Thread: Guardian: No Kindle for the UK (or anywhere else outside US)
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Old 06-05-2008, 12:15 PM   #24
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As to how difficult it would be to swap it out would probably depend upon how the module was designed. If it was a standard mini PCMCIA or similar design, it would be a piece of cake. The harder part would be to program it for using multiple different networks.

I think it has more to do with the cellular tech that is slowing it down than Amazon not wanting to sell to as many people as possible.

It took the Apple many months to negotiate the iPhone release with Steve Jobs flying all over Europe talking to various head honchos and probably having the iPhone subjected to a number of test.

Switching from the CDMA Sprint system to the more global standard of GSM may not be as easy as we think.

Plus, since Amazon has a UK division, it would be hard for me to imagine them NOT wanting to sell the Kindle there.

There may be a whole lot of behind-the-scenes hoops to jump through so they don't have to make two versions of the same device (with the subsequent support required) that may be causing the delay.
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