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Originally Posted by rwe
does anybody know how to get the 900 outside us?
bestbuy doesn't ship internationally 
sonyshop doesn't ship internationally |
There are workarounds, to order directly from Sony.
Or you can buy through specialized sellers, for example usunlocked.com (the one I've used). BH Photo&Video has them for pre-order as well, these are the ones I've used for various other gadgets.
usunlocked.com simply buys for you, whereas B&H Photo is a "classic" shop.
For some important to know: Although you purchase legally, you
won't have any kind of warranty on your reader in Europe or anywhere else outside of the US. You'll have to send it back to the US, if something goes wrong.
Rumor has it, Sony will launch the "Daily Edition" very quickly in Europe, to compete with the international versions of Kindle 2 and now even Kindle DX. Might be worth waiting.
You can exchange the SIM card. But obviously Europe and the US are using different networks/frequencies. So my guess would be, you can't just exchange SIM cards, as soon as they go international. As with both Kindles, there probably will be a replacement by an international version.
Personally, I don't care that much about 3G. But WiFi would be nice, that's one of the reasons why I'm curious about the nook.
Why do you consider Sony 900?
If it's because of ordering books via 3G: Kindle(s) may be a better choice.
If it's because of the improved screen quality: It has improved, but Sony 600 in my opinion already was more than acceptable and you can order Sony 600 easily directly in most of the countries.
If it's because of the newspapers: It looks nice, but for the moment it's just 4 of them. On iRex 1000S, you can access hundreds of newspapers in the same quality (no RSS feeds, regular newspapers).