Comments on: ‘Kindle going global—very soon!!??’

By: Marcel

Marcel — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:23:38 +0000

Several new devices will appear this summer, a new Bebook (Hanlin), the Cybook Opus, the Cooler ereader.. all of these will be available in the EU. Bebook will have a ‘whispernet’ of its own, and offer sd-card expansions for older versions to enable those to have wireless as well. Amazon is late.

By: Bruno Di Giandomenico

Bruno Di Giandomenico — Wed, 20 May 2009 20:38:46 +0000

I believe that the last hope in particular, the Whispernet, will not happen very soon and very easily. At least in the EU the telephone rates and (more important) the providers are so many and varied that a free Whispernet-like proviso would be akin to economical suicide. If you think that were I to be on holiday in France with my mobile phone and wished to call a friend in France, my call would be routed first to Italy to my provider via a French provider and then back to France. That is not all, as the French friend would be very annoyed with me, as he would have to pay too for an apparent international call.
So if I were a British or a German (the only places where Amazon has a shop) I would have to be very very careful where I shop for my books, or the downloading costs could amount to more that what the books were worth.
That is the situation now. I am curious though, to see if it can evolve.

By: Julie Ferguson

Julie Ferguson — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:42:10 +0000

Any news on Kindle for Canada?
I’m panting for it!!!

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:15:13 +0000

Whoops; TTS… Typo!
(Hmm, ability to edit posts would be nice.)
Just sayin’

By: Felix Torres

Felix Torres — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:14:01 +0000

I guess Amazon is still smarting over the TTF fiasco and don’t want to do the *rational* thing and ask that teritoriality be phased out?
Too bad.