Caveat Emptor. Amazon's new Kindle Touch 3G doesn't give you full 3G access: it's limited to shopping in the online Kindle Store and browsing Wikipedia, the company clarified over the weekend.

Last Wednesday, with a $99 Wi-Fi or $149 3G option. It seemed safe to assume that the Touch 3G allowed users to surf the Web with Amazon's Whispersync technology, just as it was understandable to assume that the Touch 3G would allow unlimited 3G access just like the year-old , also known as the Kindle Keyboard 3G.

Then last Friday, a customer noticed the Kindle Touch 3G's product page read, "experimental web browsing is available via Wi-Fi."

The "Mom of 3" user asked Amazon what this meant in a Kindle forum, prompting hundreds of people to speculate and debate over the question.

Finally on Sunday Amazon clarified the 3G issue.

"We apologize for the confusion. Our new Kindle Touch 3G enables you to connect to the Kindle Store, download books and periodicals, and access Wikipedia - all over 3G or Wi-Fi. Experimental web browsing (outside of Wikipedia) on Kindle Touch 3G is only available over Wi-Fi," the company said. "Our Kindle Keyboard 3G will continue to offer experimental web browsing over 3G or Wi-Fi."

Unsurprisingly, the statement touched a nerve in the discussion forum and prompted many to cancel their Kindle Touch 3G order in favor of the $100 Kindle Touch Wi-Fi.

"Dear Amazon, why are you charging us $50 to shop in your store?" quipped one user.

However, owners of the Amazon Kindle 3G + Wi-Fi, which doesn't limit 3G browsing through Amazon's Whispersync technology, argued the convenience of being able to download Kindle books on to go, even without a Wi-Fi connections.

"I love my ereader because I don't have to search for Wi-Fi spots especially when I'm in other countries," wrote one user. "I don't expect Amazon to pick up the cost of my surfing the web. As long as they pick up the cost of my using their services to purchase products via the Kindle that's all I expect. If I want to surf other sites then I will use my home network or my account from Verizon."

With the Touch, Amazon CEO Bezos said Amazon had improved the page-turning experience. Rather than splitting the touch field into three, equal, vertical sections for back, forward, and more, the Touch moves the "back" portion to a small slab on the left-hand side, while the "forward" portion takes up a larger part of the screen. This "EasyReach" option, Bezos said, will make reading less tiresome.

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