• Re: kindles, General Thoughts ...

    From John Levine@3:633/280.2 to All on Wed May 7 00:01:29 2025
    According to rbowman <bowman@montana.com>: >amazon.com/Kindle-Keyboard-Free-Wi-Fi-Display/dp/B004HZYA6E

    That's the Kindle from 2011 I have that was 3G. The 3G option didn't last >long so they are all wi-fi now. The Kindle itself still works but 3G is >gone. I thought that option must have been a pain for Amazon since every >reader would have a telephone number.

    I opened a dead one and found a SIM chip. I don't think they had phone
    numbers since they were data only.

    What was particularly amazing was that they had roaming agreements all
    over the world and a web browser good enough to do simple stuff. One
    time I used it to check my mail from a sheep pasture in Iceland.



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