Iwata voices interest in Kindle-like free 3G service for DS

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has gone on the record with the Financial Times as being “interested” in the strategy Amazon has adopted for free internet access on its Kindle eBook reader. “I’m interested because it’s a new business model in which the user doesn’t bear the communications cost,” he told the publication.
There’s no fee for accessing Amazon’s “WhisperNet” 3G network on Kindle, as the cost is built into the price of the device up-front. Taking a similar route with DSSource: Houstonist RSS Feed

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