Kindle coming to Canada without browser
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Last Updated: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 10:36 AM ET
CBC News
The Kindle e-book reader is coming to Canada. (Associated Press)
The Kindle e-book reader is now available in Canada, Amazon.com announced Monday morning.
The e-reader sells for $259 US, plus import fees, which Amazon's website says will be about $31 per Kindle.
The e-reader will be able to wirelessly download books, magazines and newspapers over a 3G cellular network called Whispernet over the AT&T Global Network, said Kinley Campbell of Amazon.com.
The e-reader's web browser and blog subscription service will not work in Canada, according to the description on Amazon.com, but customers will have free access to Wikipedia.
The Kindle can to store about 1,500 books in its two gigabytes of memory.
"We know that Canadians are passionate about books and reading, and we're excited to make Kindle available to our customers there," said Ian Freed, vice-president of Kindle, in a statement. "Kindle enables customers around the world including Canada to think of a book and start reading it in under 60 seconds."
The Kindle Store has 300,000 book titles, which Amazon says are typically $12 or less.
As well, the Globe and Mail, the National Post and Canwest's major daily newspapers will join the list of newspapers and magazines available for purchase from the Kindle Store.
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