Kindle now wireless in Colombia

rhydewithdis (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 09:39:

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 09:47:

Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 10:11:

rhydewithdis (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 11:53:

From the NYT:
"The new Kindle is physically identical to Amazon’s current Kindle, with its slender profile, six-inch black-and-gray screen and angular keyboard. The main difference: it will use the wireless networks of AT&T and its international roaming partners, instead of Amazon’s existing wireless partner for the Kindle, Sprint. Sprint’s network is incompatible with most mobile networks outside of North America."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/technology/companies/07amazon.html

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rhydewithdis (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 18:48:

Based on this compilation, it looks like 3G access to the Amazon store will be available in Colombia:
http://blogkindle.com/2009/10/international-release-of-kindle-2/

Not sure who AT&T has a roaming agreement with but it is probably Comcel.

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tannedincali (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 19:08:

rhydewithdis (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 19:29:

kramer says on Oct 7, 2009, 20:17:

I use my netbook for most reading. Most of my reading is newspapers, blogs, forums, articles on the web, etc. A book is just one special form of reading anymore. Many books are too long because that was the form they had to take in the era of pleasing publishers to get a book published. Network access to electronic media has changed all that.

That being said, I wish Amazon would halt this content cartel and allow a Kindle reader to run on PC's, but they won't do that.

I spend about 10 months per year out of the USA and so would like more access to English language books (and more elementary Spanish books). I have a new Ipod Touch being sent to me right now and hope to read the occasional Kindle book on there (basically it is an Iphone without the phone and without 3G). Not a perfect solution, but I least I can use it for a host of other things, including mobile web surfing on WiFi, instead of just one thing like a Kindle.

I have not read the stats on the new Kindle, but when I went to the site it seemed like you had to order your machine for a specific country. That (might) mean that if you buy it in one country, it may not work in another country. It depends on the implementation. There are 5 different popular 3G bands (850/900/1700/1900/2100, if memory serves). I don't know of any modem that covers them all, most cover 1 to 3 3G bands. I doubt they are using GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900) because it would be too slow, although a single modem can easily cover all 4 of these bands.

Kramer

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tannedincali (☼Travelguide writer) says on Oct 7, 2009, 20:50: