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Old 09-09-2010, 09:41 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by aleccj1 View Post
I was at a friends house showing him the Kindle 3 (he's thinking about buying one) and tried to show him the web browser. However, the Kindle notified me that I needed Wi-Fi in order to browse, which it strange, because I'm a US customer. Could it be that Amazon disabled 3G browsing?
Normally, you would get that message only if you had bought the WiFi-only Kindle. Since you have the 3G one, it's a bit strange.
When there's no WiFi available, the 3G/WiFi Kindle will use the 3G .

Also, you didn't say whether you were outside the U.S. when this happened, and that message would occur even then only when there was no AT&T-involved 3G available for your Kindle browser in that area.

It could be that there's no AT&T reception in your friend's area.

- Andrys

Last edited by andrys; 09-09-2010 at 09:43 PM. Reason: Noticed the device owned IS 3G/WiFi
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