Boris Liberman wrote:
Paul, what strikes me odd in this story is that it seems Kindle is
either always connected or something like that. In general, should I
have a thing such as this, I would obviously download books from the
store and turn off whatever connectivity the device has. Also, in the
case of that person who produced side notes, perhaps in general Kindle
should have displayed a message saying that they might want to save
their notes aside and then have the book deleted. Although admittedly
they say they have refunded all the customers from whom the book was
deleted.
Odd story indeed.
Hi Boris...
I have a brand new Kindle II. Replaced my Kindle I.
On my Kindle I, I had two slide switches: one to turn the Kindle itself
on and off, and one for turning the connection to Amazon.com via their
WhisperNet® cell phone frequency network on and off.
I never use the Amazon slide switch unless or until I wanted to download
another book.
Once you're connected to your Kindle, you're only accessing what's
already downloaded and contained on your reader's memory.
Amazon has no ability to contact you during any of your normal use
times. You're merely retrieving from stored data.
Just like a folder on your CPU, vs. accessing the internet.
I am not yet familiar with how my Kindle II handles that, as I don't see
two slide switches! I've GOT to spend some time familiarizing myself
with it.
So far, I see nothing wrong with how Amazon handled the interaction
between customers and potential breaking of any laws.
Unless and until we all know the WHOLE story, I choose to withhold
negative judgment, unlike some on this thread.
People can change, corporations can change.
BTW, to keep on overall topic, I recently purchased an almost brand-new
all black MZ-3, rather rare in this country (US) and it's a total beauty!
I mated it to my almost brand-new (used) FA 1:4 28-70mm AL zoom.
I am loading it up with film this afternoon. Anxious to see how it does.
I think I'm going to really, really like this camera! The MZ-3 is truly
a class act.
Almost as much as I do my brand-new Kindle II! :-D
Best to you... keith
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