Cheap Kindles & e-book readers £89 new or £80 refurbs

Amazon won't explain in detail but its Warehouse site says it receives a returned product, checks the item works and assesses the quality before selling it on.

It only comes with USB adaptor (so you can charge via a PC) but you can buy a main socket adaptor for around £5.

Yes. All refurbished Kindle Keyboards come with a standard one year warranty (see full details). This means if something goes wrong it will repair or replace your Kindle Keyboard (possibly with another refurbished model).

It's also worth noting the fact it is refurbished has little impact on your consumer rights - it still must obey the Sad Fart rules and be "Satisfactory quality, As Described, Fit for purpose And last a Reasonable length of Time".

Amazon won't confirm how much stock is available, but the page will update as and when it runs out. It's possible more stock will come in.

When this article was last updated (15 Feb 2012), the Kindle Keyboard 3G + Wi-fi was out of stock. We will update this when we know more.

The standard refund policy applies to Warehouse items, you have 30 days to return your Kindle if you change your mind.

Die-hard gamers may be disappointed, as the Kindle Keyboard's gaming capabilities aren't a patch on the Nintendo 3DS or the Sony PSP. However, the Kindle Keyboard does hold a hidden copy of 90s classic Minesweeper. To start a game, go to the Home menu and press Alt, Shift and M at the same time.

Use the arrow keys to navigate and the select button to mark a mine. When you get bored of that, press G to start GoMoku - a kind of "noughts and crosses" version of Connect 4, where you play against the Kindle and have to get five in a row.

You can go back to your Minesweeper game at anytime by pressing M, and the Kindle will remember your scores.

It won't work the same as a TomTom and there won't be a voice telling you to "at the next roundabout, take the first exit" but if you bookmark maps.google.com/m/directions in your Kindle's web browser, you can use it to get directions if you ever get lost.

With the 3G version you'll be able to get online anywhere there's a 3G mobile phone signal (so not entirely helpful if you get lost in "the middle of nowhere"). And though the Kindle can display Google Maps, the text-only version will load quicker.

Connect your Kindle Keyboard to your PC with the USB and open it via My Computer to view its folders. Add a new folder called "Images" (or try "Pictures" if this doesn't work), and then, within this, create a subfolder called "Images". Stick some JPEGs in this second folder, unplug your Kindle and press Alt and Z from the Home menu to rescan.

The subfolder you created should be there - just click on it to launch the Image Viewer and scroll through your photos. Press Q and W to zoom in and out, E to reset the zoom and R to rotate the photo. F puts the viewer into full screen mode. Pictures will be black and white, and the quality not that hot, but you'll be able to look at your favourite snapshots wherever you are.

What's the difference between a Kindle and a Kindle Keyboard? The new Kindle will have no 3G, so you can't surf the web or add books to your library unless in a wi-fi area. A 3G & Wi-fi version is expected at some point, though Amazon has yet to release any details of this for the UK.

The new Kindle has a one-month battery life if wi-fi's turned off, and storage space for up to 1,400 books. This is paltry when compared to the Keyboard's capacity for 3,500 book (4GB) and a two-month battery life.

Although lighter and smaller, the biggest difference between the new Kindle and the original is that Amazon's done away with the keyboard at the bottom (hence the first model being rebranded as Kindle Keyboard). Instead, on the new model there's a five-way controller below the screen to navigate the menus.

Specialist e-ink technology: All Kindle formats use this; without it you're just reading a computer screen. e-readers with e-ink mean it's like reading a book, and much more comfortable on the eye.

Free web worldwide: This is quite stunning; if you opt for the 3G Kindle Keyboard you get free internet access (via mobile networks) across most of Europe and some of the world (see coverage maps).

The idea is that it means while overseas you can download books or newspapers at no additional cost, even without wi-fi connection. Yet go into the "experimental" option in the menu and there's a web browser.

It's black and white, and pretty basic - you can't watch videos of high-end graphical content, but for scanning info sites it's functional and if you've got web-mail like Gmail you can use it for that at absolutely no cost.

For anyone who travels abroad regularly this is likely to be a substantial boon.

Download books directly: The beauty of the Kindles is, due to the wi-fi or 3G, you don't have to connect to your computer to download books - get them straight to the device, ready to read.

Long battery life: Kindles have a much longer battery life than other ebook readers. Though if you're not downloading books or using the web, turn wi-fi off to conserve juice.

Decent storage: Though Kindles don't have SD card slots, the Keyboard version can store around 3,500 books, so this shouldn't be a huge issue.

It also uses its own format books, and while you can convert other formats, Amazon is currently quite price competitive for ebooks so it's not a big problem (though do watch as prices can vary widely, they're often most competitive when a book launches).

Already hugely popular in the US, the Kindle Daily Deal* offer is now available in the UK. Every day the Amazon team will chose an ebook to offer at a discounted price for 24 hours - these are popular books, and can be both fiction and non-fiction.

Previous titles to appear on the Daily Deal page include Where the Shadows Lie by Michael Ridpath (usually £3.99 to download from Amazon), State of Wonder by Ann Patchett (usually £6.89) and Son of Heaven by David Wingrove (usually £6.07). These were discounted by up to 75%.

Each new offer begins at midnight and ends at 23.59. But in case you forget, there's a digital countdown clock underneath the daily title.

The books can be read on any Kindle, or on one of the free Kindle reading apps available for the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, PC, Mac and Android devices.