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Browsing . . . too clunky on eink. Frankly, I must have bought books over 3g maybe once or twice per year, no more than that - it's just easier to do it on a laptop and I am rarely in a rush, as my list of books-to-read (and related folder on my devices) is always very long. But the auto-delivery, regardless of wifi availability, that's just great.
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My feeling exactly. As a person who helps to edit (but doesn't publish) a literary magazine, I like to auto-receive each new issue the moment it's out. And I prefer to research books and samples at home and sync my Kindle to them later, when I'm stuck in a bus or waiting room and have time to sample new books.
Browsing on a Kindle is even more painful than on a PSP.
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I get newspapers (Financial Times and WSJ) delivered on my 950 every morning via 3g, wherever I am at - well, within the USA, at least. That makes 3g priceless to me. I am actually surprised that most users don't see this as an important benefit of 3g.
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If Amazon had the ability to tailor feeds to your exact specs (as Calibre does), and the feeds were free, more people might be interested in using their Kindles as instant newsreaders. Android phones use apps like Pulse; perhaps later more powerful eReaders will use something similar. For the moment, I'm content to transfer the Guardian, Science News and NY Observer feeds manually. If I read it regularly, I might have subscribed to the New York Review of Books (as you have to the WSJ).