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No, I have the Kindle 2 with 2.3.4 running, and I have "full" web browsing enabled and my device is registered in Canada. I have purchased a couple of Kindle titles recently; mainly I have been using the Kindle 2 with content sourced elsewhere.
I doubt (strongly) Amazon would open web-browsing internationally. The cost of such a move will be the result of a negotiation between Amazon, AT&T and the local AT&T roaming partner. In Canada, that looks to me like Rogers ... which recently announced plans to provide iPad 3G support (after May 28 when the device arrives here).
The Kindle isn't a very efficient way to browse the web over 3G -- but it is a nice to have feature and does help set it distinctly apart from Kobo which -- and I am sure this is a TOTAL coincidence -- just launched in Canada on May 1st.
Make no mistake: the Kindle 2 is a MUCH better e-reader than Kobo in every single proof point ... except price and direct access to library books. Price is easy to dismiss: Kindle 2 is way more capable; the Kobo "wins" only if price is the sole deciding factor (Kobo is base-line basic -- it just allows files to be read in e-ink; no dictionary, no text-to-speech, no user-generated content at the bookstore, no direct-to-device shopping). Library books access is Kindle's Achilles' Heal ... so adding 3G web browsing is another important tick in the column of "better value".
It would be nice if the $2 Whispernet tax (for those in Canada and elsewhere) could be pared down or optionally eliminated by accepting purchase deliveries only over the Internet. But I do sympathise with Amazon that it does not want to risk incurring 3rd party roaming costs without some tradeoff in profitable sales. Ultimately that comes down to refining some sort of revenue sharing deals to cover the "free" cost of 3G data between Amazon, AT&T and each territory's 3G roaming partner.
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