http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/ Engadget Comments for Kindle's active content given 100KB free monthly bandwidth allowance http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/
As long as it does not suck data!]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/*gives beer*]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 23rd 2010 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/
hmmm... does this mean kindle will be getting wifi?]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Nope. And neither DF nor the original press release by Amazon mention WiFi either.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 9:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/<
That's why I'm switching to an unlimited data plan ASAP. (Don't worry, I don't have a smartphone (yet) so I haven't been charged $1,525,825 dollars for internet). Although, Verizon REALLY should offer better plans. ]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/ok. Well, Amazon is charging their developers .15/MB/month for what their users download over 100KB/month, from what I can tell, on top of the 30%/70% arrangement.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 9:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/"I can't really see the apps being all that crazy guys."

Way to rain on the parade there bud ;)]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/a text RSS feed would, in fact, be crazy. That engadget post is 4k. So 25 engadget posts and you've used your 100K/month allocation for that user...anything above that you are footing the bill for what he downloads. Let's say he has just 10 more feeds just like it...that would be 1 meg/day? $3.50/month? Per user? That you, the developer pay every month?

How would you go about charging for that app? Given that Amazon is also taking 30%. For a simple text RSS reader?

(feel free to correct my math, I'm sure I suck at it)]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Except nobody nowadays will sign up to become a miner for them.
]]>Jan 23rd 2010 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 10:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/
I see what you did there.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 22nd 2010 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/
WiFi? Nope, read the actual KDK web site instead of egadget's "interpretation" of it.

"Applications larger than 10MB will not be delivered wirelessly but can be downloaded from the Kindle Store to a computer and transferred to the user's Kindle via USB."]]>Jan 23rd 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 23rd 2010 12:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/
By the way, in case anyone thinks that statement ludicrous, something like this is simply enough to sway my decision in a market with an over-saturation of devices with similar, if not identical, feature sets. This is a convoluted mess I'd rather not deal with. Either make the bandwidth free, or limit it to running apps that use minimal enough bandwidth to satisfy the overprotective cellular service providers.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 23rd 2010 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/How much does an ereader need to have that?
]]>Jan 23rd 2010 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 23rd 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 23rd 2010 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 23rd 2010 1:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/ this post -- just the copy -- is 4KB

Ummm... no way. 1 byte = 1 (english) character. 4KB = 4,000 characters. This post is probably 1000 characters at most. Or are you including the HTML too, all the way from the start of the title to the end of your tags? If so I think that's a bit misleading. Obviously reading this post over a mobile-optimized experience would reduce the size quite a bit, especially when taking gzip compression into account.]]>Jan 23rd 2010 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/986 bytes on that post.
]]>Jan 23rd 2010 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/So good estimate there!
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Is it because of the file system? I think the smallest possible file size on NTFS is 4 kB.]]>Mar 9th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/kindles-active-content-given-100kb-free-monthly-bandwidth-allow/Jan 24th 2010 8:43AM