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10-07-09, 06:29 AM
New Amazon Kindle to Download Books Beyond U.S.Wall Street Journal
By BRAD STONE
Published: October 7, 2009
The company announced on Tuesday evening that it would soon begin selling a new version of the Kindle that can wirelessly download books both in the United States as well as in more than 100 other countries.
The new Kindle is physically identical to Amazon’s current Kindle, with its slender profile, six-inch black-and-gray screen and angular keyboard. The main difference: it will use the wireless networks of AT&T and its international roaming partners, instead of Amazon’s existing wireless partner for the Kindle, Sprint. Sprint’s network is incompatible with most mobile networks outside of North America.
The new Kindle will sell for $279. It begins shipping on Oct. 19. ...More @ WSJ.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/technology/companies/07amazon.html?_r=1&hpw)
By BRAD STONE
Published: October 7, 2009
The company announced on Tuesday evening that it would soon begin selling a new version of the Kindle that can wirelessly download books both in the United States as well as in more than 100 other countries.
The new Kindle is physically identical to Amazon’s current Kindle, with its slender profile, six-inch black-and-gray screen and angular keyboard. The main difference: it will use the wireless networks of AT&T and its international roaming partners, instead of Amazon’s existing wireless partner for the Kindle, Sprint. Sprint’s network is incompatible with most mobile networks outside of North America.
The new Kindle will sell for $279. It begins shipping on Oct. 19. ...More @ WSJ.com (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/technology/companies/07amazon.html?_r=1&hpw)