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el.astrologo · 09-30-2009, 07:36 PM

I mean, honestly, what's with all the fuzz about readers getting 3G and the like?

From a manufacturer's point of view you are narrowing down your market because you make it so that no one outside the US will buy it (if you live in, say Italy, why would you buy a device that won't work as it could); from a consumer's point of view you are being chained to a company with fees that may or may not burden you...

Granted, the company gets the possibility of selling you books on the go (which you would buy simply because you now can) and we can now buy books anywhere anytime.

I understand the advantages of having wireless capability but I think 3G is just plain overkill. I live in Argentina and even here you get wifi hotspots every couple of blocks when on big cities. Why go with 3G when you can have wi-fi and it'll do?

I know that Sony isn't precisely interested in selling readers here (or else I wouldn't had to get mine when my girlfriend went to the US last winter) but why lose out on Europe? It's fine for Amazon to focus on the States because Kindle isn't being sold anywhere else.

Just my two cents...

09-30-2009, 07:36 PM	#1
el.astrologo Groupie Posts: 164 Karma: 462 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Device: PRS-700BC	What's the deal with 3G? I mean, honestly, what's with all the fuzz about readers getting 3G and the like? From a manufacturer's point of view you are narrowing down your market because you make it so that no one outside the US will buy it (if you live in, say Italy, why would you buy a device that won't work as it could); from a consumer's point of view you are being chained to a company with fees that may or may not burden you... Granted, the company gets the possibility of selling you books on the go (which you would buy simply because you now can) and we can now buy books anywhere anytime. I understand the advantages of having wireless capability but I think 3G is just plain overkill. I live in Argentina and even here you get wifi hotspots every couple of blocks when on big cities. Why go with 3G when you can have wi-fi and it'll do? I know that Sony isn't precisely interested in selling readers here (or else I wouldn't had to get mine when my girlfriend went to the US last winter) but why lose out on Europe? It's fine for Amazon to focus on the States because Kindle isn't being sold anywhere else. Just my two cents...