Best of Techopedia weekly. News and Special Offers occasional. Amazon Whispernet. Techopedia Explains Amazon Whispernet. What Does Amazon Whispernet Mean? Techopedia Explains Amazon Whispernet If enabled on the Kindle device, Amazon Whispernet allows Kindle users to connect to Amazon's website to purchase books, download content, etc.
Share this Term. Related Terms Kindle Kindle Fire. Third Generation Wireless E-book Reader. Tech moves fast! It all comes down to every single Kindle model with 3G internet access will no longer be able to connect to a 3G tower in the US in and most of the world from to Amazon is quietly adjusting their brand message to not make reference to 3G anymore and are scrubbing away anything to do with the immediate shutdown.
Whispernet is not the only thing that has been discontinued. A couple of months ago, Amazon had a global coverage map , that listed all of their international carrier partners for Whispernet enabled 3G Kindles. They also listed about countries, where people could connect to 3G. Amazon has recently deleted their coverage map and all of their help file pages. Customers found the process of buying books was super easy and intuitive.
Instead of being tied down to a WIFI network, you can buy eBooks while on vacation, laying on the beach or traveling.
Barnes and Noble tried emulating it with their first generation Nook e-reader, but gave up on it after incurring massive costs. Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief. Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years.
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