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Originally Posted by adfleisher

Thomas: Any word yet on USA availability and carrier partnerships?

considering the current state of HSDPA build out in the US (which I completely do not understand as it is a nice real mobile broadband option but it's AT&T so that sez a lot right there) you want to make sure what you are paying a premium for will be of any benefit to you. Most of the areas on the AT&T MBB map are actually EDGE not HSDPA and will stay that way for a while.

AT&T now has HSDPA in at least one city in each of 37 U.S. states and territories, but Sprint and Verizon both have more coverage. For instance, AT&T covers only Milwaukee in Wisconsin; the two competitors have Madison, and Verizon works in Green Bay. AT&T covers only Louisville in Kentucky, where the two competitors also have Lexington. In Oregon, AT&T has Portland, but the competitors add Eugene and Salem. In Indiana, both AT&T and Sprint have Gary and Indianapolis, but you'll have to go to Verizon for high-speed coverage in Evansville, Fort Wayne, or South Bend.

Link to full article: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2156444,00.asp

And here is a list to show just how limited HSDPA coverage is in the US:

http://www.wireless.att.com/coverage.../popUp_3g.html

AT&T data coverage map, but it's sneaky and you have to really zoom in to find the pockets of HSDPA:

http://www.wireless.att.com/coverageviewer/

Now EDGE is almost everywhere but BFD so are Sprint & Verizon's EVDO Rev0 & 1xRTT coverage...if all you are doing is downloading ebooks then that will be adequate but it's going to be quite a premium for a service you won't see until the device is pretty much obsolete.

But that kool factor on this phone is just beyond any of that...just would be hard to justify the cost of the HSDPA hardware in the device if I would pretty much be guaranteed to never be able to use it.

So, I guess my question is...I want just a cool roll-a-way book reader... So, WHEN???