Tried to order Kindle DX from Amazon - fuck me, it is only available in US, although its description page clearly says it can be shipped outside (including Russia in menu):
Good news. Kindle DX can now be shipped to customers outside the U.S.
Apparently our dollars differ from ones in US - Kindle can not be ordered.
Amazon has a long negative story of relations with orders from Russia - it even did not want to allow me to order even a bunch of trumpet books, although could deliver them to much longer distances like New Zealand. Recently (well last year iirc) it changed delivery method and dropped air mail support completely. Fortunately UK Amazon still allows this.
And even eBay.com (there is only one Kindle DX seller) does not want to deliver outide of US.
I do not want to read books from notebook screen, although i do not have any negative feeling, but it is just unconvenient. And do not want smallish Sony PRS (even its 900 model) - 9.7" is a good fitting size for reading, close to usual book sizes :). And frequently waiting for paper copy is way too long, also frequently there are no needed books at all.
Crap.
You wouldn't want the US version of the Kindle. It communicates over an internal CDMA cellular telephone modem. CDMA service is different from the international GSM standard and is only implemented in the US and Canada.
The world version of the Kindle uses GSM, but only works in countries where Amazon has negotiated an agreement with a cellular telephone service carrier. I don't believe this has happened in Russia.
Either way, if you got your hands on a Kindle, all it would do for you is display "service not available."
3g/cdma is available in Moscow and DX claims to support GPRS world-wide, '60 seconds for wireless upload' service and blogs, at least that's what is written on the appropriate page related to Russia.
Also it allows to upload books via USB.
I want it because of 16 grey "colors" and large display. Its kind of a real book.
Привет Dude,
I'm reading your blog for some longer time already (cause of your job and interests - I have similar), and what I can tell you is do not buy Kindle it's locked by DRM (exactly the same like Sony) and this is the biggest scum. If you want something bigger then 6 or 9" just wait some time or buy something smaller, cheaper and with no DRM or at least something where you can choose DRM or not.
Kindle allows to read unprotected documents, so I do not really care whether it has or hasn't some chip inside. I checked Sony's 6" model and found it rather small. It is ok to read some short book, but I would prefer bigger screen. Kindle is known to have a good screen, that's the main reason I want it.