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Originally Posted by HarryT
Some Kindles have WiFi, others do not, and of course not everybody has access to WiFi. It would be an error to put in place any mechanism which only worked over WiFi.
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Harry,
I agree, and that's why USB transfers are the other option. (I think allowing people to pay for 3G library transfers would be another option though.)
As I said, and it is true, all current-model Kindle 3's (ALL four models) *do have* WiFi. They've existed in the world since August of 2010. They are the current "Kindles" vs the coming Sony T1.
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Also, when you get re-directed from the library's site to Amazon, it specifically says that library books cannot be sent to a Kindle via 3G. It has to be either WiFi or side-loaded. Again, all of this is specific for the new announcement for public libraries, so I hope you no longer confuse yourself on this issue.
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Wow. That 'confuse yourself' thing was 100% wrong.
Again, every single current "Kindle" model is called Kindle 3, is now over-one-year old, and comes with WiFi. (Read on re older models of anything.)
This was all in context vs a *coming Sony* that's not even in the hands of regular customers yet. So I'm equating the latest technology of both makers.
The owners of any -older- Kindles without WiFi AND, also, any -older- Sonys without WiFi will have to resort to USB transfers.
Harry, When you point out "some" - you're right, although you're referring to older models and the same would have to go for older Sonys.
Current Kindle 3 and soon-SonyT1-owners will be in luck with this library mechanism. No USB transfers via computer will be needed. And Sony will have the least painful method because they've prepared extremely simple, image-free pages for the transfer process. (Maybe that's one reason they didn't change their Sony for iPad apps the way BN, Amazon, and Kobe did.)
- Andrys