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Old 12-18-2010, 08:48 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by InkiMail View Post
Amazon's Whispernet is a fairly expensive service for Amazon to support. They haven't pushed a software update to the Kindle devices for quite some time. One reason is the expense of getting into the always connected devices over Whispernet without a clear return on that expense.
Interesting set of suppositions. It could be that they haven't pushed a software update because they're not ready. And I'd like to see how you know what their expenses are for always connected devices. Since Amazon is pretty quiet about their profits and costs, I suspect you're just guessing.

Part of the cost of the Kindles is to pay for the "free" 3G. I would guess that less than 10% of Kindle users are anywhere near to abusing that free connection. The Kindle isn't really built for easy web browsing.
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