Amazon Finally Ships KIndle to Canada

Unannounced and unnoticed, Amazon has listed the Kindle Touch for sale to Canada, making it the first country to be included in Kindle Touch sales outside of the U.S.
By: Brett Welsh
 
Feb. 22, 2012 - PRLog -- February 16, 2012 - Unannounced and unnoticed, Amazon has listed the Kindle Touch for sale to Canada, making it the first country to be included in Kindle Touch sales outside of the U.S

The Kindle Touch is the latest generation of the now-famous ereader series and first to offer navigation through a touch sensitive screen.

Amazon doesn't make sales stats public but the Kindle Touch would've been at the front of the pre-Christmas surge that saw Kindles flying out of the warehouse at rates exceeding 1,000,000 a week. And this regardless of the undeniable fact that Kindles are notoriously tricky to get if you do not live in the U. S..

Although Amazon is the biggest online retailer in the world with commerce internet sites in 9 countries, distribution of the Kindle ereaders has traditionally been constrained geographically for a variety of reasons. At the end of 2011, neither the Kindle Touch nor the Kindle Fire, the 2 high visibility introductions of that year, could be acquired anywhere but in the U.S.

The release of the Kindle Touch to the Canadian market now gives that country access to 4 of the 6 Kindle models up for grabs, the best of any country outside the USA.  You can read more about the Kindle Touch in Canada by going to http://canada-ereaders.com/?p=1328

The Kindle Touch being distributed to Canada is the basic Wi-Fi version which sells for US$139. A higher-end model with free 3G connectivity isn't offered outside of the U.S. A Wi-Fi connection needs access to the Internet while a 3G connection works the same as a cellular telephone and is thus more ubiquitous.

The Canadian model should benefit from a software upgrade released at the very same time which, among other things, makes page turning quicker.

The Kindle Touch has several enhancements on the previous model, the Kindle 3. All the new Kindles use the amazing E-Ink display technology which makes the screen sharp and clear and very easy to read. The K3, however, uses a 5-way button at the bottom of the ereader for navigation, compared to the touch screen in the Kindle Touch.

ABOUT:  Writer Brett Welsh helps purchasers, especially Canadians, to get the very best deals in ereaders and tablets. To find out more, visit his website at http://canada-ereaders.com

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