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Something I ponder now and then, is how long old Kindle E-Ink devices will remain viable?

That is, as far as connecting to Amazon via Wifi and downloading purchased content.

Will Amazon ever decide to start canceling registrations of older devices, or will they just wait for them to die naturally?

As we know, some folk are buying older secondhand Kindle devices to get around the DRM issue.

Will Amazon continue to allow those devices to be registered? Especially via a different owner.

What do you think?

I've got an old Kindle Keyboard E-Ink device, which I still download to. But I couldn't tell you the last time I actually used it to read an ebook.

These days I vary from reading with my Paperwhite and my Kobo device ... and occasionally my 10" Samsung tablet.

I tend to follow a reading list, and read with whatever device the ebook is on.

I've long thought of my Kindle Keyboard as purely a backup device, though I admit I like using buttons for page changing rather than swiping. My favorite E-Ink device these days is my Kobo device, which offers swiping or buttons.

My other backup device, aside from tablet, is my Motorola phone, with its decent size screen, and of course it goes everywhere with me, so I can potentially read almost anywhere.

I'd probably still use my Kindle Keyboard, if it was front lit or even back lit, but alas I only have the excellent cover with the pull out light, that doesn't do a great job of lighting the page.