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Originally Posted by Rootman
While we're at it why not put in WIFI and not even HAVE to use a cable? Would eliminate a LOT of the cost to Amazon for Whispernet.
I seem to recall a post about RE-enabling USB networking so that the Kindle CAN receive updates via a connected PC. I think it was a boon to people outside the US using a non international Kindle. I can't find it though.
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one of the reasons the Kindle is as popular as it is, is that it is not necessarily tied to a computer. you can do everything you need to do as a reader (not a computer hacker/guru/genius) without being around a computer at all. when I first got my first Kindle I spent a couple of months living and teaching skiing on a mountain without computer access. shortly thereafter I was working at a government job and could not plug anything USB related into my computer, nor could I download any files to that computer. I didn't have internet access where I was living because of expense (I was maintaining 2 homes at the time). going to internet cafes or the library would not have been the solution. I can also see the potential of retired RVers, boat live aboards, many areas in Wyoming, New Mexico and Arizona and numerous other instances of limited computer access making the Kindle the perfect answer for many many people.