[lanaer]

That seems to contradict the wording on B&N.

“Browse eBooks, magazines and newspapers on AT&T's 3G Wireless Network or on Wi-Fi. And every Barnes & Noble has free Wi-Fi, so you can connect at lightning fast speeds.”

Sounds like B&N is just marketing their Wi-Fi hotspots as a convenience, but it doesn’t need to be their hotspots; any Wi-Fi connection should do.

[cppppp]

Yes they even sell this as an advantage over the Kindle - you can connect anywhere in the world that has wifi.

It doesn't seem to do WEP/WPA so you are a bit limited to connect everywhere

[sh1mmer]

If it's built on Android it would be surprising if it doesn't handle WEP/WPA