According to gadget website Pocket Lint this would put the device ahead of the Kindle, which uses a free wireless service called whispernet provided by the Sprint EVDO network, which can only be used in the US.
The Kindle 2 runs on Sprint's 3G EV - DO network,
called Whispernet, which means you don't need a PC to load it up with content.
The first Kindle also introduced a revolutionary feature
called Whispernet.
Amazon
call this Whispernet, which sounds like some sort of gossip super highway.
All Amazon Kindle devices include a cell - phone data service that Amazon
calls Whispernet.
Not exact matches
Kindle starts shipping tomorrow for $ 399 and is «a perpetually connected Internet device» running off of EV - DO — it
calls the service «
Whispernet.»
And some of that reaction was quite justified — the Kindle uses an e-paper display to provide a clean, very readable display, and its 3G connection (which Amazon
calls «
Whispernet») offers users a quick, extremely easy way to purchase and read literature.
Kindle Touch 3G ($ 149 with special offers, $ 189 without special offers, Read the full review) The additional $ 50 buys 3G wireless, which Amazon
calls «
Whispernet.»