The Democratic Republic of Congo is getting the Kindle but not Canada, what the fuck!?
Just a tought: perhaps Canada has laws that prevent remote deletion of books. That could be a showstopper for the Kindle as it is now.
Anyone knows about the availability of Sony's Daily?
Maybe the people in Canada have intellectual property freedoms to a greater degree than in the Congo. What could be worse for Amazon and the publishers than customers that expect to have rights?
"A spokesperson for Amazon refused to say why the device is not being made available in Canada."
I was hoping the CBC had managed to find out why.
Just speculating but: Rogers. They own the GSM networks here and they are utterly awful. Worse than AT&T.
My Rogers connections are fine. They fast, but expensive. I bet Rogers has something to do with Amazon not coming to Canada sooner.
Bell/Telus are launching a GSM network soon (in November). Maybe (hopefully?) the Kindle will launch on their network.
I don't know, but something I read a few months ago (can't remember where) and one of the comments on the linked article suggested that it is because of the way cell phone fees are structured in Canada; Amazon can't afford to download books without charging extra, and isn't interested in the hassle of changing its system for a minor market. I have no idea if this is true, but it fits what little I know.
It's not coming to New Zealand either. You have to wonder why they are excluding a substantial portion of the english speaking world.
Not coming to Turkey either. Being in a third world country sucks hard in every count.