Dec 10 2007
Interested in the Kindle? Check Your Coverage Map Before Buying
The Amazon Kindle’s amazing wireless content delivery system relies on Sprint’s EVDO which has great coverage in urban areas and the East Coast but not so great coverage in the Plains and rural areas. You might want to before you hop onto the $400 Kindle bandwagon.
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Dec 10, 2007 @ 13:31:01
Don't be silly. Everyone knows that people in the boonies are illiterate anyway.
According to the maps I could find, I am almost 100 miles from the closest EVDO coverage area. So, does that mean I could still get books anywhere, it would just take waaaaay more than a minute? Or does that mean I would have to hook the Kindle to my computer to download? It's all just curiosity on my part anyway; I have an Ebookwise that I'm pretty satisfied with, and $400 is just a bit much for my budget.
But, looking at the coverage areas, I have to wonder that none of the gushing reviews mentioned this. One of the big selling points appears to be ‘get books instantly, anywhere.' I realize that many, if not most, people in the U.S. live in urban areas, but just looking at Sprint's list, if you don't live in or next to a city of at least 100,000, you're just out of luck. I wonder how many customers that eliminates.
Dec 10, 2007 @ 13:34:59
You would have to hook the Kindle up to the computer to install books on the Kindle.
Dec 10, 2007 @ 13:53:35
Alaska looks like it’s SOL.