Thread: Narrowed down to Cybook or Kindle but can't decide!
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Old 04-08-2008, 05:24 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Redcard View Post
That's what they say for now. But, relying on a company to keep their word "in perpetuity" is oftentimes hit or miss. And relying on Sprint to do that .. well.. we'll see in three or four years if everyone's still willing to do it for free.

I loved the product offering myself.. I just couldn't justify the price difference, and when I de-risked that fear out of it, I was faced with three readers with roughly the same featureset, one of which I could have now, the other two I'd have to wait for.
No one is doing anything for free. Amazon is paying sprint, probably set up as an MVNO. Your book purchase includes "wispernet" delivery. The browseing of Wikipedia is said to be "experimental" so there is no expectation that it will always be "free" (included?) anyway.

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