User converted content can also be optionally be downloaded
via Whispernet for $.10 per document.
Sprint is already host to the Amazon Kindle
Whispernet service, which provides wireless delivery of eBooks to the popular eReader and serves to distinguish the Kindle from its competition.
Notes and highlights get synced
over Whispernet with other Kindle apps and ereaders and get saved to a text file for easy reference and exportation.
However, there is a document processing fee for Kindle Personal Document Service if you
use Whispernet on Kindle devices.»
Even though you have heard me rant a bit about the anti-education direction the company has taken in the development of the Kindle ereader (loss of SD card slot, loss of replaceable battery, loss of external
Whispernet on - off...
While Interead does have its own eBook store, it doesn't run any kind
of whispernet like service and all connections to the reader are through USB.
With Kindle 3 and the continuous improvements to the Kindle Store and to
Kindle WhisperNet Amazon has distanced itself from the rest of the Big 3 eReaders.
Tech Tip — Via Andrys Basten, how to move content to your Kindle without using the USB cable OR paying 15 cents a meg
for Whispernet transfer.
While reading, any notes, highlights, bookmarks, tags, or other personal interactions with the book will be saved via
Whispernet in the hopes that you eventually decide you need to own the book.
Once you deregister your device someone can't make any purchases via the One Click Checkout or access anything to do
with Whispernet.
Amazon's Kindle
3G Whispernet service is pulling a fast one on the Chinese censorship - happy government, and giving Chinese Kindle owners the opportunity to connect up to services like Twitter and Facebook that are otherwise officially banned inside the country.
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.
Amazon does not really advertise the data caps that are involved when you pay the premium fee to
access Whispernet.
Free Whispernet in 100 + countries regardless of what your home country is.
Then we get
Whispernet like functionality for no incremental cost to our current mobile plan in our home market!
I probably won't use it at all because I value the free access to the Internet
through Whispernet and want to avoid paying for it as long as possible.
Amazon integrated a 3G cellular radio into the Kindle and uses its new
Whispernet EvDO service to wirelessly transmit e-books to the Kindle.
All in all I'd give it 3 out of 5 stars, I really hope Amazon do something quick to enhacne the capabilities of this otherwise amazing reader (I'm starting to
get Whispernet addicted:D)
But soon that feature will feel as old and unappreciated as
Whispernet does today.
Still, this was the only Kindle to ever feature expandable storage and allowed users free access to the innovative
Whispernet system for downloading books over 3G.
The Kindle uses an EV - DO radio that connects to Amazon's
Whispernet data service, which was built on Sprint's data network, so it's pretty speedy if you're in a decent coverage area.
Whispernet also allows you to access the Internet (such as Wikipedia) and other «text - intensive» sites on your Kindle.
The appeal of
global WhisperNet and / or buying a new Kindle is so high that a refurbished US - only Kindle isn't selling much.
The original Kindle launched with a 6 - inch E Ink display, offered a free wireless connection over Sprint's EV - DO network, on the
new Whispernet announced by Amazon.
Kindle 2 has little competition
because WhisperNet, WhisperSync, the eInk screen, the upcoming Kindle Mobile, and the range of products in the Kindle Store combine to create the best eReading experience currently available.
Its high - speed Evolution Data Optimized (EV - DO)-
based Whispernet service allows you to jump right into the Kindle Store and start downloading content wherever you can grab a signal.
For
Whispernet synchronization to work, however, you must keep it turned on in your account settings on the Amazon site (it's on by default)-- and, of course, you must turn on the wireless support on your Kindle devices.
Kindle for PC also syncs bookmarks and annotations, but you don't have to create a bookmark for it to note the location you leave off reading on the PC:
Whispernet automatically provides this info to other devices on demand through similar sync commands.
What the new Audible sync feature does is to enable you to listen to an Audible book on another device, and then pick up the reading on your Kindle
Whispernet as text only.
Whispernet internet access is provided by AT&T and gives owners the ability to browse the web, purchase eBooks and download content.
The Kindle 2 came out in February, followed closing behind by the Kindle DX, a larger screen version aimed at schools, and the International Version, which makes it's
Whispernet available outside the US.
What you don't get —
WhisperNet outside the US, free Internet and book downloads outside the US, one or two updates like better battery management (it's only for kindle 2 international).
The amount of data needed to serve up books or slowly download simple text to the Kindle's browser is pretty tiny, so Amazon
makes Whispernet a free service — even while it pays its global telecoms partners for the privilege.
Whispernet now offers users 50 MB of data per month, but once you hit that limit, Amazon blocks all content other than the Amazon store and Wikipedia over the 3G connection.
For the people who care about those extra $ 50, they won't care as much about
missing Whispernet.
We're happy because the Kindle is a great device, Amazon is an easy - to - use and pleasant environment and the
whole Whispernet thing is utterly brilliant.