Refurbished Kindle Keyboard 3G vs Kindle Touch 3G, which one to buy ?

The price of a refurbished Kindle Keyboard 3G, with 20 USD added, you can buy a brand new Kindle Touch 3G sponsored screen saver and home screen, and with 60 USD added, you can buy a new Kindle Touch 3G (at the moment there is not yet released of refurbished Kindle Touch 3G). Or on the other hand, with the same price of a refurbished Kindle Keyboard 3G, you can buy a brand new Kindle Touch with no 3G, if you are in a decision path, you may want to know what is the pros & cons about these e-readers.

Click here for the full detail of refurbished Kindle 3 @ Amazon, starts from 129 USD (limited time)

In my opinion, in term of hardware specifications, Kindle Touch is a better choice, it comes with up-to-date hardware spec that provides a faster performance, but if you want to use a free 3G globally, that’s another story, because in order to use 3G Kindle Touch, you have to pay around 60 USD more, from a refurbished Kindle 3 (Kindle keyboard)’s price. The interesting thing is, while Kindle Keyboard 3G’s web browser maybe as labeled as acceptable, Kindle Touch’s web browser “Silk” that powered by Cloud computing has been labeling as “great”. Or on the other hand, you may use a refurbished Kindle 3 as use free 3G web browsing device, but it may not as good as Kindle Touch which is 60 USD more expensive, or if you decided to go with Kindle Touch wifi that is cheaper, you cannot use it as a free 3G web browsing device !

I think you may need to think carefully, what is your priority ? Ebook reading or web browsing, if ebook reading is a first priority, I think you should go with Kindle Touch sponsored screen (or a regular one with 149 USD, almost the same price of a refurbished Kindle 3).