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Originally Posted by daffy4u
Are there no other cell carriers in Germany? What if Amazon bought part of one of the smaller ones, they could still get there. Where there's will there's a way.  |
Yes, last I counted there where 4 - but those are the bigger one. I guess Amazon has to start from scratch with there negotiations. That will take time by which Sony with it's old PRS 505 will have taken the marked already. You find Sony's in any book store in Germany and Switzerland.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
So Amazon can readily produce an unlocked GSM or WiFi version of K2 at the drop of a hat.
The real hangups are the back-end services, book catalog, and certification.
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But that is not Amazons business strategy. Amazon want vendor lock it. If they did not they would have capitalized on Mobipocket instead. Which all ready has all the back end services and catalogues for Germany (but without vendor lock in).
Martin