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Cawoodruff Posts: 110 Incept: 2008-04-17	http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3126_7-5750.... The new kindles are all stuck with ads. Yes they have 250 mb/month for 50 every year. I like the idea but with the ads I suppose you are paying for the ad delevery. Hum. No way to opt out short of hacking the device. Not sure if this would break the agreement on the 3G. Chris 2012-09-07 21:20:04 From PDA Permalink
Yazooflesh Posts: 5003 Incept: 2007-08-02	Yep...always a catch. I would accept the ads on a $199.00 Kindle Fire HD with 4G LTE for $50.00/year/250mb/Month. So would almost everyone. Great little back-up device. That's why they don't offer it... 2012-09-07 22:24:19 Permalink
Fangz Posts: 567 Incept: 2008-09-18	What you have to ask, is how long will someone pay for ads that result in next to zero revenue? All these schemes are a fail in my opinion. 2012-09-08 00:39:47 Permalink
Cawoodruff Posts: 110 Incept: 2008-04-17	Well a lot of the adds in this case are for amazon products. Very simulate to there recommend list if you are surfing their website. So if you iPhone cadres by buying them through amazon well your screen saver will be full of it. I can think of some real issues with this. Not safe for work adds. And what happens if you share your amazon account with your spice and she like botice rippers? I like so shure it will be all ok / sarcasm. Massive fail... 2012-09-09 01:25:50 From PDA Permalink
Peterm99 Posts: 4986 Incept: 2009-03-21 SoCal	John P. Falcone of CNET wrote.. Amazon backtracks, will offer $15 opt-out for ads on Kindle Fire tablets . . . However, unlike past Kindle e-ink readers, there didn't appear to be an option on Amazon's site to purchase a non-Special Offers version of the Fire at a higher price. . . . I decided to go directly to the source. I emailed my Amazon press contact, who promptly and succinctly confirmed: no opt-out. The ensuing reaction on social media was, suffice it to say, mostly negative. Even though it's widely understood that the sponsorships help keep the Kindle prices low, the lack of choice struck a nerve with potential consumers . . . It took Amazon just over 24 hours to reverse course and announce that the opt-out would remain in effect for all Kindle models. By doing so, the company effectively removes a red flag from its promising new line of tablets which begin shipping next week . . . http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-3126_7-5750.... ---------- ". . . the Constitution has died, the economy welters in irreversible decline, we have perpetual war, all power lies in the hands of the executive, the police are supreme, and a surveillance beyond Orwell�s imaginings falls into place." - Fred Reed 2012-09-09 01:37:26 Permalink