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Originally Posted by twoflower
...will the WiFi access be restricted to some Pocketbook provider and limited to only a few pages? (I think Amazon Kindle uses a similar model).
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That is Sony's *3G* policy, not Amazon's (or most vendors') *WiFi* policy.
Wifi is "bring-your-own-bandwidth" and costs the vendor nothing so the only limits are those of the browser App. People routinely use Kindle browsers through WiFi(even through 3G, in markets with free unrestricted 3G for Kindles) to download books from Baen, Gutenberg, and many other vendors, even their own private web servers or cloud-based storage (notably, drop-box).
It is reasonable to expect the WiFi Pocketbooks to be similarly open; it adds value to the device and costs the vendor nothing. (Unlike 3G bandwidth which does cost the vendor bandwidth fees, hence the Sony policy and Amazon's bandwidth surcharge in some markets.)