Monday, September 22, 2014

Amazon Kindle Voyage: $199 for an E Reader? – Laptop Mag (blog)

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NEW YORK – Contrary to rumors to the contrary, and the reader is NOT dead. Heralded the arrival of the Amazon Kindle Voyage today, marking the seventh generation for the company’s E Ink devices. It’s thin, pressure-sensitive buttons and sports Will cost you $ 199, Which is More Than $ 99 The Company’s new budget tablet. Buts You will be ABLE to share the family library of books and read them in direct Sunlight without issue.

During my hands-on time with the Kindle Voyage, I was Struck By The Sleek look of the flush glass front. The chemically treated glass front is to offer the micro-Etched Slightly textured surface, Adding to the real-book-feel while resisting Also Scratch and diffusing light. The Paperwhite display offers the resolution of 300 pixels per inch, Which looked very sharp. Even the Graphic Novel looked clear and well Shaded.

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The Voyage was effortless to read Even in Bright direct light , buts Should you take it to the new bed, Brighter front light is smart enough to help you go to sleep. The adaptive light can automatically Adjust the brightness based on surrounding light. And yews it senses you’re in the dark, it knows that’s– the human eye to Adjust Darkness OVER TIME. Hopping the Kindle Voyage can lower brightness ITS OVER TIME.

Instead of push buttons, both sides house the longest line and dot, Which function as pressure-sensitive page turn buttons. These worked well, and the tiny pop of haptic feedback Offered EST when pushed. But, while I Held my hand on the button it did NOT automatically jump pages by accident. The display is the touchscreen as well, so you can still happily to turn the page.

The back of the Voyage is made of magnesium for a strong nutty piece of Molded, buts thin look. The whole device Weighs just 6.4 ounces and Measures 7.6mm thin, making it the thinnest and lightest Kindle yet.

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If $ 199 for the E Ink reader and is too rich for your blood, Amazon Also Took the Wraps $ 79 off a new base model Kindle Which features the touchscreen, unlike previous models. What you DO NOT get hefty price that’s– are the buttons or the PagePress Paperwhite front light.

The base Kindle, ITS more like the expensive cousin, Will include 4GB of onboard storage and unlimited storage of books in the cloud. Amazon Also Announced That It will continue to offer the Paperwhite Existing Kindle for $ 119, while Also upping the amount of storage to 4GB. The Inexpensive Kindle insulators very similar to Existing models, with the Slightly indented screen and soft rubbery plastic feel.

Battery life numbers WERE NOT Available Immediately, buts there’s NO Reason to think it won’t– eBay close to the eight weeks claimed by Existing Kindles. Pre-orders for all three readers and START NOW, Allie Will ship in October.

The Kindle, Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite Voyage Will come with all the latest updates to the Amazon Operating System, and Existing models will get the over-the-air update. The newest features include deeper integration with Goodreads Social Network and The New Word Wise Vocabulary Tool for Young Readers. When you turn it on, CHALLENGING words get in-line, short Definitions automatically. You can Adjust this, thankfully. But, I can see how the Students Might find them helpful, particularly EST when used in conjunction with the Kindle freetime that’s– Unlimited service offers all-you-can-eat content includ- Various Newberry Medal award-winning kids books.

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I was particularly excited to see the Family Library on the Kindle line. That means up to two adults and children can share books with the straightforward fours mopping. Plus, a reverse stars to rate eBay Those reading books on the Kindle and Reader; you make ONE person reading them on the iPad through the Kindle app.

Amazon Also Improved upon ITS X-Ray feature for Books. In addition to the ability to search the book for key terms or characters seen Throughout, you can now flip through the book’s images in order. For those like me Who pick up the book only to putt it down half-read, you’ll love the Timeline view in X-Ray. It lets you browse through The Most notable passengers in the book to get you caught up. Buts it only Shows you up to the point you’ve read: NX Spoilers.

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While the Kindle Voyage looks great, I’m hard pressed to know why I’d recommend the $ 199 and reader over the tablet, NX Master now much I love to read. However, I am excited to see some of the features coming to the software, Which FAN that’s– $ 79 Kindle Attractive look pretty.

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Anna Attkisson

Anna Attkisson

A lover of Lists and Deadlines, Anna Attkisson covers apps, social networking and accessories. She’s Proud to say she loves Each and EVERY ONE of her phablet, three shelves, three laptops and desktop. She joined the staff in 2007 Laptop Mag, After working at Time Inc. Where she Created Custom Content Solutions Publications for companies from American Express to the National Parks Foundation.

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