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Hey guys
You're all in danger of hypocrisy - Europe is not the only thing outside the US!!! There's little old me down here in Australia and I know there are other Aussie posters. I will send them (Amazon I mean) an email as I agree with CommanderROR.
Interesting, their response for Canada. On the bongus website, they say that if you sign up with them, you can add their US address ot your non-US credit card as a second address and they claim that it will process as if it were a US credit card. If this works, then it would be possible to use Kindle from outside the US. I am also curious about whether Connect bookstore would work too. I haven't tried as I don't have a device but if someone would like to experiment....
Personally, I don't like the idea of needing a contract with a phone company to use the wireless feature. Standard wifi that lets you use hotspots and your home internet connection is far better. Where I live, one phone company has a virtual monopoly and we pay through the nose. Its far cheaper to download over home internet than anything else.
For those people who are motivated by reading more than by gadgets, the $399 outlay plus the phone contract plus the cost of the actual content just don't make it very competitive with the alternative widely available and universally compatible device we have now - good 'ol paper.
On the other hand, its still cheaper than a cybook for me so if the US billing address on credit card can be worked out, I would seriously consider getting one. Although by the same logic, if it works for Connect then the sony is the better buy right now.
I think it will be interesting to see what the next 12 months brings from Sony and everyone else including from providers outside the US in terms of devices and also what all these new devices and new ebook stores do in terms of improving content.
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