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Originally Posted by HarryT
But you don't need "blazing" for books. Book files are small. EDGE is fine for things like web browsing and e-mail, and does it really matter if a book download (which, as I understand it, happens as a "background" operation anyway) takes 2 minutes or 10 minutes?
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True it is a background op, but it makes it more of an inpulse/instant gratification feedback loop which makes it more and more attractive to buy books (obviously the main purpose for Amazon). Obviously books sizes vary, but a 4 MB book takes ~6.5 mins to download on EDGE (assuming 80 kbps) vs <60 seconds on EVDO (assuming 700 kbps). I'd wager that if 5-10 min downloads were the norm for OTA downloads, the blogosphere would say it would be faster/cheaper to just hook up a USB cable and it would negate a bullet point for the Kindle. Besides, look at all the uproar over the iPhone and them going with EDGE and all the slagging they've received.
