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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Library borrowing is a really big deal for the US market. So Amazon is getting close. If they add just two more features (touch screen and direct-to-device borrowing), they'd have the killer eink ereader in my opinion.
BTW, Sony is adding direct-to-device borrowing to their new T1:
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For over a year, the current Kindle (Kindle 3, in 4 models) all have WiFi.
It provides direct-to-device borrowing at the libraries now. People have expressed surprise Amazon made it so easy.
The older Kindles (released 2007 and 2008), however, don't have WiFi, just 3G.
With the library lending, Kindle borrowers will answer that their loan is for a Kindle and then if they have a Kindle 3 (released Aug 2010), they'll be redirected to Amazon where Amazon will ask which device they want it on, and then they'll get it direct to Kindle via their WiFi capability.
Now, if they're not near a WiFi access point, that's another matter but this is true for all WiFi devices.
The exception is the Kindle DX, which came out in June or July last year and has only 3G on it. But Sonys from the same year notoriously didn't include WiFi or 3G except for the most expensive model at the time.
Where the Kindle will fail for touchscreen-preferring customers is with the navigation mechanism. But I have a NookColor and I have trouble with the highlighting (precision wise) and also because it's oversensitive and I activate links w/o even touching them. The Nook Touch is better at that, but there I have a problem with the relative grayness of the font (and all the missing features I do like and use).
Nevertheless, for any slow web-accessing, the touch screen is way better.