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Technically, you only need a valid US credit card on file. You can then make all y our purchases thru gift card balances (purchased via any method from amazon and loaded into your account). Since you can pick up "credit cards" here as gift cards or refillables (probably at any convenience store), I suspect you could get someone in the states to purchase one for you (assuming you knew them and fronted the money). Or register for a card that is sent to a friend's address and just manage it online.
It essentially turns the kindle into a download via USB tool, the same as the Sony.
However, it might be wise to hold off on either until year end, in case the rumors of an EU version were to be true. If nothing else, if either company added wifi, it might be an improvement there (sure, it will kill battery life when on and is a PITA to find an open spot, but EU wireless phone rates/usage is only good in comparison to the old wired phone policies/rates).
No doubt many wish they'd chosen AT&T instead of Sprint, but the cost would have been much higher (and reflected in the book cost). It would have meant the potential for EU was there from the start (much as the jail-broken iphones), but greatly reduced coverage in the States as a tradeoff.
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