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OT: Kindle-like service on DSi?

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Jonah Falcon

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Nov 2, 2009, 3:22:42 PM11/2/09
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http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/02/iwata-voices-interest-in-kindle-like-free-3g-service-for-ds/

Doug Jacobs

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Nov 3, 2009, 3:04:08 PM11/3/09
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Jonah Falcon <jonah...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/02/iwata-voices-interest-in-kindle-like-free-3g-service-for-ds/

Even on the DSi XL (or whatever it's called), I think I'd get eye strain
from trying to read an entire book. Either that or the font size would be
so large I'd be constantly scrolling left/right all the time.

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It's not broken. It's...advanced.

Eman

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Nov 3, 2009, 3:27:25 PM11/3/09
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On Nov 3, 3:04 pm, Doug Jacobs <djac...@rawbw.com> wrote:
> Jonah Falcon <jonahny...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >http://www.joystiq.com/2009/11/02/iwata-voices-interest-in-kindle-lik...

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> Even on the DSi XL (or whatever it's called), I think I'd get eye strain
> from trying to read an entire book.  Either that or the font size would be
> so large I'd be constantly scrolling left/right all the time.
>
> --
> It's not broken.  It's...advanced.

I don't think it's intended for e-books. It's intended to be able to
transmit small games wirelessly, anywhere, anytime. Sort of an answer
the convience of buying games on Iphone, just without the $100/month
contract. Kindle's business model is a little different. Books and
newspapers aren't that large in size, so you're not transmitting much
data, but there is a large markup between the paper version and an
electronic version. Which probably offsets the free 3G costs.

The alMIGHTY N

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Nov 3, 2009, 9:45:12 PM11/3/09
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According to the article Jonah posted, customers would have to pay a
lot extra for the hardware to offset those 3G costs...

Doug Jacobs

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Nov 4, 2009, 12:58:03 PM11/4/09
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Eman <supreme.ev...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think it's intended for e-books. It's intended to be able to
> transmit small games wirelessly, anywhere, anytime. Sort of an answer
> the convience of buying games on Iphone, just without the $100/month
> contract. Kindle's business model is a little different. Books and
> newspapers aren't that large in size, so you're not transmitting much
> data, but there is a large markup between the paper version and an
> electronic version. Which probably offsets the free 3G costs.

Doesn't the DSi already have an online store ala iPhone App Store? It
just lacks the 3G hardware which I would assume you could conceivably cram
into a dongle that plugs into the DSi's existing memory card slot.

Or does the DSi support tethering so it could use your pre-existing 3G
handset?

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