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Try the Wikipedia. It's more like Demon or Devil or some obscure 3rd century Chinese warlord.
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Quite possibly, so, RalphTrickey.
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C'mon guys he left a clue... lawn... Garden Gnome!
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Meanwhile we do have a muni wifi that works for the most part...sorta...but almost anywhere I am in town I have wifi. It costs me about $15/mo for up to three simultaneous connections. EVDO is expensive. $60/mo for so-called unlimited plans. Of course those unlimited plans are quite limited. Data caps and use restrictions are pretty restrictive. OTOH, wifi can exist in every home with broadband...it can be had at McDonalds, Starbucks, Burger King, Borders, Barnes & Noble, UPS Stores, Kinko's...etc...wifi is a value added service many small business owners can easily afford to bring in customers. Ignoring the technical merits of one service over the other...cost is the main issue... I am just thinking that EVDO service is an expensive addition only a small subset of cellular consumers will have...wifi is pretty common, almost everywhere...the idea is to get the device into the hands of as many consumers as possible. Better to have a more flexible wireless option...so, hopefully it will come standard with wifi and have an option to add an EVDO module. |
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I am not aware of EV-DO being available in the UK, out 3G phone network is W-CDMA as fas as I know.
However, even assuming that there is a W-CDMA or even a GPRS version of the Kindle for the UK/Europe, surely this would mean it needed a SIM card to access the network. Does this mean that Amazon will have some mega deal with a cell network to provide the connection so it "just works", or will Kindle users all have to shell out for another cell connection plan to use the Whispernet? |
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Amazon probably set themselves up as their own cellular carrier and has signed peering agreements. Not exactly peering, since Amazon will only be leeching. But at any rate, this would do away with the need for monthly usage billing to the customer. Amazon just pays the carriers for actual usage at wholesale rates. Then just calls that money the "cost of doing business". The money to pay for bandwith would come a little from device sales and a little on book sales percentages.
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Speculation it may be, MikeF74, but it's an excellent idea -- certainly the only approach I'd consider buying into as a prospective customer.
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Someone should search cellular company FCC filings for "whisper" to see if they can find any fairly new carriers with that in their name.
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All I really want to know is this... Will I be able to buy a Kindle - this week - for a very low price as long as I sign up for a 2, 3 or 5 year ebook subscription program! By very low I mean less than $100!
When someone can tell me this and where the Kindle is listed within Amazon, I'm ready to buy! Derek |
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