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Amazon puts the kibosh on Kindle Touch 3G’s experimental browsing free ride

Back within the early ’90s, a undeniable Mr. Vandross and Ms. Jackson serenaded us with a bit ditty at the benefits of free goods. Well, it’d be time they updated the track since the best things during this eReading life are not any longer free over a carrier’s 3G. For those who happened to grow conversant in sucking down data in your AT&T- or Sprint-enabled Kindle keyboard , we’d advise you to hang off on that newly introduced upgrade . An Amazon rep lurking the net retailer’s forums this past weekend delivered the disheartening news that experimental browsing over 3G at the Kindle Touch would now not be supported. Sure, you could connect with WiFi and surf via the clumsy E Ink browser, but where’s the on-the-go, loophole-exploiting fun in that? Bookworms with a predilection for an interwebbed free lunch should cling tightly to their outdated eReaders .

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