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Amazon Hobbles Features For International Kindle

Posted by timothy on from the someone-call-me-when-the-sinister-starts dept.

Barence writes "Amazon has stripped several key features out of the international edition of the Kindle, PC Pro has discovered. Newspapers and magazines are delivered without any photos, and the web browser has been disabled, presumably because Amazon doesn't want to foot the data bill. There's also a 40% premium on books bought via the Amazon store. 'International customers do pay a higher price for their books than US customers due to higher operating costs outside of the US,' an Amazon spokesperson confessed."

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  1. Fun Fact by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Most Europeans can't read. In fact, the only Europeans who can read are the members of the royal families of each country. That is why they're able to charge extra.

  2. Re:Partially hobbled... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Shut up you texan redneck, Bush isn't in power anymore. Go read a book and learn shit for a change.