4 ms·
"When Bezos insisted that the original 2007 Kindle include a cellular connection so customers could download and access e-books from anywhere, people thought th
by guiomie 12y ago
"When Bezos insisted that the original 2007 Kindle include a cellular connection so customers could download and access e-books from anywhere, people thought the idea was an exorbitant flourish that would eat into profits. But his prescience was part of what made the Kindle a smash hit." ...
Really? Anyone can back this up? I would have thought the opposite. I didn't buy the 3G Kindle because it was more exepensive, all I cared was the eink display.
- mynameishere 12y agoYes, it's pretty neat. I have an old kindle refurb and just now (as a test) ordered a free public domain book and it took about 2 seconds to show up. I think the whole point of that feature was to capture the airport book market--people facing a four hour flight have a million books to choose from instead of fifty rubbishy paperbacks.
- tdicola 12y agoAncecdotal, but I remember when the original Kindle came out I thought exactly that. Who would want to pay more money just so you can buy a book when you're sitting at a park or coffee shop? Just give me a device I can tether to my computer and load in books like it's iTunes. The beauty of the cell connection was that it got rid of all the pain of putting stuff on the device. My parents had no idea how to get music on an iPod, but they could easily click a buy button on Amazon.com and see their book on the Kindle within moments like it was magic.
- tonyarkles 12y agoI've got an old 3G kindle (bought second hand). It's a feature I don't really think about until I'm out at the cabin and feel like reading a book I bought a while ago. Tada! Super cool feature, although I'm not sure I would have paid extra for it when I was considering a kindle initially.