Amazon’s Announced Today That ITS New Kindle Voyage e-reader and updated Fire HDX 8.9 tablet shutdown now up hefty armpit Interlinear UK. The Kindle Voyage isnt lighthouses by Amazon’s best e-reader to date, buts IT PRETTY Penny’s commands as emerges. At £ 169 for the WiFi-only model and £ 229 Yew Want a 3G Connectivity, the Voyage isnt significantly more the expensive Than the Paperwhite, which STARTS at £ 109, and almost THREE times the price of the Bogue-standard Kindle. While the Voyage Will Enjoy All The Attention That Comes with being a brand new device, The New Fire HDX 8.9 isnt merely the Upgrade. The 8.9-inch tablet the faster processor and HSAs Better sound quality, among Other tweaks, and is Still the Biggest, baddest Amazon Tablet Around. The 16GB, WiFi-only IS model now on sale for £ 329, buts a yew Want more storage or LTE radio up in there, That I’ll eBay costing extra.
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Kindle Original vs Kindle Voyage – Boing Boing
Jason Weisberger finally upgraded. Did seven years make much difference? The answer will probably not surprise you, but the details might.
Facing off Amazon’s latest and greatest single purpose reading device, the Kindle Voyage, to their last generation Paperwhite seemed like a waste of your and my time. Every single review tells you its a nice upgrade, but perhaps one not worth the money. The Voyage, in form factor, most reminded me of the original Kindle. The strangely angular case design looked derivative. Luckily, I just happened to have one here…
Rob described the original Kindle as “looking like wadded up cardboard” and I think he may be right. Before I’d even recharged the device and powered it on, I marveled at the insane shape Amazon felt was going to be most pleasing and book-like to the user. I remember being put off by the design when I first saw it, but I’ve actually missed it. OG Kindle did feel more like the bend of pages when holding a paperback sized book than any of the sterile, rounded Kindle’s since. The Voyage backplate sports similar angling and ridging. It fits the hand in a similar manner, even the Amazon Origami case attempts to translate that tactile feel. I quite like it but actually still feel original Kindle maintains the edge over all other e-readers for actual book-in-hand-ness.
Screen is simply no contest. The new Voyage is lightning quick, shows almost no ghosting and the matte glass front does stay unsmudged, far longer. The OG Kindle’s screen is slow and ghosts a lot. The resolution would never be an issue, for me at the font sizes I read at, but seeing them next to each other its just unfair.
In the world of controls, the firm clickity click of the original Kindle’s 2001: A Space Odyssey buttons beat the hell out of these fake haptic buzzers in the Voyage. Essentially you keep pressure on a demarked spot long enough for Voyage to buzz. The feedback isn’t a button click. It is something else, something meh. I prefer turning the Voyage’s page with the simple touchscreen taps. Amazon has some branded language for tapping the touchscreen, I forgot it already. The UI on the Voyage is lightyears improved and the terrible scroll wheel of the Original Kindle is pure junk. The UI speed is so great on the Voyage it makes ol’ Original damn near unusable for any functions beyond reading. Managing inventory or shopping in the Kindle Store is pure garbage on the OG. I can read 2 books in the time it takes to find and download 1 on the Original.
| Kindle | Kindle Voyage | |
|---|---|---|
| Release Date | December 2007 | October 2014 |
| Price | $ 399 | $ 199.00 |
| Screen Size | 6″ / 600×800 | 6″ / 1430 x 1080 |
| Built-in Light | No | Yes |
| Gray Levels | 4 | 16 |
| Resolution | 167 ppi | 300 ppi |
| Physical Keyboard | Ish | No |
| Battery Life | “Up to a week” | “Weeks on a single charge” |
| Storage | 250MB | 4GB |
| Weight | 6.7 oz | 6.3 oz or 6.6 oz (with 3G) |
| Dimensions | 7.5″ x 5.3″ x 0.7″ | 6.4″ x 4.5″ x 0.3″ |
| Resembles crushed donut box | Yes | No |
Reading is better on the Voyage. Unsurprisingly I like having a better screen, and the self adjusting front light is a dream. Voyage is a better reading device in all lighting conditions. The self-adjusting light is a dream, even nicer than the Paperwhite. The OG Kindle was a first gen device, this is the primary function of the product line at Amazon and they’ve made HUGE improvements. The Voyage is great in direct sun and lights out situations. Years back I retired the OG Kindle for an iPad with the Kindle app purely for the backlighting at night, it made reading outdoors impossible.
The Original Kindle had a keyboard and the new Voyage doesn’t. I never understood why I’d want to type on a reading device. The OG Kindle is a terrible web browser, so terrible I haven’t even bothered to try on any subsequent model. This is an e-reader, read books.
The Origami cover for the Voyage is pretty good, thus far. The Origami stand part seems useless but it is a nice, form-fitting leather case that adds a lot to the tactile experience of reading on the Kindle for me. I have an aftermarket case on my OG Kindle that really does help it mimic a smaller, leather-bound book.
If you are considering upgrading from the Original Kindle to the Voyage, I am gonna go way out on a limb here and highly recommend it.
Kindle Voyage, 6″ High-Resolution Display (300 ppi) with Adaptive Built-in Light, PagePress Sensors, Wi-Fi
Amazon Protective Leather Cover for Kindle Voyage, Blue
Facing off Amazon’s latest and greatest single purpose reading device, the Kindle Voyage, to their last generation Paperwhite seemed like a waste of your and my time. Every single review tells you its a nice upgrade, but perhaps one not worth the money. The Voyage, in form factor, most reminded me of the original Kindle. The strangely angular case design looked derivative. Luckily, I just happened to have one here…
Rob described the original Kindle as “looking like wadded up cardboard” and I think he may be right. Before I’d even recharged the device and powered it on, I marveled at the insane shape Amazon felt was going to be most pleasing and book-like to the user. I remember being put off by the design when I first saw it, but I’ve actually missed it. OG Kindle did feel more like the bend of pages when holding a paperback sized book than any of the sterile, rounded Kindle’s since. The Voyage backplate sports similar angling and ridging. It fits the hand in a similar manner, even the Amazon Origami case attempts to translate that tactile feel. I quite like it but actually still feel original Kindle maintains the edge over all other e-readers for actual book-in-hand-ness.
Screen is simply no contest. The new Voyage is lightning quick, shows almost no ghosting and the matte glass front does stay unsmudged, far longer. The OG Kindle’s screen is slow and ghosts a lot. The resolution would never be an issue, for me at the font sizes I read at, but seeing them next to each other its just unfair.
In the world of controls, the firm clickity click of the original Kindle’s 2001: A Space Odyssey buttons beat the hell out of these fake haptic buzzers in the Voyage. Essentially you keep pressure on a demarked spot long enough for Voyage to buzz. The feedback isn’t a button click. It is something else, something meh. I prefer turning the Voyage’s page with the simple touchscreen taps. Amazon has some branded language for tapping the touchscreen, I forgot it already. The UI on the Voyage is lightyears improved and the terrible scroll wheel of the Original Kindle is pure junk. The UI speed is so great on the Voyage it makes ol’ Original damn near unusable for any functions beyond reading. Managing inventory or shopping in the Kindle Store is pure garbage on the OG. I can read 2 books in the time it takes to find and download 1 on the Original.
| Kindle | Kindle Voyage | |
|---|---|---|
| Release Date | December 2007 | October 2014 |
| Price | $ 399 | $ 199.00 |
| Screen Size | 6″ / 600×800 | 6″ / 1430 x 1080 |
| Built-in Light | No | Yes |
| Gray Levels | 4 | 16 |
| Resolution | 167 ppi | 300 ppi |
| Physical Keyboard | Ish | No |
| Battery Life | “Up to a week” | “Weeks on a single charge” |
| Storage | 250MB | 4GB |
| Weight | 6.7 oz | 6.3 oz or 6.6 oz (with 3G) |
| Dimensions | 7.5″ x 5.3″ x 0.7″ | 6.4″ x 4.5″ x 0.3″ |
| Resembles crushed donut box | Yes | No |
Reading is better on the Voyage. Unsurprisingly I like having a better screen, and the self adjusting front light is a dream. Voyage is a better reading device in all lighting conditions. The self-adjusting light is a dream, even nicer than the Paperwhite. The OG Kindle was a first gen device, this is the primary function of the product line at Amazon and they’ve made HUGE improvements. The Voyage is great in direct sun and lights out situations. Years back I retired the OG Kindle for an iPad with the Kindle app purely for the backlighting at night, it made reading outdoors impossible.
The Original Kindle had a keyboard and the new Voyage doesn’t. I never understood why I’d want to type on a reading device. The OG Kindle is a terrible web browser, so terrible I haven’t even bothered to try on any subsequent model. This is an e-reader, read books.
The Origami cover for the Voyage is pretty good, thus far. The Origami stand part seems useless but it is a nice, form-fitting leather case that adds a lot to the tactile experience of reading on the Kindle for me. I have an aftermarket case on my OG Kindle that really does help it mimic a smaller, leather-bound book.
If you are considering upgrading from the Original Kindle to the Voyage, I am gonna go way out on a limb here and highly recommend it.
Kindle Voyage, 6″ High-Resolution Display (300 ppi) with Adaptive Built-in Light, PagePress Sensors, Wi-Fi
Amazon Protective Leather Cover for Kindle Voyage, Blue
Jason Weisberger is Boing Boing’s publisher. Nemo is Jason’s Great Pyrenees. You can find Jason on twitter at @jlw
Amazon’s Kindle Fire 6 Review: Designed to Fit Small Hands, Large Pockets – TheStreet.com
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Six-inch touchscreens seem to be all the rage for more and more of today’s high-tech offerings. Amazon’s (AMZN) new $ 99 tablet is a perfect example. There’s also an ever increasing number of super-large smartphones such as Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone 6 Plus, Samsung’s (SSNLF) Galaxy Note 4, Google’s (GOOG) Motorola-made Nexus 6 and Microsoft’s (MSFT) (nee Nokia) Lumia 1520 which all offer 6-inch or nearly 6-inch screens.
The Amazon Fire HD 6 has been described (albeit by Amazon) as “the most powerful tablet under $ 100,” and it is. The touchscreen is an IPS liquid-crystal display capable of displaying 800 by 1280 pixels which translates to a density of 252 pixels per inch. That means it’s capable of rendering 720p high-definition video and not 1080p or beyond, with the screen being made with Corning (GLW) Gorilla Glass.
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The Fire HD 6 measures 6.7 by 4.1 by 0.4 inches and weighs in at a hefty 10.1 ounces. Measured against smartphones with 6-inch screens, that’s really a handful. For comparison, last year’s Lumia 1520 weighed 7.4 ounces, while the upcoming Nexus 6 weighs 6.5 ounces and the iPhone 6 Plus is only 6.07 ounces. The Fire HD 6 is also more square than any of these smartphones. It can be comfortably used as a one-handed device except if you’re considering one for it’s obvious target audience – youngsters. Inside this tiny package is a 1.5 GHz, quad-core processor from an unnamed manufacturer, 1GB of RAM, either 8GB or 16 GB of storage with no microSD card expansion offered. Instead, Amazon says the tablet comes with free, unlimited cloud storage for all Amazon content and photos taken with all of your Fire devices. There’s a 2MP camera on the back and 0.3 MP up front, a single (mono) speaker featuring Dolby (DLB) sound and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for wireless connectivity. The Fire HD 6 runs Amazon’s highly skinned version of Google’s Android 4.4.4 operating system, known as Fire OS 4. As you might expect, it highlights all of Amazon’s branded offerings including Kindle books, plus music, videos, games shopping apps. Amazon also offers its own Web browsing software called Silk Browser and apps to view and edit Office documents. As a tablet, the Fire HD 6 is pretty good. It displays items somewhat faster than you might expect from a device with a 6-inch screen (which is large for a smartphone) using only 1GB of RAM. Videos looked quite good and Web pages loaded quickly. Reading a Kindle book was a breeze and sound quality was clear from the mono speaker. The Fire HD 6 doesn’t have the latest, greatest components inside, but then again it was designed as a budget tablet and fulfills that role very nicely. Overall, this is a nice device although somewhat heavy. It could be somewhat difficult to hold for long usage sessions. The rear-facing camera was capable of taking acceptable looking snapshots although nowhere near as good as what comes from any of the 6-inch smartphones we’ve tried. I found that battery life was a little better than average from the Fire HD 6. (Amazon doesn’t specify battery capacity). With light-to-medium use, the tablet was able to squeeze out an entire day’s usage on a full charge. The Fire HD 6′s biggest selling point is its small price. You can buy a one for only $ 99 but that model only comes with only 8GB of storage. That doesn’t leave much room when you consider that the built-in operating system take up a huge chunk of that space. A 16GB version of the tablet retails for only $ 20 mo43. There are a host of optional the accessories available for the HD 6. For instance, a magnetically closing, standing case costs $ 30 or a leather version for $ 40 (that’s 30% and 40% of the tablet’s selling price, respectively), a Fire-to-HDTV adapter for $ 25, a screen protector for $ 30 or a two-year extended warranty/accident protection for $ 25. Adding a few extras could make your final tab a lot higher than just $ 99. Amazon also offers a separate version of this tablet and its 7-inch tablet as well. The Fire HD Kids Edition comes with an 8GB tablet, a “kid-proof protective case,” a year of Amazon’s Free Time unlimited content for children and a “two-year, worryfree guarantee.” It’s priced at $ 150. Special orange kids headphones (on sale for $ 25) and a blue car charger (now $ 20) are optional.
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Why can’t you give a Kindle book as a gift in the UK? – PC Advisor
By Jim Martin | PC Advisor | 03 November 14
I originally wrote this article in March 2012, after being frustrated by the fact I couldn’t buy a Kindle book for my wife’s new Kindle eReader. Instead, I had to buy her an Amazon voucher and explain that it was for a particular book which I would have bought had I the option.
Now, it’s November 2014 and Amazon has added new Kindles to its range such as the £59 touchscreen model, reviewed, and the expensive Voyage. Great, but there’s still no option to buy ebooks for friends this Christmas.
No such limitations for our American cousins, though, as you can see plainly in the image above. The same ebook on Amazon’s UK site lacks the Give as a Gift button, instead offering a drop-down menu so I can choose where to deliver the ebook (the list contains my iPad, iPhone, the Kindle Cloud Reader, and the various Kindle devices I’ve reviewed over the last few years). There’s no way to add anyone else’s Kindle to the list.
What Amazon has done is to introduce the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which allows Kindle owners (with an Amazon Prime membership) to borrow one book per month from a library of 600,000 titles. There’s also Kindle Unlimited which lets you read as many books as you like for £7.99 per month. Audiobooks are included too, if you have a device which is capable of playing audiobooks.
Great, but why not allow UK customers to buy Kindle books as gifts? As many people have commented below, there’s no sensible reason for this. Amazon has remained tight-lipped and won’t give a reason, making it all the more frustrating. And the issue isn’t limited to the UK. As far as I know, the ability to give a book as a gift is only possible for US customers.
It’s an issue if you don’t like giving gift cards or certificates, or don’t want to because the recipient might choose to spend the voucher on something else. And it isn’t quite the same to give a voucher with an accompanying note suggesting that the recipient spends it on a particular book because you think it will be ‘right up their street’.
It’s also confusing. It’s very easy to buy a Kindle book and later realise it’s locked to your account and therefore your Kindle. At least Amazon has made the processo of getting a refund on a Kindle book very simple. As soon as you hit the Buy button, you get a link for a refund in case you bought it accidentally.
Plus, you now have 14 rather than seven days to ask for a refund on any Kindle book. You can click the ‘Manage your Kindle’ link in your Amazon account to see this option.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Gadget Review: Reading gets hassle-free with reasonably priced Amazon New … – Economic Times
Price: Rs 5,999
Rating: 3.5
Specs: 4GB storage, 4-week battery life (half hour of reading per day with wireless off), 191 grams.
Pros: Responsive touch, thin & light, many software features borrowed from Paperwhite.
Cons: Slightly lower resolution than Paperwhite, once you use a Paperwhite, it’s almost impossible to move to this.
Amazon, like many others before it, has also fallen for the stunning lure of the Indian market, if targeted with a good product at a decent price point. The New Kindle (yes, they’re calling it just that), is testimony to Amazon’s growing Indian ambitions. Priced at Rs 5,999, the device promises a standard Kindle experience, and that can’t give consumers much to complain about.
A full touch interface, with a faster processor, increased memory and improved battery life is the stuff that Amazon promises with the New Kindle. And like all their previous e-book readers, Amazon delivers on these promises.
The problem arises however, when you start comparing the New Kindle to other Kindles on the block. Let’s not forget here that e-book readers are a category that Amazon has created, perfected and conquered. So a Kindle that is great for its price, but slightly less than perfect, does disappoint a little.
For starters, the slightly thicker shape doesn’t feel very comfortable while holding up to read. This is the first Kindle, in fact, that I prefer using with a flip cover attached to it, rather than without. Also, it’s very tough to look at an e-reader without a light, especially if you’ve seen or used the Kindle Paperwhite.
Apart from that, the biggest plus that Amazon has scored with the New Kindle is the full touch interface. Though you might struggle to get used to power button at the bottom, the ‘tap to turn the page’, more than makes up. Overall, the touch interface is highly intuitive, with an acceptable response time, and hardly takes any time to get used to. One glitch I faced was that the device froze a couple of times and had to be restarted.
The screen clarity is pretty decent too, though there are times when you experience some text ghosting. E-ink technologies are still improving but Amazon has managed an above average experience with the New Kindle. The battery life, as with any other Kindle, gives you no scope for complaint.
What Amazon has got spot-on with this device then are two things- the pricing and the software enhancements. By bringing in features like Kindle Free Time that lets you set reading goals and integrating it with Goodreads, Amazon has ensured that users have more to do with this Kindle. Vocabulary builder that simplifies dictionary usage and more importantly the Smart lookup that gives access to additional reference material like character bios are a great add on too. Then of course, there is the seamless integration with Amazon Cloud that makes life a lot simpler. The simplicity also makes it a great device for children, a segment Amazon is keen to tap.
If it’s hassle-free, reasonably priced reading that you’re after, the New Kindle is the device for you. But if you can spend the little extra, the Paperwhite is still the device to beat.
Also see: Kindle Paperwhite
Price: Rs 10,999
Specs: Holds up to 1,000 books, built in light with adjustable levels, 212ppi e-ink screen, 8 week battery life (half hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at 10).
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The most popular literary passages readers highlight on their Kindles – USA TODAY
Ian McKellan, left, as Gandalf and Elijah Wood as Frodo in 'The Lord of the Rings.' (Pierre Vinet/New Line Cinema)
In the old days, when a passage in a book really stuck with you, you'd get out a yellow magic marker or something similar and highlight it.
Today, many people who own an Amazon Kindle book reader use its highlighting function to note remarkable bits of writing that interest or inspire them.
And now, we know which of those passages are the most popular with millions of users of the e-reader.
The Atlantic got its hands on data from Amazon that reveal the most popular highlighted passages from Kindle's most popular books. Here's a sampling:
The most-highlighted passage from The Lord of the Rings:
"The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out."
From Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
"Just because you've got the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have."
See what other literary snippets Kindle readers like.
Sunday, November 2, 2014
Review: Avid readers will love Kindle Voyage – Chicago Daily Herald
GRAPEVINE, Texas — As stand-alone e-book readers go, I have yet to find anything as comfortable and easy to use as Amazon’s Kindle.
Last year’s Kindle Paperwhite was small and sturdy, and came packed with useful features such as the ability to jump to another part of a book without losing your place. Amazon.com Inc. builds on that with the Kindle Voyage, a device that now adjusts to ambient lighting conditions and lets you turn pages without lifting your finger.
The added goodies aren’t cheap, though. The Voyage starts at $ 199, or $ 80 more than the Paperwhite, which Amazon will continue to sell. And that price includes ads displayed when the screen is idle. For both devices, it’s $ 20 more to get rid of advertisements. Both devices also offer a 3G cellular version for $ 70 more, so you don’t have to rely on Wi-Fi. Data service is included for free.
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What you get for the Voyage’s higher price?
• Crisper text.
The Voyage has a higher-resolution screen, at 300 pixels per inch, compared with 212 on the Paperwhite. I thought the font had changed, but it was all in the screen.
• Light.
The Voyage still lacks a physical button for its light, so you need go to the on-screen menu to turn it on or off. But there’s now an auto-brightness feature that detects ambient light, similar to what many phones and tablets have. With that, you can keep the light on. The maximum brightness is also greater on the Voyage, compared with the Paperwhite. The Voyage is smart enough to remember your preferences, so if you manually crank up the light to a certain level under certain lighting, the Voyage automatically will match that the next time it senses those same conditions. It also knows to dim the light gradually the longer you are in a dark room, as your eyes naturally adjust.
• Easier page turning
Tapping or swiping on the touch screen means lifting your finger or blocking what you’re reading. The Voyage has page-turn controls embedded into its frame, so you can choose instead to turn pages simply by squeezing. This makes one-handed reading easier, though it takes getting used to. Several times, I turned back a page instead of flipping forward because I rested my thumb between the two control points.
• Size
The Voyage is thinner and lighter than the Paperwhite, though still wider than a paperback book. Samsung’s 7-inch Nook reading tablet, priced at $ 170, is a good choice if you’re looking for slim, but that comes with distractions such as email, Facebook and games.
What Hasn’t Changed
The software powering the Voyage is largely the same. Amazon offers plenty of supplemental materials, including passages that other Kindle readers have collectively highlighted and an X-Ray feature with more information on characters, places and terms. X-Ray is being expanded to give you an easy way to flip through notable passages and images in books. The Paperwhite will get that, too.
With either device, you can also view dictionary definitions and Wikipedia entries by pressing on words. A vocabulary-builder compiles the words you look up so you can quiz yourself on them later. As you’re reading, you can also see how much time you have left in the chapter or book, based on your reading speed.
Choices, Choices, Choices
Is it worth it the upgrade?
Avid readers that want a stand-alone reader, and not a tablet, will love the Voyage. Though you will still be locked into Amazon’s Kindle e-books only. You can’t read selections from Apple’s iBooks or Barnes & Noble’s Nook.
For others, the Paperwhite will still satisfy. And Amazon’s basic no-light Kindle is still just $ 79.