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Originally Posted by bhartman36
Locked in means something very different with a mobile phone. If I switch from the Kindle to the Nook after owning the Kindle for 2 months, I won't pay a financial penalty to Amazon. The only sense in which ereaders lock you in is if you buy DRM'd e-books, and even that can be worked around. Anyone who's serious about their readers and their book collection should do the research to be aware of what the implications are of switching. Ereaders are like smartphones, in the sense that one wouldn't switch casually without doing research on the financial and practical implications.
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I don't think that we are talking about the same thing. I can buy a mobile phone without a contract. If I get one that isn't locked, I can use any SIM card, from any company. If I get one that is locked, I can only use a SIM card from the company that it is locked into, but I pay less for the phone.