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Originally Posted by NoHolyGrail
=X='s description of the Kindle's functionality sounds great, but I'm just too wary about the way Amazon handles things. Wish there were another QWERTY device available.
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I'm not sure what you are concerned about, but I've been burned by every eBook company I've dealt with except Amazon. I have also had books removed from my bookshelf because company xyz has chosen not to do business with zyx. I've lost books because a DRM scheme change from one format to another and the company no longer supported the older DRM. I think as I buy more books from Amazon I'll eventually have issues with their policies. To date the only thing that I've come across was a book I know I didn't buy showed up on my account and I was charged for it. I called them up and said I did not buy that book. Amazon gave me a refund. Most eBooks stores say tuff or give you credit.
There are ways you can keep amazon from accessing your device. For instance you don't have to register your device. You might not get the Internet but at least you don't have Amazon accessing your device remotely.
As for invasiveness well I'm currently reading a book I scanned and OCR'd it' called "The Alchemy of Finance" and the annotation is coming in handy. For my personal notes and for errors in the OCR.
Another option is to turn 3G off permanently and not worry about Amazon accessing your device.