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Originally Posted by SpiderMatt
...adds nothing to those of us who are already US customers. With a $2 charge for every download (including archived items!?) and no access to the web browser, I would never turn on the wireless when abroad (I'm living in Japan right now and I don't feel very deprived without wireless). The best thing about wireless to me is being able to access Wikipedia anywhere. Take away that, what's the point? There's no book I need so badly that I can't wait until I get home to download (of if I have my laptop with me, until I find a hotspot).
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Looks like Japan is one of the three countries where the browser will work (and blog subscriptions work). The downside, then, is the higher prices of being a Japanese customer (at $2/book, but no download fees) vs. a US customer ($2/less a book, but no browser and $2+ downloads).
Someone else mentioned the much lower costs of data plans in some asian countries - I wish we could get a data only plan here (heck, I'd like it for home also, since we cannot get DSL for internet without also purchasing an analog line). Plans are coming down, here though - I only pay $12 a month for unlimited data on my line and our five cell lines run about $141/month with taxes (all have text, video msgs, only mine has data). Some unlimited everything plans are now down to $50/month/line.