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Originally Posted by slayda
I wonder if future Kindles will come without a switch to turn off Whispernet thus retaining Amazon's right to enter your Kindle!  |
Highly improbable. It is a requirement to be able to switch off the cellular radio to take a device on an aircraft. Do you think that Amazon would want to sell a device that you couldn't fly with?
Remember, too, the way that cellular radios work. If there's no signal, the radio switches to higher and higher power settings to try and find one. For people outside Sprint coverage, a Kindle with a cellular radio which couldn't be switched off would drain its battery flat in a matter of hours.