Of note, the new «default» price is the price with «special offers,» which means you get
ads as screensavers and at the bottom of your home screen (but not during reading).
You also get
ads as a screensaver instead of the traditional book covers.
Not exact matches
On the new $ 114 Kindle with Special Offers, Amazon's AdMash app will allow users to vote on which display
ads they'd prefer
as screensavers.
The program was originally designed
as a way for users to save money off the price of a Kindle, in exchange for allowing
ads to appear on the
screensaver and at the bottom of the home screen.
The
ads and special offers will show up
as full - screen
screensavers on the Kindle device and
as small banner
ads at the bottom of the Kindle home screen.
Given that the
ad is only being used
as a
screensaver right now, that is not plausible.
Of course users will have the option of getting rid of the
ad and promotional offers that invade the device
as screensavers by paying an extra # 10.
It's the $ 79 Kindle, which ships with sponsored
screensavers and «Special Offers», and it seems to settle the question
as to whether customers would accept
ads on their Kindles in order to get a cheaper price.
This Kindle model includes
ads that show up
as screensavers and at the bottom of the device's home screen.
Tired of the Kindle Fire
ads as your tablet's background wallpaper /
screensavers?
Just subsidize it like the Amazon Kindle with Banner
ads while the screen is inactive i.e.
as the
screensaver to a price of US$ 199 and Amazon will have a winner on their hands.
If you choose the
ad - version you'll get an
ad running across the bottom
as well
as one for your
screensaver.
Remember, the
ads only appear on the
screensavers and
as a small banner on the index screen — never within your reading material.
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.
The opinions might differ about whether $ 164 is still a good price considering the advertisements, but there are two aspects we need to emphasize: The
ads are never showed while reading, only when the device is off or
as a
screensaver so they should not interfere with your activity.
The
ads that score the most votes will then qualify to appear
as sponsored
screensavers.
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