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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
Yeah, well, tell that to the people who had books they purchased in good faith deleted from the Kindle.
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A single exception does not prove a rule. Also, I am not suggesting that you rely on that store having to d/l available forever... but certainly long enough so that you can get to your computer and d/l and archival copy or copy the d/l from your device to your PC.
So, once again the argument that WiFi precludes you from having a copy on your computer is, in my opinion, a moot argument and a rationalization.
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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
Then I realized that the wireless connection on the Kindle went two ways. I was a little creeped out at the idea that there would be data mining going on of my reading habits. I ordered the Cybook and haven't regretted it.
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How does Amazon mining data affect you? Do you use google, they mine your search data. Do you buy anything at Amazon, they mine your purchase history. Do you have an ISP, the probably mine your traffic.
There are still people today that won't shop on line. There are people that don't sign the back of their credit card because they think then someone can just copy it and buy something.
Most off this is just fair of the unknown and lack of understanding. If you understand crytography and how the internet actually works you would know that it is safer to type your credit card into a reputable buy online store than giving it to a waiter at a restaurant.
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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
About the only advantage of a wireless connection I can see is that it facilitates impulse buying. And I do a lot of that anyway--if I'm near a computer, I hop on BoB or Fictionwise and buy a book, then download it later.
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If you have a predilection to impulse buying then not having a Kindle won't really make much of a difference. A statement you support by your own admission in the very paragraph when you talk about the Kindle facilitating it. It's funny that you claim it is a GOOD point about the Kindle, while many others say it would make them buy too many books.
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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
I personally don't think I would find the Kindle satisfactory for web surfing. I have a netbook and a smartphone for couch surfing, both of which provide a better web experience if not a necessarily fantastic one.
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I agree with you... surfing the web on the Kindle is not the best way to do it. But then hammering in a nail to hang a picture with a screw driver handle isn't the best way to do that. They doesn't mean you don't do it because it is easy and convenient.
I still have seen no reason to NOT have WiFi/Wireless, other than the, it adds cost to the device argument which is or is not valid. How much will a WiFi chip add to the device? If you do have it you don't have to use it, of course.. unless USB is eliminated and I doubt that will happen.
Sorry we are getting a bit off topic here. WiFi is NOT a feature of the pocket pro... but I expect that it if were you folks would still be buying it... and you might even use the feature.
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