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Old 01-02-2010, 10:57 AM   #1
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Question Question about kindle2 Global Version

a question about global version.

if a us buyer bought kindle2 global version, and travel to europe, can he use kindle to visit the experimental web browser?

I read from amazon, "Blogs and the experimental web browser are currently not available for your country. You will have free access to Wikipedia." European countries are not supported "Blogs and the experimental web browser". i want to know this is only to buyers in europe or also US user travel in US?

did any US buyer try to use kindle2 in Europe and get Blogs and the experimental web browser, such as CNN and google ?

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Old 01-02-2010, 03:01 PM   #2
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it does not matter where you buy the kindle 2 global wireless device as they are all identical now. they all have the same at&t sim card in them, so if you leave the US, then you start roaming and loose access to all but kindle store and wikipedia.

i believe this to be the correct answer to your question, someone may confirm. :-)
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Old 01-02-2010, 04:25 PM   #3
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it does not matter where you buy the kindle 2 global wireless device as they are all identical now. they all have the same at&t sim card in them, so if you leave the US, then you start roaming and loose access to all but kindle store and wikipedia.

i believe this to be the correct answer to your question, someone may confirm. :-)
thank u for your reply, however, I heard someone in UK also can access CNN and google. how it is possible?
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Old 01-02-2010, 05:19 PM   #4
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If you have Wikipedia, then wouldn't you have full web access? Unless there is some way I am not seeing, when I type something in then choose wikipedia it takes me to the Wikipedia page via the web browser.
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in Australia, we have access to Wikipedia but if we try to access anything else it just says not available in your country
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thank u for your reply, however, I heard someone in UK also can access CNN and google. how it is possible?
If you have your country set to United States you can access the full web (at least while in Australia - not sure about Europe).
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If you have your country set to United States you can access the full web (at least while in Australia - not sure about Europe).
thank you for your information.

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If you have your country set to United States you can access the full web (at least while in Australia - not sure about Europe).
Be aware that this is will probably give Amazon more expenses and thus may be disabled later on. Or maybe Amazon will get a better deal with AT&T and make it available for all...
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thank u for your reply, however, I heard someone in UK also can access CNN and google. how it is possible?
When my Kindle is registered to my US account I can access all the US content (i.e. more than just Wiki and Amazon.com) even though I'm in the UK. Occasionally the access continues even when I deregister it from the US account and reregister it with the UK account.

As I normally keep my 3G switched off to save battery power it may be that I keep US content until I switch on the 3G and my Kindle "updates" (I know that's the wrong technical term but you know what I mean!) my country of residence.
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