Amazon Kindle does not whisper
Can you hear the whisper?
I have been eyeing the Amazon Kindle DX for some time. I like to read, but getting English books while I am abroad is quite troublesome at many places. I must say that I like the idea of Kindle downloading your books through WiFi or UMTS/3G mobile data by utilizing its Amazon Whispernet. Howsoever, when the wireless feature was announced I was thinking of apps that could run on it, as no matter what, the DX is a decent tablet PC, just short of the color display though. Rephrasing, its indeed an ideal device for VoIP. And Amazon did a pretty good negotiation on roaming Charges: 1 Mega Byte of transfer overseas costs only 99 cents versus the big 20 dollars that a US AT&T Apple iPhone user would have to pay when roaming like in Germany for an example.
When we learned today that Amazon will soon launch a developer kit I immediately looked it up, and what a disappointment it was. The first reference to the not allowed features was the Voice over IP functionality. Sorry guys, no web-phone, no browser phone, no free calls. I guess I will be heading to my usual book store as usual.
The Whispernet is rather a Silentnet. Hence, Kindle does not whisper!
Image: Yaron Jeroen van Oostrom
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Great post, thanks. I’ve enjoyed your blog for quite awhile and I should comment more.
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Ich bin stolzer Besitzer eines Amazon Kindle, jedoch denke ich das er bald abgel
I just got my Amazon Kindle from amazon.com and all I want to say is goodbye to paper but I think the iPad will be kill the Kindle from Amazon