Amazon finds a new use for 3G with Kindle
Amazon.com is n’t the first company to sell an electronic book reader with an easygoing - on - the - eyes E - Ink display , but its method for delivering those books may have open up a whole new use for mobile data networks . To deliver all this information , Amazon is using Sprint Nextel ’s 3 G ( third - generation ) cellular mesh . But Kindle owners will never see a bill for that service , because the toll will be included in the price of the content ....