It's not a real touch-screen

[Lemurion]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

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.

BOb

What if they put the SIM card in a PC-Card modem?

That wouldn't save Amazon money.

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by Lemurion

What if they put the SIM card in a PC-Card modem?

That wouldn't save Amazon money.

Good point. But, I also bet it is possible to make the SIM card integral so it couldn't be removed.

BOb

[Lemurion]

Originally Posted by pilotbob

Good point. But, I also bet it is possible to make the SIM card integral so it couldn't be removed.

BOb

Technically you could probably build the SIM functionality into the module - giving the module itself an ICCID, but I have doubts whether that would actually be allowed to fly by the GSM standards body.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Lemurion

Technically you could probably build the SIM functionality into the module - giving the module itself an ICCID, but I have doubts whether that would actually be allowed to fly by the GSM standards body.

So CDMA phones don't have any equivalent of a SIM card? How, then, do you transfer all your personal data (address book, etc), from one CDMA phone to another when you buy a new phone?

[bbusybookworm]

Originally Posted by HarryT

So CDMA phones don't have any equivalent of a SIM card? How, then, do you transfer all your personal data (address book, etc), from one CDMA phone to another when you buy a new phone?

Well From What I understand, the newer CDMA standards do allow for a SIM card. But I dont't think it is arequirement like in the GSM standard.

The only place I've actually seen it in use is in india where Tata Indicom uses CDMA and introduced SIM cards on their newer phones a couple of years ago.

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by HarryT

So CDMA phones don't have any equivalent of a SIM card? How, then, do you transfer all your personal data (address book, etc), from one CDMA phone to another when you buy a new phone?

I was a little surprised to discover that my cellphone doesn't have a SIM card. (Sprint is the service provider.)

[pilotbob]

Originally Posted by HarryT

So CDMA phones don't have any equivalent of a SIM card? How, then, do you transfer all your personal data (address book, etc), from one CDMA phone to another when you buy a new phone?

The phones have ports to interface with a PC. I know at Alltel they will backup your contacts and such and restore it to the new phone for you. I assume other carriers do the same. Also, I think some carriers back up your data in the "cloud" and you can restore to a different phone if you want.

Some phones use microSD cards and put the data on that... not all though... so you would need another phone that accepts one. But, generally these cards are for music and photo storage.

BOb

[HarryT]

Thanks, Bob. I know that many phone operators here in the UK offer a backup service too, in case you lose your phone (and hence your SIM card). It's easy with something like a Windows "Smartphone", of course, because it just "syncs" all your contacts, etc, with Outlook.