On my wife's Kindle, the web browsing experience was so bad that after she did it once she said "Never again."
I always thought that calling "experimental web browsing" was a weasel wording from Amazon. By calling it an "experiment" then they could pull the feature at any time and simply say "Well it was never REALLY a feature, it was an Experimental Feature..." and blah blah blah. Looks like that is now the case. On Oct 4, 8:22 am, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > Those tricksy Amazonians! The Kindle Touch 3G will have an experimental > browser built-in but it will only run on Wi-Fi, not 3G. Browsing over 3G has > been supported since the first Kindle and, to be fair, the experience was > approximately abysmal. However, people love their free stuff and clearly this > could be a deal-breaker. > > In a customer forum, an Amazon spokesperson wrote: > > We apologize for the confusion. Our new Kindle Touch 3G enables you to > connect to the Kindle Store, download books and periodicals, and access > Wikipedia – all over 3G or Wi-Fi. Experimental web browsing (outside of > Wikipedia) on Kindle Touch 3G is only available over Wi-Fi. > > Our Kindle Keyboard 3G will continue to offer experimental web browsing over > 3G or Wi-Fi. > > You’ll also note that they’re calling the old Kindle the “Kindle Keyboard.” > Here’s hoping they don’t make a Kindle Keyboard for Kids. > > via Beyond Black Friday > > Crunchbase > > AMAZON > Company: Amazon > Website: amazon.com > Launch Date: October 3, 1994 > IPO: NASDAQ:AMZN > Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) is a leading global Internet company and one of the > most trafficked Internet retail destinations worldwide. Amazon is one of the > first companies to sell products deep into the long tail by housing them all > in numerous warehouses and distributing products from many partner companies. > Amazon directly sells, or acts as a platform for the sale of a broad range of > products. These include books, music, videos, consumer electronics, clothing > and household products. The majority of Amazon’s... > > Learn more > > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/J8VYe5sc-vE/ > > Sent with MobileRSS HD -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
