New Kindle to Download Books Abroad

kikar · 10-07-2009, 01:35 AM

Edit: Please go to our continuing discussion over here.

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

....The company announced on Tuesday evening that it would soon begin selling a new version of the Kindle that can wirelessly download books both in the United States as well as from more than 100 other countries.

The move pits Amazon.com, based in Seattle, against a range of other players in the growing global market for digital reading. The rivals include iRex, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, the Dutch consumer electronics company; Sony; and China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, which said last month it would soon begin selling several kinds of electronic reading devices.

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.

The new Kindle will sell for $279. It begins shipping on Oct. 19.......

desertgrandma · 10-07-2009, 01:40 AM

Yes........check out this thread........

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58608

luvshihtzu · 10-07-2009, 03:38 AM

And for those people wanting to buy the US version of the Kindle2, the price dropped to $259. That will be great for all the US people wanting to buy a new Kindle for a Christmas gift.

10-07-2009, 01:35 AM	#1
kikar Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 220 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Knoxville, TN Device: PRS-505, Kindle 2, iPod Touch	New Kindle to Download Books Abroad Edit: Please go to our continuing discussion over here. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/te.../07amazon.html ....The company announced on Tuesday evening that it would soon begin selling a new version of the Kindle that can wirelessly download books both in the United States as well as from more than 100 other countries. The move pits Amazon.com, based in Seattle, against a range of other players in the growing global market for digital reading. The rivals include iRex, a division of Royal Philips Electronics, the Dutch consumer electronics company; Sony; and China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile carrier, which said last month it would soon begin selling several kinds of electronic reading devices. 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. The new Kindle will sell for $279. It begins shipping on Oct. 19....... Last edited by Alexander Turcic; 10-07-2009 at 07:39 AM.

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10-07-2009, 01:40 AM	#2
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 9,622 Karma: 55355 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Surprise Arizona Device: 1 Kindle1, and an Asus 1000HE!	Yes........check out this thread........ http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58608

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luvshihtzu Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 50 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Kindle DX, Sony 505	And for those people wanting to buy the US version of the Kindle2, the price dropped to $259. That will be great for all the US people wanting to buy a new Kindle for a Christmas gift.