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Old 10-26-2008, 01:06 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by Lemurion View Post
but I really think one reason Amazon went CDMA rather than GSM was because CDMA can be tied to a single piece of hardware unlike GSM. If you have GSM you need a SIM, which is removable.

That could open Amazon's closed system in a way they wouldn't appreciate.
Why would someone that has a Kindle with free wireless want to change the SIM card out to something else... perhaps something they would need to pay for? Also, if they didn't use the service then it would save Amazon money. No... worry about a SIM card is not the issue.

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