![]() They could (and do) terminate your account and ALL FUTURE ACCOUNTS that you sign up for, which makes all your ebook purchases no longer readable. I am sure that they could charge you 15-cents/MB if they were FORGIVING to your for violating your contract. The kindle Terms of Service that you agree to when you register your kindle allow amazon to charge you 15-cents/MB for some types of traffic, such as emailing documents to your kindle from some locations. If you have an amazon account, you probably have a credit card register to that account for amazon purchases. Commercial AT&T customers such as amazon have much greater control over what 3G events generate alert messages to them. In addition, the kindle 3G modem uses a SIM card, and AT&T tracks EVERYTHING that card identity does, and the AT&T website provides a lot of configuration for NORMAL users about what limits (traffic, packet counts, and even power up events) trigger an alarm to notify the owner. Your 3G access also gives your geographical postion to them. They know who you are and where you live. To get 3G service, you must register with amazon. In addition, your computer will generate a lot of unrelated traffic for internet protocols other than just web browsing. #AMAZON KINDLE 3 UPDATE#Even Windows Update may download many large files when updates are available. Many programs “phone home” to see if they have new versions available. If we tether to an external computer, there is a large amount of extra traffic. #AMAZON KINDLE 3 ZIP#When used on a kindle, it does not generate a lot of traffic because the web browser built into the kindle does not support downloading zip files, and does not do streaming media. It is very nice of amazon to provide this EXPERIMENTAL service to us at no additional cost to us. The newer Kindles like the Kindle 3G mentioned here use AT&T, but it probably has a similar cost. I have seen information that said they paid 12-cents/MB for Sprint 3G used by the Kindle DX and earlier. This is a VERY bad idea! All of us kindle developers at are very much AGAINST this sort of information being distributed in public forums such as hackaday.Īmazon must pay the cellphone carriers for 3G traffic. Posted in hardware, Kindle hacks, Wireless Hacks Tagged kindle, kindle keyboard, tethering, wireless Post navigation #AMAZON KINDLE 3 ANDROID#is looking into tethering to the Kindle over WiFi so Android and iOS devices can get in on the action, but he’s still in the process of experimenting with his build. If you do this, Amazon knows who you are and is more than likely willing to brick your device. Of course we have to note here that tethering a Kindle is against the Amazon terms & conditions, and the data going through your Kindle is tied to a unique ID. The process of tethering the Kindle’s 3G is remarkably easy, but we expect a one-click solution will pop up on the web sometime this week. After jailbreaking the Kindle and applying a USB network hack, managed to connect his laptop to the Internet through his computer. The hack requires a Kindle Keyboard 3G and the free worldwide Internet access that comes along with the purchase price. Just posted a guide to using the free 3G connection in your Amazon Kindle to browse the Internet on your computer. ![]()
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