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We got one of the Kindles Today. Wife is away on a trip so I decided to go ahead and check it out. After three hours of trying and talking to Amazon Customer support it still won't connect to my wireless router.

OK so maybe my router is older and a bit quirky for newfangled Kindle Gadgets but I am told I can't hook my Kindle up via USB connect and hook to Amazon to download and sync through my laptop (which hooks up to my Wireless network fine and dandy.)

Needless to say I am not a Happy Kindle Camper at this point. Amazon Cust.Sup. tells me I need to go to the local Mickey Dees and see if I can log onto their wireless network to rule out whether this particular Kindle Fire is fubared on wireless connectivity.

Yeah not at all happy at this time especially when "She who must be obeyed" told me she also ordered a Kindle Fire HD for Teenage Daughter. I am gonna be real unhappy if I need to buy a new wireless router to get these things to work.

I’m sorry for your trouble. Maybe you should consider one of the paperwhite Kindles that uses Amazon’s 3G Wireless. That way, you won’t have to go through your router, since the 3G connects directly to Amazon through Sprint. It’s pretty foolproof, and I’ve even connected to Amazon in Puerto Rico. Of course, you won’t be able to surf the internet with the Paperwhite, but you’ll be able to shop in the Amazon book store and download books effortlessly on your Kindle. To be honest, I have a Kindle Fire, but I don’t use it a lot, I very much prefer to use the Kindle as an E-reader, and the older Kindles do that flawlessly.