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Old 08-03-2010, 02:45 PM   #106
mikij
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Originally Posted by Harmon View Post
I think you are too quick to discount wifi. It appears to me that Amazon sees it as essential - otherwise, why not just have a low-budget tethered EBR? But with wifi, the customer can, with a little effort, connect to the EB store away from home, or hop on the computer or iphone & buy/send a book directly to the EBR.

Wireless connectivity is a critical factor for EBRs, I think.
I fill my reader up once a month (put all the titles I think i"ll read a given month), then forget my reader's connection to computer, unless I need to charge the battery. How often do you download ebooks to your reader (not to your PC)?

For me, wi fi is really not necessary. Actually, it is a buzzword, it is attractive, but for downloading ebooks I don't find it essential.

Concerning the Sony store, it is not a disaster, but is quite bad (the choice of eboks is poor).

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