{"id":19653,"date":"2011-04-12T08:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-12T08:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-12T06:58:00","slug":"cheaper-kindle-with-on-screen-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/19653-cheaper-kindle-with-on-screen-ads.html","title":{"rendered":"Cheaper Kindle with on-screen ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"BodyP\">Kindle with Special Offers e-readers priced at $114 each will begin shipping in the United States on May 3, according to Amazon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyP\">Amazon charges $139 for the same Kindle without ads or  deals displayed as screen savers and on the home page. The e-readers  connect to the Internet to download digital books using wireless  connections to routers at &#8220;hotspots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyP\">A version of the e-reader that accesses the Internet using a built-in 3G telecom connection is priced at $189.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyP\">&#8220;We&#8217;re working hard to make sure that anyone who wants a  Kindle can afford one,&#8221; Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos  said in a release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyP\">&#8220;Kindle with Special Offers is the same #1 bestselling Kindle &#8212; and it&#8217;s only $114.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyP\">Sponsors of Kindle screensaver ads include US car maker  Buick, credit card company Visa, and Proctor &amp; Gamble beauty  products line Olay, according to Amazon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyP\">Launch deals included discounts on audible books, digital music, a Roku Streaming Player, and Amazon.com gift cards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyP\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/326139-Cheaper-Kindle-featuring-on-screen-ads\"><strong>Kindle with on-screen ads<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Give your views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US online retail powerhouse Amazon on Monday introduced a cut-price version of its Kindle electronic reader that features on-screen ads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}