tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post6224839818161186026..comments2024-03-18T22:39:50.137-07:00Comments on A Kindle World blog: Kindle's One-time cost vs Subscription-plan costsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-9893718953572708742009-06-18T22:14:28.456-07:002009-06-18T22:14:28.456-07:00thanks for the tip about the web browser, I do use...thanks for the tip about the web browser, I do use it every now and then so I'll how it works in advanced mode.kindle 2http://thekindlewarehouse.com/kindle-2-reviews/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-41872126407017191882009-06-17T15:41:21.923-07:002009-06-17T15:41:21.923-07:00Anonymous,
That's exactly right, but Jeff Be...Anonymous,<br /> That's exactly right, but Jeff Bezos has recently been pushing this concept quite a bit saying that the wireless is free, so it shouldn't be anytime soon that they do any kind of tiered pricing because it would remove their current advantage and also go against how he's been selling the device in recent interviews and conferences.<br /><br /> Another article I included involves an estimate that the actual cost of the deal with Sprint, with leftover broadband, is about $2 per customer monthly. <br /> http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/2009/05/kindle-wireless-subscription-model-for.html<br /><br /> That's opposed to an average $56/mo under normal circumstances. If it's that low, maybe our hopes will be met :-)<br /><br /> I use it only when out of the house normally, except that if reading a blog at night and not wanting to get up, I will sometimes turn on wireless and follow the links... They encourage use with their preset bookmarks and a video I featured (an Amazon rep talking to a partner university) shows the representative stressing that accessing google and wikipedia is free. So we should have it for probably at least a year.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109282436243758435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872447660964013545.post-42637728488892934672009-06-17T15:24:19.080-07:002009-06-17T15:24:19.080-07:00Note that from what I can tell buying a Kindle doe...Note that from what I can tell buying a Kindle doesn't guarantee free wireless access to the web for any amount of time. They could at any time remove the "experimental" browser or start charging for wireless access. Hopefully normal functioning (Kindle store, wikipedia) requires the browser enough that it stays or improves and a wireless access charge that kept wikipedia and the store free would be too complicated to implement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com