A new rumour claims that Amazon wants to take their Kindle e-reader international. And while such a feat isn’t a big deal for most of its competition, the Kindle’s Whispernet service (a free EVDO connection allowing the downloads of books, etc from the Amazon store) will need a new partner to work across Europe (along with some hardware revision). And as rumour has it that Amazon is in talks with Vodafone Chief Arun Sarin to make this happen, sell e-books to everyone, take over the world, etc. Buyer beware: our attempts to burn Kindles in protest just won’t have the impact of a good, paper book burning. [mobileread]
C. McClean
January 17, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Oh please…..do you know what a wonderful thing it would be if they DID/COULD take over the world with this kind of technology? Imagine my being a teacher in the amazon of Peru (or a doctor, as I am) and being able to download, in a flash or a specialized cellular network a book my students would otherwise never put theri grubby, dirty, fingers on. Say even Trotsky if you like….
Good things SHOULD take over the world. Countries, now those should stop existing (in color or black and white)
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