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Originally Posted by SensualPoet
This is an interesting point. Which with I happen to agree.
An e-reader, unlike a multi-media device like an iPad or Android follow-on, is primarily used in "local" mode, not "surfing" mode. That is, for e-reader content, give me the content, and then I can snuggle up with it for a few hours or days. How different from the ADD world of the iPad user.
Kindle's 3G is all the more visionary in this context: 3G just works, and just works everywhere -- at minimum, delivering new content. WiFi -- not so much. WiFi requires conditional access, and pass codes, and complications. Yes, at hoe, it's easy ... but on the road? Not so much.
An e-reader is about reading: to paraphrase Shakespeare -- the screen's the thing. Who gives a whit about touch? Make the screen readable and portable and full of longevity and light-weight: Android-y nether-world screens hardly matter.
To say nothing of: Ola! There is a world of readers outside of the 48 contiguous United States ... Barnes and Noble has not yet figured that out, it seems.
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how is wi fi difficult on the road, some are automatic/seamless connections, others all you have to do is click "I Agree" and others that you have to pay all you do is put in the access code and password.
I'm not being snarky but it's not exactly rocket science. And you have to remember Whispernet is not available everywhree and either is 3G, yes it's exanding but there are parts of the country that still don't get it, and almost all hotels and resorts etc will offer wi fi
Wi fi overall is the better connection and the most widely supported. And now the Nook has Free At&T Wi Fi meaning it's a seamless connectin in areas that want to charge you.
IMHO the Nook with wi fi and 3G trumps whispernet and 3G