I'm just wondering, of course this is only for the kindle 3, but the 144kbps bandwidth is plenty for Voice over IP phone calls if the Ping, jitter, Qos etc are acceptable... It's fun to imagine possibilities. Imagine a mobile phone (smartphone) that calls from anywhere in the world without roaming charges. Drop your cell plan and use the Internet connection to place and receive calls, it is finally happening. Could Amazon become a telecom giant? Would they want to? Steve.
Ever since the revelation that the Kindle 3 ereader has a built-in microphone there has been speculation as to what it might mean. One bandied-about theory has been that the Kindle 3 might turn into a mobile phone.
The microphone is described on page 29 of the Kindle 3 User Guide as bei
