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I think to a large extent the answers here can be broken down by reading patterns. The people who want that instant gratification -- who buy from company stores and want their books right away -- want WiFi/3G. The people who obtain their books in batches, like my Gutenberg reading, don't want to expend the battery life, money, etc.
I think that may, to some extent, also shake out by age. The older you are, the more likely you are to be accustomed to not buying a book, no matter how highly recommended, until you could get to a physical bookstore, and in the days before super-stores, until they could special order it for you. This makes instant gratification more of a "well, it's nice, I guess" thing and less of a must-have. Obviously these are just general trends, not necessarily the actions of any individual, but I think the longer you're accustomed to waiting for books pre-ereader, and the greater the percentage of your life has been spent without an ereader, the more likely you are to be satisfied with buying or downloading them on your computer. Of course, there are plenty of people who don't fit their demographics (in many ways, I'm one of them) so your mileage is likely to vary wildly.
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