Comments on: Kindle International Coverage Map

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:08:43 +0000

With the Kindle 3 this is completely out of date.

By: ab

ab — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:23:25 +0000

I just picked up a kindle 2 intl edition to take with me to Mali and now i see that it is on the unavailable list. Admittedly im new to this. Can i bring it with me and purchase new books on it or is it not supported?
Cheers,

By: Lim

Lim — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:36:52 +0000

Availability of the device could because of the censorship and the licensing issue within the country, as Singapore Government take longer process on these serious matter, thus, shipping of Kindle to SG would either not available / taking longer time.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:36:13 +0000

Hi
Anyone know the real reason Kindle is not shipped to Singapore?
Very embarrassing. A country with English as the official language and GDP per capita second only to Japan. Even countries like Mongolia and Sri Lanka etc has got it.
Something is very wrong here!!

By: susan

susan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:20:52 +0000

dissappointed. First day in Baja, Mexico and there is no wireless coverage. Just bought my kindle two weeks ago and did not preload it with books. Thought I could do it on vacation. Am I doing something wrong.

By: Dave Page

Dave Page — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:40:40 +0000

My CDMA Kindle 2 wireless works in Shanghai, China. (There is a CDMA provider there). Amazon customer support says “The wireless in China is a feature which can be used for Kindle.” Purchasing books works exactly the same as in the USA — except a bit slower. The prices appear to be the same (no additional charge).

By: luis mtz

luis mtz — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:21:30 +0000

In mexico we have access to web, but we cannot subscribe to blogs from amazon.com.

By: Priscilla harris

Priscilla harris — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:38:38 +0000

When if ever will International Kindle be available in China?

By: Frank Taylor

Frank Taylor — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:08:15 +0000

Thanks for the really useful table.

Can you define what is meant by “wireless” and “blogs”?

Does “wireless” just mean the ability to use Whispernet to download books and sync reading status, or does it include wider Internet access.

E.g. in the UK will the Kindle be able to access Wikipedia for free (which I believe is a feature in the US)?

By: Pornin

Pornin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:08:24 +0000

Again, this grid isn’t right. You say that all these European countries have duty included when that’s not true. They all have a 40-50 euro duty.

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:48:17 +0000

Thank you for the informative table. It thought that with our free trade agreement with the USA I might be able to avoid import duties for Australia. I can see from your table that the duty is “included”. This is nice to know.

I’m curious if there has been any stated reasons from Amazon for holding back on the blog/web browser functionality? I’m thinking that it may be due to wireless provider agreements or perhaps there is a need for local server infrastructure if the browser is “proxied” by the local network.

I would think that if AT&T are the network providers for the international wireless that they are really using local infrastructure networks who have the towers for the link from the device to the tower. Then I would imagine that the local network would provide data transport to an AT&T gateway where the AT&T network backhaul would be provided through the global AT&T network.

I have personally arranged for AT&T connections to several sites for my employer in the past and although I would NOT characterize it as tedious, it is definitely a non-trivial exercise and requires some significant lead-time. Perhaps the blog/browser service will be provided when the requisite pieces are put in place.

Mike Smith – dominoconsultant.org

By: Alvin

Alvin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:48:48 +0000

“Blogs” is “Browser”?
Amazon.com product page shows “Blogs are currently not available for your country” in Hong Kong, Japan and Mexico.

By: Pornin

Pornin — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:49:37 +0000

On the earlier version of this grid you had India and the United Kingdom as not having duty included, but now they are listed as having it included. Did it change? How do you find what the duty charges are?