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Bookworm_Girl · 11-11-2010, 10:46 PM

I encountered an interesting message while attempting to purchase a book from the Sony Reader Store over 3G. When I tried to add the book to my shopping cart, I got the error message: "Item Cannot Be Downloaded. You cannot download this book via wireless connection. Please use Reader Library on your computer". I looked at the book info and discovered it was over 40MB in size. Must've had a lot of pictures! Apparently you are unable to download large files over 3G wireless from the Reader Store? I picked a few books to try guessing the cutoff limit was probably around 10MB. A book of 9.65MB also would not add to my cart but 7.25MB would. I ultimately picked a smaller book to purchase, and it downloaded just fine.

I then connected to the Reader Store via Wi-Fi. I was able to add all the above books to my cart regardless of size. I decided to purchase the 9.65MB book, and it took approximately 1 min to download via Wi-Fi. I then decided to test my 900 which has a 3G connection only. Once again, I got the same download warning on my 900 too.

Just curious if anyone else has seen this message? Does anyone know what the file limit might be? I searched the User Guide and Sony website and couldn't find any mention of wireless download restrictions.

11-11-2010, 10:46 PM	#1
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	Reader Store 3G File Download Limits with 900 & 950? I encountered an interesting message while attempting to purchase a book from the Sony Reader Store over 3G. When I tried to add the book to my shopping cart, I got the error message: "Item Cannot Be Downloaded. You cannot download this book via wireless connection. Please use Reader Library on your computer". I looked at the book info and discovered it was over 40MB in size. Must've had a lot of pictures! Apparently you are unable to download large files over 3G wireless from the Reader Store? I picked a few books to try guessing the cutoff limit was probably around 10MB. A book of 9.65MB also would not add to my cart but 7.25MB would. I ultimately picked a smaller book to purchase, and it downloaded just fine. I then connected to the Reader Store via Wi-Fi. I was able to add all the above books to my cart regardless of size. I decided to purchase the 9.65MB book, and it took approximately 1 min to download via Wi-Fi. I then decided to test my 900 which has a 3G connection only. Once again, I got the same download warning on my 900 too. Just curious if anyone else has seen this message? Does anyone know what the file limit might be? I searched the User Guide and Sony website and couldn't find any mention of wireless download restrictions.