Comments on: Carrier bypass? http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:58:19 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rod Drury http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3149 Rod Drury Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:40:12 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3149 Lance has crunched the numbers: http://lancewiggs.com/2009/10/10/those-global-roaming-costs-and-kindle-in-nz/ Lance has crunched the numbers: http://lancewiggs.com/2009/10/10/those-global-roaming-costs-and-kindle-in-nz/

]]> By: Jared Roussel http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 Jared Roussel Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:13:47 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3137 C'mon just wait for Apple to come out with their tablet. Why duplicate your purchase? It's like buying a Creative MP3 player when the iPod hasn't been announced yet! C’mon just wait for Apple to come out with their tablet. Why duplicate your purchase? It’s like buying a Creative MP3 player when the iPod hasn’t been announced yet!

]]> By: Cary http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3118 Cary Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:36:32 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3118 Vodafone may be coming to the rescue:- http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/F62AF581E144D55DCC25764900705CD7 Vodafone may be coming to the rescue:-

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/F62AF581E144D55DCC25764900705CD7

]]> By: Wayne Robinson http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3094 Wayne Robinson Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:12:50 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3094 Australia seems to be covered. Now I just need to work out if there is enough content available to justify its purchase. Australia seems to be covered. Now I just need to work out if there is enough content available to justify its purchase.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3091 Chris Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:08:47 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3091 Yeah just went to buy one.. wouldn't accept my shipping address and was thinking what on earth was the problem. Thought surely if shipping to 100 countries that we would be one of them but NO, not this little backwater. Christ can someone get us out of the stone age please before we turn into a real backwater. Ethiopians can buy a kindle, we cannot. There's something seriously wrong with this picture. Yeah just went to buy one.. wouldn’t accept my shipping address and was thinking what on earth was the problem. Thought surely if shipping to 100 countries that we would be one of them but NO, not this little backwater. Christ can someone get us out of the stone age please before we turn into a real backwater. Ethiopians can buy a kindle, we cannot. There’s something seriously wrong with this picture.

]]> By: Rod Drury http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3090 Rod Drury Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:47:26 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3090 Hmmm, wonder what made us less attractive than Fiji? Hmmm, wonder what made us less attractive than Fiji?

]]> By: Omar Kassim http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3089 Omar Kassim Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:17:50 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3089 Argh. The UAE is not covered either. Argh. The UAE is not covered either.

]]> By: Cary http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3087 Cary Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:56:33 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3087 Looks like NZ misses out:- <blockquote>Unfortunately, we are currently unable to ship Kindles or offer Kindle content in New Zealand.</blockquote> http://tinyurl.com/ydafna8 Looks like NZ misses out:-

Unfortunately, we are currently unable to ship Kindles or offer Kindle content in New Zealand.

http://tinyurl.com/ydafna8

]]> By: Stuart Jones http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3086 Stuart Jones Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:42:05 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3086 I'm far from being an expert on e-readers but I'm waiting for the release of Plastic Logic's e-reader next year http://www.plasticlogic.com/ It seems to be more for the business market than others I have seen. I’m far from being an expert on e-readers but I’m waiting for the release of Plastic Logic’s e-reader next year http://www.plasticlogic.com/

It seems to be more for the business market than others I have seen.

]]> By: Rod Drury http://blog.xero.com/2009/10/carrier-bypass/comment-page-1/#comment-3085 Rod Drury Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:33:12 +0000 http://blog.xero.com/?p=7223#comment-3085 Chris has more: http://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/chris-keall/kindle-christmas-australia-not-nz Chris has more: http://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/chris-keall/kindle-christmas-australia-not-nz

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