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Originally Posted by JohnClif
What makes the Kindle the greatest of the Gen III devices is the EVDO modem that is built-in. Being able to buy any one of 90,000+ books while at the airport, in a strange hotel room, etc., is killer.
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You are perhaps forgetting that this is only available if you travel locally within your own country. For people who travel internationally it's worthless - the Sprint service that the Kindle uses is only available within the United States. It's unavailable to 95% of the people in the world.
At the risk of repeating myself, why on Earth they made the Kindle use the US-specific EVDO service rather than the world-wide EDGE system (ie GSM-based) is a mystery that I just can't fathom. It seems like a very short-sighted design decision.