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Originally Posted by charleski
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About a third of your comparison is just whining about wireless.
Wireless would be worthless. Instant book downloads need the sort of tight vertical integration given by Amazon's store or B&N is the US. Sony is aiming this at an international market, and doesn't have a hope of matching Amazon's book store across all the countries in which it will be selling, so they shouldn't even try - no point playing to their weaknesses.
Frankly, I don't get the point of wireless anyway. It's good if you don't want to have to cope with syncing with a computer and it's good if you're often away on the road for stretches of time. But I don't feel the need for instant personal gratification when it comes to buying new books. I get the feeling wireless has just become the fetish du jour when it comes to ereaders.
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This is getting annoying...I wish the device had wifi too, and it's the only drawback it has for MY needs. I want wifi, I understand some people DON'T want wifi, and others simply don't care. It's fine with me, can't you just accept it ? It would be mainly for wikipedia access by the way, and I know other people would like this feature too, so nothing to do with a store.