Comments on: A Kindle DX in Canada

By: AHTL

AHTL — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:01:28 +0000

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The 3G works fine in Canada other than limited in NWT. As mention before, the 3G; amazon making money from you buying from them will work almost everywhere on North America! Good luck, God bless all and consistent and constant advancing Amazon Kindle DX and DXG’s maximum potential communication possibility, thank you all! Cheers

By: Shane McCallum

Shane McCallum — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:20:51 +0000

Hi Tony, Thank you for your comment and congratulations on your purchase. This post is now out of date as Amazon has released the Kindle “World Edition” for all of its Kindle product line. The world edition features a cellular connection that will operate outside of the United States in many countries around the world, including Canada. If you purchased one of these you will enjoy all the benefits I speak of in my post as well as the Whispernet and a nicely upgraded screen. Enjoy your purchase!

By: Tony Koett

Tony Koett — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:56:04 +0000

My wife has MS and many of the issues that Matthew’s Father has (weakness etc.) but also problems with her eyes, as they “jump” when trying to read. She’s an avid reader and I’m hoping the Kindle DX will work for her. I ordered one off of Amazon, it’s due to arrive in the next day or two. I must admit I have been some what naive in that I never knew of any issues with wireless in the US vs Canada etc. I just “assumed” (ya, I know the saying .. lol) that I could order one and all would be wonderful. In any event, it’s on the way and now that I’ve actually been researching my purchase (after the fact – lol , typical guy I guess ..) I think all will be fine and it was likely a good choice even though a physical connection to a PC wil be required for putting books on it. Not a big deal in my mind anyway. Well .. here’s to hoping it works for my wife well enough that she can continue to be an avid reader.

By: Shane McCallum

Shane McCallum — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:27:05 +0000

As far as I know the units are hard wired for Sprint USA networks and I don’t know of any way to make it look like the international version so you can use it outside of the USA. I will keep my eyes and ears tuned and will report back if I hear of anything.

Thanks again for your comments Matthew!

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:08:50 +0000

Hi Shane,

Yes, i was trying to use WhisperNet, but was hopeful since Amazon recently released the DX internationally. I wouldn’t be surprised if my U.S.-born unit is somehow hard-coded to work only in the states, but i was wondering if there were some way to reconfigure it to make it look like a Canuck. I sent a support email to Amazon a couple of weeks ago but there’s been nothing but crickets in response.

By: Shane McCallum

Shane McCallum — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:28:59 +0000

Hi Matthew,

Sorry to hear about your father, I hope he pulls through. As for the connection issues I am not sure what you mean. If you are referring to the “Whispernet”, Amazon’s wireless service then yes this service is unavailable in Canada using a US Wireless Kindle DX and you may as well turn this feature off to conserve battery life. If however you are getting this message when using USB let me know and I will try to help you troubleshoot your issues.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:51:30 +0000

I have a DX that was shipped up from the states. An “illegal alien” so to speak. (Yes, i bought it for my dad, and he liked it, but he took a turn for the worse.) It doesn’t seem to want to connect, saying “Your Kindle is unable to connect at this time. …” Does anyone else have this problem?

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:29:25 +0000

Amazon now will ship these unites to Canada.

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:18:56 +0000

Shane,

I have been thinking about the Kindle DX vs. the Sony touch eReader. Have you compared the 2 machines? Can you give an opinion on which seems nicer?

Have you tried the gift certificate option yet?

Another question is, even with the Canadian credit card, could you register the eReader to work on your US account?

Sorry for the questions, but I am debating on ordering one myself.

By: Shane McCallum

Shane McCallum — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:42:36 +0000

Hi David,

Very sorry for the long delay in replying, I have simply been slammed with work. Let me do my best to answer your questions.

If you are more of a paperback/hobby reader then I would absolutely suggest the Kindle 2 over the DX. Not only is the DX larger, but it is still not yet available in a “world edition” from Amazon, meaning no store and no web in Canada.

Well I have not “heard” anything official, but since the Kindle 2 world edition is different than a regular Kindle 2, and to my knowledge the Kindle 2 does not work wireless in Canada yes I would have to guess that a regular Kindle DX from the US will not work wireless in Canada in the future. Not sure if this is hardware or firmware related but Amazon doesn’t seem to talk about either way.

Hope I helped a bit, let me know what you decide, and thanks for commenting David.