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Thread ID: 111495 2010-07-30 00:26:00 Kindle coming to NZ (yawn?) johcar (6283) PC World Chat
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1123360 2010-07-30 00:26:00 With Vodafone as the carrier - don't you just hate exclusive deals!?

www.nbr.co.nz

The other issue is blocked content - some titles just can't be sold in NZ due to agreements in place with publishers of dead tree books...
johcar (6283)
1123361 2010-07-30 00:38:00 Dead tree books lol brightened up my otherwise stink day.
:)
prefect (6291)
1123362 2010-07-30 01:38:00 I don't care in the slightest.

I'd rather have a paper book (doesn't need batteries and you can drop it, pass it through strong electro\magnetic fields, etc etc)

If I really do have a strong desire to take 10000+ eBooks around with me I would use a Netbook\Laptop, which can be used as a normal computer as well.
Agent_24 (57)
1123363 2010-07-30 07:19:00 Pity it's the small 6" version and not the 9.7" DX model which Amazon won't sell outside the US.. paulw (1826)
1123364 2010-07-30 07:25:00 Never put the words 'small' and '6" ' in the same sentence.

As a man, you should be ashamed of yourself! :D
johcar (6283)
1123365 2010-07-30 11:37:00 Never put the words ' small ' and ' 6" ' in the same sentence.

As a man, you should be ashamed of yourself! :D
Oh my...
Renmoo (66)
1123366 2010-07-30 21:00:00 I'd rather have a paper book (doesn't need batteries and you can drop it, pass it through strong electro\magnetic fields, etc etc)


Drop it in the bath and it just needs a bit of time to dry out.
pctek (84)
1123367 2010-07-31 00:23:00 Drop it in the bath and it just needs a bit of time to dry out.

Yeah, and drop a kindle in the bath and it'll probably short out, and drying it won't make any difference...
Agent_24 (57)
1123368 2010-08-01 23:32:00 With Vodafone as the carrier - don't you just hate exclusive deals!?

Why should you care, you won't personally have any relationship with Vodafone, Amazon are just using them.

"Kindle ebook downloads via Vodafone's 3G network will be free, said the Amazon rep (or built into the cost of the ebook, depending on your point of view)."
PaulD (232)
1123369 2010-08-02 00:22:00 I read that later Paul - but can't understand what's in it for Vodafone, apart from maybe a small chunk of revenue when the device is sold to a punter.

If there are no ongoing charges to customers, how is VF justifying the business model?
johcar (6283)
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