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That is the American model. Are you an insider at Amazon/Sprint or is that 2 USD per month just a guess? Obviously German mobile phone companies (among others) do not accept such pricing, or they would have gone ahead with it for the Kindle long ago. And there is always the risk that some users will figure out how to use the connection for browsing, greatly increasing the usage for the phone companies. So what it will amount to -- for non-American residents -- is that you could use the 3G/GSM module on your own regular phone plan. And that would be an expensive proposition, especially when you download newspapers and other graphic intensive things. Actually here in Asia you have free WiFi in many places, coffee shops, airports, offices, etc. And most people have it in their homes. So it is quite useful, WiFi means I do not have to use a computer, a great convenience.

That downloading everywhere that Amazon wants for the Kindle is just to encourage impulse buying, I can wait an hour or two for WiFi access if I really want something.