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Like our appendix or tail-bone, the Kindle 2 apparently shows signs of a vestigial SIM card slot that might allow it to roam wireless networks when abroad.
iFixit, known for their unabashed tear-downs of the hottest Apple products, like the iPhone 3G, has taken to disassembling a Kindle 2 to see just what makes it tick. What they found was interesting. Aside from proving that e-Ink displays draw insanely low levels of power (the screen kept displaying an image even with the battery disconnected), iFixit found what looks to be the outline of a SIM card slot on the Kindle 2 mainboard.
Now, the vestigial SIM card slot could just be a remnant of Amazon’s development and debugging process. But, more alluring is the possibility that the Kindle 2 will be set free upon international wireless carriers.
After all, what else could it be used for?
[Via: MobilityToday]
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Will Park
Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...
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