While in Vietnam September 2011 on a very long 13 hour train ride, I wrote an article on using the Kindle 3 3G as a travel companion (
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/09/11/...vel-companion/)
Just yesterday I had a comment on my post in regards to usage of the 3g in Vietnam and that other blogs had stated that they had no coverage in Vietnam. Confused as I used it from the south to the north of the country and everywhere in between for full web access.
I had a look at the Amazon website and found that the international wireless coverage map (
http://client0.cellmaps.com/tabs.html#cellmaps_intl_tab) showed no coverage in Vietnam......WTF !!! Had I slurped too much Pho or had my brain liquefied in the tropical heat ??
After further research I looked at the international wireless coverage map from Amazon UK (
http://client0.cellmaps.com/viewer.html?cov=2&view=intl) ....ahh this shows FULL 3G coverage in Vietnam.
So the question is why the complete difference ?? The UK/International Kindle 3 3g uses a Vodafone sim ( which is normally a negative as their service ( coverage and quality ) in Australia is absolute rubbish ) in it while the US version uses an ATT sim. Is it just that Vodafone has better partnering in Vietnam, though I note that ATT does do international roaming in Vietnam. Is it political ???
Anyone have any thoughts ???