Thread: No UK Kindle launch before Xmas
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Old 10-17-2008, 03:13 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by CanadianContent View Post
Is there any news of a Kindle release for Canada ? I was really expecting this to be before the Europe release. Although Europe will be a bigger market, I would have thought the wireless requirement would have been easier to achieve within one country rather than negotiating in the many countries of Europe.
Maybe Amazon are looking at a wifi version for Kindle 2 which could then be sold across North America, rather than just the US.

My bet is that their developing a combined CDMA/GSM Version which they could use worldwide. The Kindle is due for a refresh soon as after all its already been out for a year.

Think about it. They need GSM (GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA) for Europe, South America,Africa, The Middl East and Most of Asia.

However they still need CDMA support for North America (Where GSM coverage is comparatively limited), Korea & Japan.

With the new mobile chips (think from Qualcomm) which allow you to have both CDMA as well as GSM on the same chip, it makes sense to make one standard product.
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