Amazon’s cheapest Kindle has become lighter, thinner and better – Tek.no

In April dropped Amazon new Kindle model in the most expensive segment, and now the company has launched a new version of the model that is on the other end of the scale. It reports Amazon in a recent press release.

The new e-book reader is thus an upgraded version of the most affordable entry-level version and offers a number of changes which are probably welcome for avid users of the online books.

The most recent version is thinner and lighter than the previous generation, namely 11 percent thinner and 16 percent lighter but has the same screen size and resolution as before.

Ebook reader has been part thinner since last time. Photo: Amazon

Double storage and Bluetooth

It also comes now in both black and white color, and according to Amazon, it is also becoming more “rounded”, which should make it comfortable to hold. Otherwise, it is worth noting that the storage has doubled since last time.

Not least, the new Kindle version with support for audio via Bluetooth. Thus, one can connect to Bluetooth headphones- or earphones and get spoken text via Amazon VoiceView solution, which is designed for the visually impaired.

Memo export

among the new features on the inside are new Kindle including the ability to easily export notes and selected text from the e-book to e-mail, offering the option of receiving them as a printable PDF file or a file you can open in other apps.

This feature will be available in a free software update for all Kindle owners the next few weeks. Despite upgrades costing the upgraded Kindle version otherwise the same as before, and will be ready for global launch very soon.

Read more about the new Kindle the Edition at Amazon.

Would you rather spend a little more money on a Kindle? Kindle Oasis is an e-book reader in the “premium” class “

Universal jailbreak available for the Kindle – ITavisen.no

New software lets you do more with your Kindle.

Now it’s come a jailbreak for the Kindle that go to virtually any model of eReader.

Long been possible
Kindle has for years been easy to unlock, and it has only been talk of uploading a file to the root folder on the device and restart it. The latest version of this expanding support for almost all Kindle models, and is still as easy to use.

Several generations
software supports any 6,7 or 8. generation on any firmware version. So whether you own a Kindle Paper White 2, Paper White 3, Kinde Touch, Kindle Voyage or Kindle Oasis you can now open up the device with this fix.

5th generation and other are also on Mobilereads forums.

All the information you need to jailbreak your Kindle can be found here.

Popular
jailbreak has already been downloaded over a thousand times, it is quite a number for a product that has been dead for quite a while now except for the new Kindle Oasis which was released earlier this year.

Multiple applications
Although Kindle primarily set is going to be an eReader has several found alternative uses for the product after getting locked up with a jailbreak. For example, a user has combined a Raspberry Pi 2 and a Kindle to create a terminal with e-ink display.

What could you going to use it beyond reading books?

Source:
Hackaday