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dcubed2 · 04-05-2010, 05:16 PM

The Kindle wireless is free, included with your Kindle. Amazon can make this a fee at a later date, but I don't think it will. Web browsing is very limited outside the Kindle store, so offering the free wireless means they get more sales. The eDGe offers a much more robust web browsing experience, so it won't be free - after all enTourage isn't going to be making the money on book sales that Amazon does :-)

Since Amazon switched to AT&T for the International version, I've heard the coverage isn't as good as it was with Sprint(?)though it works internationally. We'll see who enTourage contracts with or if it'll be an unlocked 3G SIM.

04-05-2010, 05:16 PM	#5
dcubed2 Edge User	The Kindle wireless is free, included with your Kindle. Amazon can make this a fee at a later date, but I don't think it will. Web browsing is very limited outside the Kindle store, so offering the free wireless means they get more sales. The eDGe offers a much more robust web browsing experience, so it won't be free - after all enTourage isn't going to be making the money on book sales that Amazon does :-) Since Amazon switched to AT&T for the International version, I've heard the coverage isn't as good as it was with Sprint(?)though it works internationally. We'll see who enTourage contracts with or if it'll be an unlocked 3G SIM.