Not exact matches
They've recently even announced an option to purchase a kindle with
sponsored screensaver ads, dropping the price by $ 25
for customers who choose this option.
Amazon has Buick, Olay (Procter & Gamble), Visa, and Amazon.com Reward Visa Card (Chase) lined up as
sponsors for the first series of
screensavers (
for screensaver examples, you can head to www.amazon.com/aboutkindlespecialoffers).
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.
According to an article by Jeff Roberts
for paidContent.org, Acacia Research Group, which some sources have called a «patent troll» (the term
for a group or person who buys up patents with the intention of wielding them against others in court), assigned the patent
for the
sponsored activity
screensaver to Network Presentation Solutions at the end of last year.
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.
There are NO
sponsored screensavers on this model, making it a great buy
for adults as well as children.
Your
screensaver mod «by design» does not work
for the ad
sponsored Kindle.
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 device is the same as Amazon's third - generation, Wi - Fi only Kindle but retails
for $ 25 less and comes with «special offers» and, apparently not wanting to scare people off with that dirty word advertising, «
sponsored screensavers.»
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.