Yes, it does work here!
I was able to get Amazon to deliver to me a Kindle International unit to me while I was in USA during the launch on 19 Oct.
If you browse the Kindle website you will get this message when choosing Malaysia:
Malaysia
Unfortunately, we are currently unable to ship Kindles or offer Kindle content in Malaysia.
I shall not post a review of the Kindle device itself, there are many online. Suffice to say , it is a nice device and does what it says it does, and does it well. And it has a few surprises.
Amazon originally billed USD279 for the device plus free shipping, but then refunded USD20 after they lowered the prices after shipping the device. I received it in Miami on Fri 23 Oct.
The device powered up nicely but I was unable to see any books, magazines or periodicals for sale. I thought this was due to some congestion or all the new users logging in simultaneously. What happens is that Amazon offers stuff to you based upon your residency. I guess that the way these things are sold worldwide are on a territorial basis. So Amazon have different offerings and pricing for different locations around the world. Just as they will not deliver a kindle to Malaysia, if you are registered in Amazon as being in Malaysia then the store offers you zilch. So , you need to update your location on the Amazon kindle website as being in USA. Once i did that I was able to see the 367,940 books available, browse internet (yes an experiment)
So using the device worked in the USA.
During the flight to Kuala Lumpur, we transit in Taipei.
The kindle works on the GSM system. It finds a GSM network itself and you are online. So it was online in Taipei. It just does it itself, like a good phone will. In Taipei I got several messages which advised me to pay USD4.99 per week to get unlimited deliveries while travelling overseas. So if you want to be super mobile and get stuff anywhere, there is a cost for being outside the USA. However Kindle stores any items online and you plug into a computer through a USB device and download any item via the internet.
I have been getting daily copies of the Wall Street Journal and reading it on the kindle daily.
The power is 110-240V and also powers from the USB.
So, in summary. You can use the KIndle International in Malaysia. You need work out how to deliver it to a US address (australia works too) and change your location to USA to be delivered stuff online, or pay more for wireless delivery.
One caveat, the nook has been announced by Barnes and Noble. It will be launched in Nov 09. I sam copies of the brochure at a Barnes & Noble store in Los Angeles and it looks very nice, including a colour portion of the screen and touch screen as oppose to the Kindle QWERTY keys.
It looks good.
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9 comments:
Hi, thanks for your blog post.
But you only said your Kindle worked fine in Taipei which is a Kindle available region.
How did it work back in Malaysia? Were you able to use it wireless? Thank you very much.
My email address is xing.gao@msn.com
Hi,
i'm interested in purchasing one too and i've read in other forums there's a lot of steps to go through if a person wants to use kindle in malaysia.so, does the kindle international work in malaysia?do you still need to pay additional 1.9USD per download.hope to hear. thank you.
saphhire_tulip@yahoo.com
opps, sorry can u give me an reply for these two question that they ask too? thanks and sorry for the troubles.
tommyoffice@yahoo.com
yeah me too, can u give me an reply for these two question too ? cos im interested in purchasing kindle but im located in msia. thanks alot. :)
cindychan5@gmail.com
i just bought a kindle 3 with wifi in california. But i pretty sure it work in Malaysia with the wifi connection. but not too sure whether u need to pay for the internet connection via the 3g..and the kindle 3 now just 139 for wifi, and 189 for wifi + 3g.. pretty cheap..
nice review =)
i'm still wonder how to get the Kindle 3 from amazon =/ hmm..
if anyone is still looking for kindle 3...
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1599721
Hey, thanks for posting info about how to use the kindle in malaysia... I'm curious, do we need to put in a real address to be able to register in the USA? And do they need a name to verify anything?
Appreciate your help, thanks very much!
Started a blog for us fanatics...
http://kindlefanaticmalaysia.blogspot.com/
I am still totally in love my kindle too...even after a 5 month affair...
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