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04-25-2023, 10:42 AM | #182 |
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Most Kindles don't have a mobile/cell modem, it's an extra cost.
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04-25-2023, 10:55 AM | #183 |
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Well...honestly, again, I tend to buy whatever is at the top end, not for frivolity but I typically need the extra space and speed and all that jazz. NOW, I'm gonna have to check.
(And I loathe ads, so those don't live there either.) Hitch |
04-25-2023, 11:29 AM | #184 |
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Some models of Kindle don't seem to have a 3G/4G Cell/Mobile option.
Kindle Scribe: No mention. Current Kindle Oasis: There is an option with mobile modem. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07XYF7Y8N Also the previous model. The Modem was an option on the KK3. But strangely the DXG has no WiFi. Not mentioned is that the 3G models that work in Europe also support 2G GSM and GSM's EDGE, which is as fast as ordinary 3G and more reliable (no cell breathing). The GSM or EDGE 2G isn't being turned off in many countries because it's used even on new "Smart" Electricity meters, some traffic lights, water or gas meters etc. My DXG often only finds 2G (GSM-EDGE version), actually has EDGE in small text instead of 3G. Rural 3G and 4G is often rubbish away from main highways in Ireland or UK. The 2nd Gen Oasis does EDGE (2G), 3G and 4G, but not 4G in Europe. It's USA 4G only. The USA 2G is unrelated to Europe 2G (GSM) and is rubbish. Qualcomm influenced the 3G deliberations because they had 3G patents based on USA 2G (CDMA). The 4G is similar to what 3G would have been if USA hadn't based 3G on same CDMA as USA 2G. The 3G is poor for efficiency as users connect, dropping to half total speed and shrinking range (cell breathing just as on USA 2G). The GSM & also EDGE versions of GSM 2G survive in some places and will outlive the crippled 3G spec because it's very stable. There is no cell shrinkage (breathing) as users added. Last edited by Quoth; 04-25-2023 at 11:37 AM. |
04-25-2023, 11:47 AM | #185 |
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The cell service is why Amazon charges data fees. Amazon really should dump the cell modems from all Kindles and any Kindle capable of WiFi, disable the cell service.
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The publisher is assessed the fee based on the size of book regardless of the actual delivery method. Perhaps the initial justification was the cost of cellular service for early Kindles but the connection between book size and Amazon’s cost to deliver has not matched up for a long time.
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We just happen to live in a small dead spot--you had to walk 500' outside of the house in any direction, to start to get even a single bar. LOL. So...never would have crossed my mind as usable. With the aid of repeaters, etc. we have it now--but if you wanted to get texts, you had to do the "500 feet outside in any direciton" walk but if you actually needed to call anyone, you had to get in the car and drive the 3 miles up the hill to the Fire house. LOL. Hitch |
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End result was, we put much lower resolution images in the Kindle version to keep the delivery fee down. And we put a QR code on the illustrations table of contents that leads to higher quality images online. The ePub version just has the higher quality images in it. EDIT: and now I’ve read the other posts after that one. jhowell and Hitch are right. I would love to be able to offer Kindle readers the full experience, but when we’re looking at delivery fees of $4.50 per book, on a $10 book, it’s just not happening. Adding the QR code was the best we could do, but a lot of people probably missed it because they didn’t look at the contents page. I know the Big Five aren’t paying delivery fees. I asked our Amazon guy if there was any chance of us being able to get a non-KDP deal, and there just isn’t. Amazon is not making any new deals with publishers like those ones. It’s KDP or the highway. At least our Amazon guy was able to swing us changing the book titles before release, after preorders had started, since we’re keeping the titles a surprise for those who want to not know. KDP’s automated review was having none of that. Last edited by Peter Ahlstrom; 04-28-2023 at 01:09 AM. |
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Ah, Canada's Mighty Rodgers. But in USA there might have been only one or two small operators with GSM.
I watched the Documentary, Canadian Bacon. Does graffiti on trucks really have to be in French and English, or only in Quebec? I did write USA in my post and I am somewhat ignorant of Canada. I've worked in three telecom companies (in Ireland) and worked / business trips to Orville Ohio, Pittsburg, Boston, New Jersey, Brooklyn and Manhattan. No tourist time. I'm aware some things in Canada are the same and some different to USA and the USA isn't homogenous. Also Mexico is in North America and all I know about it is that some bits of it are now in the USA, there might be more Spanish and also real natives compared to USA. Not sure why Spanish isn't an official second language in the USA? |
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They could only charge for delivery to publishers/authors via Amazon cell/mobile. The present situation is unfair and if any publisher with deep pockets sued Amazon they might charge cell only. I can't see that happening. We are stuck with it till there are no more free cell/mobile access Kindles. |
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