Comments on: Amazon’s TextBuyIt: Shopping for books and other items on your mobile phone with text messaging http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/03/amazons-textbuyit-shopping-for-books-and-other-items-on-your-mobile-phone-with-text-messaging/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:46:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: HeavyG http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/03/amazons-textbuyit-shopping-for-books-and-other-items-on-your-mobile-phone-with-text-messaging/#comment-752301 HeavyG Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:37:23 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/04/03/amazons-textbuyit-shopping-for-books-and-other-items-on-your-mobile-phone-with-text-messaging/#comment-752301 David asks: <i>"Will the Kindle itself soon be turned into an order-taker for much more than books?"</i> Using the Kindle's web browser one has always had the ability to use the amazon website to buy anything available on the site. The only flaw is that I have not been able to turn on one-click ordering and use my Prime member status which makes it a little more tedious to buy things and I can't get free shipping for orders less than $25. My guess is that if Kindle sales do actually amount to much that amazon will make tweaks to their site and Kindle browser to make use of their site via the browser more convenient. David asks:

“Will the Kindle itself soon be turned into an order-taker for much more than books?”

Using the Kindle’s web browser one has always had the ability to use the amazon website to buy anything available on the site.

The only flaw is that I have not been able to turn on one-click ordering and use my Prime member status which makes it a little more tedious to buy things and I can’t get free shipping for orders less than $25.

My guess is that if Kindle sales do actually amount to much that amazon will make tweaks to their site and Kindle browser to make use of their site via the browser more convenient.

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