The Kindle is going global •

The company announced on Tuesday evening that it would soon begin selling a new version of the Kindle that can wirelessly download books both in the United States as well as in more than 100 other countries.

Now to find out if Hong Kong and Singapore are one of the 100.

The main difference: it will use the wireless networks of AT&T and its international roaming partners, instead of Amazon’s existing wireless partner for the Kindle, Sprint. Sprint’s network is incompatible with most mobile networks outside of North America.

The new Kindle ships Oct 19 @ US$279. Or, get Kindle on your iPhone for free. <-- available in the US App Store only.

Update: Hong Kong 1, Singapore 0.
Update (02/11/2010) Hong Kong 1, Singapore 1. There's now an

all-new Kindle 

that ships @ US$139 for Wifi only, or US$189 for 3G + Wifi.