"Sponsored screensavers" refer to the screensavers on electronic devices (like phones, computers, or smart TVs) that display advertisements or promotional content.
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Just a Quick Note: $ 100 bet that Amazon had thought of
using sponsored screensavers to sell other Amazon things even before the Kindle was launched in 2007.
If you will
find sponsored screensavers annoying, you can always pay $ 30 that you saved during the initial purchase to amazon to have them removed.
The slate ships starting with September 30 and Amazon gives the customers the option to pay a $ 15 fee in order to remove the ads, saying that they're keeping their prices low by
showing sponsored screensavers.
Or if you don't feel like reading, you might enjoy downloading Amazon's new interactive Admash that allows you to vote on
sponsored screensavers for Kindle.
Both Motorola and Best Buy have the 64 GB ROM / 4 GB RAM Moto G5 Plus SKU on sale for $ 225
sans sponsored screensavers, so clearly, Amazon is the way to go if you want to save a boatload of money and don't mind signing up for Prime service.
That's obviously with «special offers»,
aka sponsored screensavers and ads, while a standard 32 GB variant costs $ 114.99 for a no doubt limited time.
Includes the latest Kindle
without sponsored screensavers ($ 99.00), a kid - friendly cover ($ 19.99), and a 2 - year warranty provided and sold by SquareTrade ($ 19.99).
Amazon in the coming weeks will also be showing off their new program called «AdMash» — the free Kindle app and website where customers choose the most attractive and engaging display advertisements that will become
Kindle sponsored screensavers.
Update: An Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) spokeswoman stressed to us that AT&T is
sponsoring screensavers on the Kindle 3G with Special Offers, while Amazon will continue to cover the cost of the 3G.
When your Kindle goes to sleep, you'll get
a sponsored screensaver — as opposed to the default author screensavers — which you can hide by closing your cover or simply putting your Kindle away.
Includes personalised special offers and
sponsored screensavers.
Includes personalized special offers and
sponsored screensavers.
Note: If you bought a Kindle Fire after August 2012, it will have
sponsored screensavers, Kindle FreeTime, a 1.2 GHz processor, Read to Me, and integrated support for Facebook and Twitter.
Kobo Touch with Offers presents you with
sponsored screensavers and valuable offers when your device is powered off or in sleep mode, and in other discreet places that are always outside of the reading experience, like on the bottom of your home screen.
Kobo Touch with Offers presents you with
sponsored screensavers and valuable offers when your device is powered off or... [Read more...]
Kindle's
sponsored screensavers are specially - designed display advertisements that take advantage of Kindle's high - contrast, no - glare electronic - ink display.
It starts at $ 139 with what Amazon refers to as Special Offers, shorthand for ads and
sponsored screensavers.
Amazon has just refreshed their Kindle for Kids bundle that includes the new entry level basic Kindle that came out a few months ago, without
sponsored screensavers, a kid - friendly cover available in black, blue, green, pink and purple, and a two - year worry - free guarantee.
Ad - supported versions of other Kindle models display full - screen ads that Amazon calls «
sponsored screensavers» when users power down the device.
Kindle 3G with Special Offers is the same as the $ 189 Kindle 3G, plus money - saving special offers and
sponsored screensavers.
The bundle includes the latest Kindle e-reader (without
sponsored screensavers), a free cover to protect the Kindle from any inevitable drops and scratches, and a 2 - year worry - free guarantee.
No sponsored screensavers and advertisements (costs $ 15 extra to remove them on the Kindle Fire HDX tablets).
UPDATE: The $ 79 Kindle in the US is subsidised by «special offers and
sponsored screensavers».
If you decide that yes, you really do want to unsubscribe from the special offers and
sponsored screensavers, tap «Unsubscribe now with 1 - Click ®»:
In the specs, I see «Includes special offers and
sponsored screensavers.»
You can pay an extra # 10 with the basic Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite deals to remove the Special Offers feature —
sponsored screensavers that display when the Kindle is in sleep mode.
There are
NO sponsored screensavers on this model, making it a great buy for adults as well as children.
We tested the «Special Offers» version of the Kindle 4 (currently US only), which knocks $ 40 off the price at the expense of having a tiny little ad on the bottom of the home screen and
sponsored screensavers.
Includes the previous generation Kindle (7th) without
sponsored screensavers ($ 99.99), a kid - friendly cover ($ 19.99), and a 2 - year warranty provided by SquareTrade ($ 19.99).
Includes the latest Kindle without
sponsored screensavers, a free cover, plus a 2 - year worry - free guarantee
Special Offers is Amazon's way of putting ads on tablets, and will display
sponsored screensavers.
Just note that in order to hit the price points for the US market, all Kindle Fire models will have ads on the lockscreen and
sponsored screensavers as well.
Kindle with Special Offers is the same # 1 bestselling Kindle, plus special offers and
sponsored screensavers.
All three new Kindle e-readers also come with special offers and
sponsored screensavers that appear when you're not reading.
• Amazon needs to soften the conditions it imposes on publishing houses, both in terms of commission percentage and of customer data sharing; by the same stroke, it will have to allow publishers to host advertising inside their products; and, of course, it ought to give publishers access to its own promotional programmes, such as
the sponsored screensaver.