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The iPhone/iTouch is available in places other the the US, right? I seem to remember a big hoopla when it went on sale in the UK. So, wouldn't that mean that people outside of the US are now able to acquire Kindle content? Do you think the iPhone app is the first step towards an international Kindle? As outlined above, people outside the US were previously able to download Kindle content in a roundabout manner. And I actually think the first step towards an international Kindle was the design of the K2. The original Kindle had its CDMA modem soldered to the board. The new one has it in a mini PCI-Express slot, with solder points right next to it for a SIM card reader. In order to release a version of the Kindle for use outside the US, they'd simply have to put a GSM modem in that slot and attach the SIM slot to the board. But they won't do that until they have content and carrier agreements in place, of course. |
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« Reply #126 on: March 08, 2009, 04:06:38 AM » |
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A gift card on a cell phone is one way of getting around that. You still have to be able to down load the application. From what I have read, the application is only available in the US.
I have no idea how they can block an application from being downloaded outside of the US.
I have no idea either, but they have. My friend in Germany told me that she couldn't download the app. So no luck there. Apparently they are releasing the Sony ereader in Europe on March 11th. When will they get an international Kindle on the market? My friends are so eager to get one but my German friend might cave for the Sony. I'm telling her to hold out. L |
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« Reply #127 on: March 08, 2009, 09:39:04 AM » |
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I just realize that with iPhone, iTouch, Amazon need to increase the number of device we can share books. 6 won't be enough.
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« Reply #128 on: March 08, 2009, 01:37:54 PM » |
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You can have more then six devices on your account. You can only share a book on six devices at any one time.
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« Reply #129 on: March 08, 2009, 01:48:37 PM » |
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You can have more then six devices on your account. You can only share a book on six devices at any one time.
So.. just deregister and register again for some device when you want to have a book? |
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« Reply #130 on: March 08, 2009, 02:11:02 PM » |
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Delete the book after you finish reading it.
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« Reply #131 on: March 08, 2009, 02:13:46 PM » |
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I had issues with my iPhone app working a few pages back. Wanted to give an update. Yesterday, I hooked up my iPhone to my computer with the expectation that I would do a hard reset after a backup of the iPhone. Once backed up, PRIOR to hard reset, I tried to again, log into amazon account via app. It worked!!! Yippee! I am now a 2 device reader!
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« Reply #132 on: March 08, 2009, 02:18:33 PM » |
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Oh... now I understand how this works. You can register more then 6 but Amazon keeps the track of which device a book is on so a book can only be on 6 devices at a time. If one device delete that book, the 7th device can get that book. Thanks, ProfCrash.  |
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« Reply #133 on: March 08, 2009, 02:22:29 PM » |
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Delete the book after you finish reading it.
It doesn't work like that apparently. Once you've downloaded a book to a device you have a license for that device. The only way to remove the license is to have Amazon Customer Service go in and manually do it. I have more than 60 books I need to do this for. <sigh> |
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« Reply #134 on: March 08, 2009, 02:26:01 PM » |
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It doesn't work like that apparently. Once you've downloaded a book to a device you have a license for that device. The only way to remove the license is to have Amazon Customer Service go in and manually do it. I have more than 60 books I need to do this for. <sigh>
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« Reply #135 on: March 08, 2009, 02:29:57 PM » |
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It doesn't work like that apparently. Once you've downloaded a book to a device you have a license for that device. The only way to remove the license is to have Amazon Customer Service go in and manually do it. I have more than 60 books I need to do this for. <sigh>
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« Reply #136 on: March 08, 2009, 02:33:13 PM » |
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Wow that sucks. I wonder why they don't make it so that the license is deleted when the book is deleted?
I'm hoping that this changes after they have to manually do it several times. For the time being though, that's what has to be done. I can't even just email the list, I have to call them with it  .. I'm not in that big of a hurry to have them on my ipod, so I probably won't be doing it any time soon. Maybe in the meantime, they'll come up with a fix. |
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« Reply #137 on: March 08, 2009, 02:47:40 PM » |
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You can have more then six devices on your account. You can only share a book on six devices at any one time.
You can only share a book on six devices, period. |
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« Reply #138 on: March 08, 2009, 02:51:44 PM » |
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Wow that sucks. I wonder why they don't make it so that the license is deleted when the book is deleted?
Because the idea is, you can share a book 6 times. If you could keep deleting the license, then you could, theoretically, share a book endlessly. That is what they are trying to prevent. L |
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« Reply #139 on: March 08, 2009, 02:52:22 PM » |
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Would they let you repurchase it to go on more than 6 devices?
Multiples of 6?
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« Reply #140 on: March 08, 2009, 02:53:44 PM » |
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I'm hoping that this changes after they have to manually do it several times. For the time being though, that's what has to be done. I can't even just email the list, I have to call them with it .. I'm not in that big of a hurry to have them on my ipod, so I probably won't be doing it any time soon. Maybe in the meantime, they'll come up with a fix. And I think your situation is different from "normal" or what they envisioned in that some of the licenses are tied up with devices that you no longer have (defective Kindles that you have returned). I can see how it would have been hard to predict this type of circumstance and plan for it. Unfortunately, it makes it hard for you to have to come up with the list, convey it verbally, etc. L |
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« Reply #141 on: March 08, 2009, 02:54:40 PM » |
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Would they let you repurchase it to go on more than 6 devices?
Multiples of 6?
I don't know. That's a good question. Every book I have bought, I see the notice at the top of the page with the date I bought it. I've never tried to repurchase a book because I've never gone over the 6 shares. L |
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« Reply #142 on: March 08, 2009, 02:58:01 PM » |
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I don't see it happening for me in the near future, but I have two sons, a wife, and am getting an itouch, with perhaps a backup KK soon, so I could be approaching that limit.
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« Reply #143 on: March 08, 2009, 03:17:27 PM » |
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It doesn't work like that apparently. Once you've downloaded a book to a device you have a license for that device. The only way to remove the license is to have Amazon Customer Service go in and manually do it. I have more than 60 books I need to do this for. <sigh>
This used to be true for downloaded Unbox (now Video on Demand) videos. Once you downloaded, the license was forever used, even if the file was deleted, until you begged Customer Service. They did eventually fix this so that deleting the video from a PC freed up the license, so there may be hope for Kindle licenses too. |
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« Reply #144 on: March 08, 2009, 03:53:20 PM » |
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I am waiting to see what other PDAs they put out applications for. When my Verizon contract ends, I might go ahead and get a Blackberry Storm if it has the application available.
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« Reply #145 on: March 08, 2009, 04:42:24 PM » |
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I could see that with changing cell phones and upgrading Kindles, you could no longer have your books available after a couple years.
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