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Originally Posted by EatingPie
For my use, the negatives of Wifi outweigh the positives.
+ Easy access to Reader from my Mac.
+ Buy books instantly from Reader.
- Did Sony promise to never remotely delete content without your permission? No, no they didn't! And as to Amazon making said promise... about as good as Sony NOT making the promise in my book (aka "worthless").
- Battery drain.
- Constant turning on/off when in use and not in use.
-Pie
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It's a matter of personal choice and desire but for me wifi is a far larger plus than it is a negative. Yes, Amazon handled the book deletion poorly as they should have notified the purchasers of the copyright infringing book that it would be deleted before doing so. All monies were refunded. (IIRC, the amount refunded was greater than the purchase price.) If I were an author I would be glad that Amazon supports copyright.
Battery drain is minimal, mine lasts close to a week with the wifi on all the time.
I still love the convenience of automatically downloading my feeds from Calibre without having to use the USB. If I could do the same with the Sony then I would take a closer look at it if the purchase price were not so high.
I'm sure that the new Sonys will make a lot of people happy and choice is good.
ETA:
Let me add that wifi is *not* a distraction. Access to Wikipedia is great when I want more information than provided by the dictionary or want to find out more about the author or book series. Yesterday I used the browser to order some art supplies for my daughter. I was in the backyard at the time and it was nice to be able to do this quickly and then get back to my reading.
In the past I've stayed at hotels that had extremely slow or nonexistent wifi and the 3G allowed me to check emails. Sure I could've used my phone but the Kindle's 6" screen makes it easier to read email.
Like I said, choice is good.