Sony will send the books to your overseas ISP as long as your credit bills to a U.S. address. It's also lighter and smaller than the Nook. I am very happy with mine. It goes everywhere with me. Of course if you are only interested in books that are out of copyright or the many/many free books available for down load the above shouldn't stop you from buying the reader of choice.
I hope my experience is of some help to you. Don Wilson Currently boatels but still hoping. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Haefele Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 5:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Liveaboard] Phone in Bahamas I am interested in having a phone/handheld mobile/I Phone etc and a Kindle/Nook for use in Bahamas. Met one person that says his ATT phone has free Bahamas use for $5 extra monthly. Will be checking this out. What about mobile internet via 3G network? I see Americans using them in Bahamas, do they have a $200/week bill when they get home? Does the Kindle/Nook download books in Bahamas? Thanks Lee Haefele _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
