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Originally Posted by LazyScot
Whispernet is what really sets the Kindle apart from the other reader devices. (And what justifies the keyboard.) If they launch in Europe without wireless support, it has no differences from, say, the Sony Reader or Cybook.
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I'm not sure I agree. Doing searches and adding annotations - both things that the Kindle can do - are significant uses of the keyboard which are independent of any comms provision.
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Launching in Europe with only one country supported might cause legislative problems with the EU
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Again I don't think so. Apple rolled out their "iTunes" store on a country-by-country basis. The UK got it before any other European country, as I recall.