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Originally Posted by lkmiller
Yes, I believe you're right. That they shut off the free 3G or whatever it was. They also don't allow the old non-touch devices to use the on device store anymore. I never shop on my ereaders anyway.
eta: ok, maybe it was just the on device store that was shut off...don't have anything that old myself.
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I believe that the first and second gen Kindles only had 2G access and no WiFi connectivity. So once the 2G access was ended, the devices could no longer direct download books at all. But IMO, the owners of those devices were generously compensated; some even got totally free Kindles IIRC. Devices do obsolete, after all, and I don't think they were owed that.
The later non-touch Kindles can no longer access the store, but can still connect to WiFi and download books purchased on other devices.