12-10-2007, 09:20 AM | #16 |
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We in the UK have it even worse, when they make $9.99 = £9.99 .
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12-10-2007, 01:10 PM | #17 |
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Make it HSDPA, add WiFi, add a WACOM digital pen touchscreen (The same as iRex Iliad) and make it available subsidized for 1€ with a 6 month, 1 year or 2 year subscription contract. A 15€ per month subscription to be used on anything in the Kindle Store. The 15€ monthly plan should include up to 1.5GB monthly bandwidth to be used on free downloads from Gutenberg, an open RSS aggregator, Google Books, Google News, third party Audiobooks and ebooks providers and normal HSDPA website browsing.
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12-10-2007, 01:38 PM | #18 |
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That would be lovely. Can I have a free pony, too? I'm sure someday when the screens are cheaper, we'll see deals closer to that. I don't think that's going to happen for awhile.
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12-10-2007, 01:42 PM | #19 |
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Alisa, I think probably after Christmas, as long as Amazon can produce enough screens to satisfy a very large international demand, I am sure the Kindle will be available at $1 with a 24-month $19 subscription to the Kindle Store. Where those $19 have to be spent during the month and cannot be transferable to the next month. It's just like the way telecoms subsidize the mobile phones exactly in the same way.
If it's not going to be $1 Kindle from day one, then probably something like $99 upfront payment + 24-month $20 content subscription, or something like that. Last edited by Charbax; 12-10-2007 at 01:45 PM. |
12-10-2007, 01:44 PM | #20 |
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Charbax,
The screens currently run over $150 a piece. LCD screens are WAY cheaper. It's not about supply. It's about component cost. |
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Amazon is currently selling all they can at $399. They will very likely not be able to meet the international demand. Why would they cost themselves money by offering to subsidize it? |
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12-10-2007, 02:00 PM | #22 |
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Does this mean I'm not getting my pony?
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12-10-2007, 02:02 PM | #23 |
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12-10-2007, 02:06 PM | #24 |
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BWAH!
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12-15-2007, 10:22 PM | #25 |
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Unlikely
As Vodafone's network runs on GPRS and requires a SIM card this would mean a total redesign of the Kindle for the non-EV-DO network.
As there is a large American market currently available to Amazon (plus some smaller networks that run EVDO around the world) I would think they will concentrate on those markets in the short to mid term. Plus it is unlikely that GSM networks would allow a SIM card that works only for the Kindle device as they could make more by charging only for the data and allowing any data connection through the SIM. |
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Changing out the wireless hardware doesn't require a total redesign. It's actually a pretty simple change.
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12-16-2007, 12:14 AM | #27 |
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Not really...
For one there is the cost of GSM certification and network validity tests...
And, if you look at the EV-DO networks out there you will see that GSM converted handsets are few and far between, despite the user bases on EV-DO networks. Yes - It is possible. I however, doubt that a DRM crippled device has the reach needed to make it worth Amazons while. Therefore.... This rumour is but a rumour. (opinion) I would love to be proved wrong but this smells like the Vodafone/iPhone rumours that continue to circle. |
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could be as simple as something plugging into the USB port
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12-16-2007, 09:58 PM | #29 |
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Sure that is possible... however all the USB modems available currently from Vodafone cost around half as much as the Kindle itself. You would then pay data on top.
Plus you would lose the form factor of the device with a big USB dongle hangingfrom the side... |
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I found this reference on German ZDNet that indeed suggests that Amazon is in talks with Vodafone:
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