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Amazon Kindle finally available in Canada

article published on 17 November, 2009

At long last the Amazon Kindle e-reader has been made available to Canadian buyers, months after an International version was released to 100 countries with Canada notably absent. The Kindle model, which costs $259 USD, will sell for around 300 CAD, and Amazon says there are 300,000 books available in Kindle format for Canadian buyers, much less than the 360,000 available for US buyers. ... [ read the full article ]

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jony218
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_ 		17. November 2009 @ 20:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
First I want to applaud Amazon for there tireless effort working 24/7 in cramp laboratory's for months non-stop, there hardwork resulted in the kindle finally being translated to work with the Canadian language.
I take my "hat" off to Amazon. The Canadians will finally join the rest of us in the 21st century.

"for those about to rock we salute you"
AC/DC circa 1980's
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shyne609
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_ 		17. November 2009 @ 20:54 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
im glade as a proud Canadian that we finally get the kindle....but what does canada finally getting it have to do with getting into the 21st century we have most of what the americans have im mean really why does Americans think there so much better then everyone else in this world...
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ddp
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_ 		17. November 2009 @ 21:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
shyne609, don't worry about it. the americans are just jealous. i'm canadian too in ontario.
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mike.m
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_ 		17. November 2009 @ 21:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
We always get screwed over in Canada. We get most new products much later and more expensive then being sold in other countries.
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Morreale
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Well the Sony one has been sold here for quite a while at the Sony Store, no?

Is this one better then the Sony one? I haven't looked into any of them yet but I might be interested in picking either up...
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Chroma45
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_ 		19. November 2009 @ 19:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by mike.m:
 We always get screwed over in Canada. We get most new products much later and more expensive then being sold in other countries.
That's not true. Must electronics are here at the same time as the USA. I am guessing that it was probably some copyright issues that delayed the launch in Canada. Also the price is usually a little more than the conversion rate, $40 extra is about right. Europe gets screwed with release dates and price.
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