Thread: Reasons I'm not getting a Kindle but the Sony 505 instead.
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Old 01-23-2008, 07:15 AM   #226
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Originally Posted by JohnClif View Post
(IMO) Amazon didn't choose EDGE because the data rate would make downloading a book painful, and Amazon envisioned that downloading data via the modem would be something that happens alot... especially if customers are buying lots of books!
I have to respectfully disagree, John. With EDGE you can get a data rate of 200-300kbits, which is plenty enough for downloading books. 200kbit/sec is approximately 20kbytes/sec, which will download a 300kb book (a typical size) in 15 seconds. Nobody is in such a hurry, I'm sure, that they'd worry about whether it takes 5sec or 15sec to download a book.
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