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Old 12-12-2007, 08:50 PM   #1
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Lifetime of Kindle?
I believe that the eBooks Amazon.com sells for the Kindle need to be reauthorized through Amazon.com periodically, or they don't work. (Please, correct me if I'm wrong.)

The Kindle reauthorizes these over a 3G wireless network.

I've seen technology come and go over several decades. (I would have never of believed that we'd fill up 64K of RAM.) I've definitely seen cell phone networks come and go. I'm on my 4th cell phone network because my past 3 phones were declared obsolete and the networks that supported them were taken off line by the phone companies.

So, what happens to everything you bought for your Kindle when there are no more 3G networks in your area? Can you back up the books to a card or hard disk and keep them forever? (I think not.)

So, basically, when the 3G networks are kaput in your area, or Amazon decides to stop supporting their server (like Microsoft did for Windows Update for Windows 98, or like Lotus did for the authorization server for 123) then you're screwed, right?

Andy
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