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Are we not counting the 7" Amazon Fire from 2011?

Sure, it was a bit of a separate device category, but it was still called a Kindle. More accurate article title would have been "Amazon Launches First E-Reader With Color Display".
Fire wasn't an e-reader, it was a tablet. Well, let's just say it wasn't an e-ink reader, and had an LCD display.
 
The Kindle is my go-to for any type of travel — they’re small (the Basic fits in my pocket!), easy on the eyes, and less of an investment if something was to happen to it. But I also read on my iPad Air at home. I’d totally get a color Kindle, but they’re way to expensive for a 1st gen product.
 
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Perhaps good to read supermarket or mass market fiction (which I don’t consume) but not big enough to consume many academic texts (which I do consume). I’d rather pay a bit more for an iPad. I guess I’m not the intended audience.
I think that's a bit of a condescending view; I've read several literary classics on mine over the years. Probably a more reasonable way of making the point I think you're trying to make is that for text-only literature, Kindles and other e-ink readers work well, but for texts with diagrams, images, graphs, equations or labels, they're not as useful.
 
Kindle was first launched in 2007. First Kindle with colour display - 2024. That's 17 years.
Compare to Apple's iPod, launched in 2001. First iPod with colour display - 2004. 3 years.

Apple always innovates faster. Kindle should've had R&D on this years ago.
You are comparing apples to oranges here…iPods were not designed to be on and stared at and read at for hours on end. Once you picked a song or playlist, you turned the screen off and stuck it in your pocket. You are giving Apple too much credit here on “innovation”
 
Perhaps good to read supermarket or mass market fiction (which I don’t consume) but not big enough to consume many academic texts (which I do consume). I’d rather pay a bit more for an iPad. I guess I’m not the intended audience.

No need to be like that; there is a lot of room between mass-market fiction and academic texts. The majority of my pleasure reading was written before 1900 but I also read academic texts, for work mainly, and I read them on my kindle.
 
Eh. Apple could have innovated colour e-ink years ago, if they’d been in the market.
They did pioneer multi-touch and many other display technologies, even if they didn’t necessarily “invent” them.
They didn’t. They never touched eink tech. At all. So this is a meaningless statement.

So again: tell me you don’t understand the difficulties with introducing color to eink displays without telling me you don’t understand the difficulties with introducing color to eink displays. You’re going a great job so far!
 
Anyone remember the Rocket eBook? I had one of those, it was a beast.

Does anyone actually upgrade Kindles? I have one from 2017 and sure the newer ones can turn pages slightly faster, but as long as my battery holds out (granted I have to charge it more frequently than I use to) I don't see any reason to ever replace it.
 
I've been using Kindles since the first one was released. I do a lot of highlighting when reading and I tend to use color, so I often read on an old Kindle Fire tablet or in the Kindle app on my iPad. I'm kind of interested in this because it is e-ink, which has always been a superior reading experience, but I will be able to highlight in color.
 
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Anyone remember the Rocket eBook? I had one of those, it was a beast.

Does anyone actually upgrade Kindles? I have one from 2017 and sure the newer ones can turn pages slightly faster, but as long as my battery holds out (granted I have to charge it more frequently than I use to) I don't see any reason to ever replace it.
I actually do! I’ve had a few kindles and give the older ones to family and friends.

I have the previous gen Signature edition Paperwhite currently, and I’m trying to justify getting the new model with slightly larger display by telling myself I can just give my mom my current one… :D
 
Would it kill to add a couple of physical page turn buttons?
That's why the Kindle Oasis will always be superior to the Paperwhite format devices -- much better shape for reading and the buttons are *far* superior for one-handed use. I can't believe Amazon is not currently offering an Oasis within the Kindle lineup.

Now that I've learned this device takes a step backwards in pixel density for black and white reading, this device suddenly seems very niche. I hope a better color e-ink display is slated for a future Oasis device, as that is the only form factor I would buy.
 
Eh. Apple could have innovated colour e-ink years ago, if they’d been in the market.
They did pioneer multi-touch and many other display technologies, even if they didn’t necessarily “invent” them.
Like their World-leading wireless charging pad, self-driving car and personal assistant innovations you mean?
 
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Have you tried one, or is that just your assumption? I have a big but extremely light e-reader. I can hold it with a couple of fingers, so it's an absolute delight to read from. An iPad Pro is a different beast altogether. I use that for work, for note-taking, etc., but not for reading. Just the impact on the wrist of reading for long periods makes a world of difference, reading is a pleasure rather than a pain!
I've tried several and currently own two. The device I reach for is my iPad.
 
Tell me point blank that Amazon has better hardware than Apple.
Besides, we’re on Macrumors. A bit of Apple distortion is part of the game, no? 😜
Point blank, using the right tool for the job is the best hardware. For reading and more, Kindle and a few other brands are the right tool.
 
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Anyone remember the Rocket eBook? I had one of those, it was a beast.

Does anyone actually upgrade Kindles? I have one from 2017 and sure the newer ones can turn pages slightly faster, but as long as my battery holds out (granted I have to charge it more frequently than I use to) I don't see any reason to ever replace it.
Even when I was a habitual Day 1 upgrader for lots of tech (e.g. iPhones, iPads etc), I was generally happy to stick with my Kindles for years at a time. My original only got replaced after I left it on a plane, and I replaced the new one after several more years with a Paperwhite because I was getting annoyed at the uneven backlighting when reading at night. I think the much-improved contrast that came with the upgrade to Paperwhite was a massive step in terms of day-to-day reading quality and it is an upgrade I'd recommend to owners of older Kindles.
 
Yes, I get the whole built for purpose screen.. great battery and minimal distractions, but the reality is that I'd rather just use my iPad Pro (11)
That's pretty much my conclusion too. I don't need yet another electronic device for yet another process that I can also do on a device I already own.

I don't know the details about Amazon Kindle, but is it good for heavy markups? When I read, I highlight, scribble in the margins, and also add comments. At the end of the day, a physical book is the best medium so far for marking up, but my iPad Pro follows behind.

Where I see good use for devices like the Kindle are folks who consume a lot of popular fiction/nonfiction. I do some of that but I also read a lot of other thinks like court cases, regulations, academic texts and books and prefer to have all of that in one device.
 
If I'm not mistaken, most of the software is going to come to the original Scribe as well.
That is correct. Amazon has stated that these features will be available to the original Scribe. "Original" is a bit redundant since Amazon is referring to these new Scribes as 1st gen. Looking past all of the marketing hyperbole, the newly announced Scribes are just additional cosmetic options.

There is a new Premium Pen that has a softer eraser. Considering that people are pressing way too hard on the Scribe that they have to replace the nubs every few weeks/months, I suspect they'll wear out the eraser as well.

I'm still on the original nib 20 months later. I use it heavily daily for nearly all of my handwritten notes, and because I develop resources for the Scribe, I write on mine perhaps more than most.

Need a larger version for comics 😞
That was my initial thought as well. Basically, a Color Scribe. But upon additional consideration, I don't think that I'm interested in that anymore. The reduced pixel density in color mode, reduced battery life, subdued saturation of colors, and the lack of performance with e-ink technology, my 10th gen iPad w/matte screen protector and accessibility tweaks make it better as a comic reader (as well as reading vintage magazines and catalogs).

The battery life on my Scribe is insane. Even with daily use, I only have to charge it every 2 months. The Colorsoft has about 30% less battery life than the comparable Paperwhite Signature Edition.
 
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Great for comics, but when reading books, other than biographies or non-fiction where there may be photos, you're generally reading black and white pages anyway, so it seems like a more niche product than the mainstream future...for me, anyway.

I am wondering how this will be for comics. It looks like the picture in the thread is of a comic, but so far, for me, the iPad has been my go to comic book reader. Expensive, but man I love reading them on it.
 
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Anyone remember the Rocket eBook? I had one of those, it was a beast.

Does anyone actually upgrade Kindles? I have one from 2017 and sure the newer ones can turn pages slightly faster, but as long as my battery holds out (granted I have to charge it more frequently than I use to) I don't see any reason to ever replace it.
Only times I have is when one broke, and in all those cases it was my fault, they are pretty reliable devices. The current paperwhite is almost perfect honestly, I wish it had the page turn buttons from the old voyage (which I liked better than the layout on the buttons on the oasis) but it’s still great without them

That said every time, buttons aside, has been a nice QOL upgrade, better screens, better lighting, faster page turn, USBC, etc. not major things in any given piece (except maybe the screens) but they add up
 
Meh, I've tried iPads over the years and keep going back to my e-ink kindle. It's my most-used and longest lived gadget, having used the same one since April 2014.

I'm curious about this new color model, but I don't really read anything with illustrations.
I honestly have a hard time believing anyone who says they prefer to read on an iPad vs a Kindle or similar. Seems like they either 1) haven't tried one, 2) tried it for a minute without an open mind, or 3) just don't read that much. A kindle is so utilitarian and simple that it feels closer to a physical book than it does to any iPad. The battery can last for weeks or months, and unless you manage to break it there's absolutely no reason to replace or upgrade it. Kindle Paperwhite is almost a perfect product... my only gripe with it is that I don't agree with some of the UI changes they've made over the years.
 
I would love a colour kindle but pixel density is lower and so is battery life compared to Paperwhite.

I’ve traded in my Paperwhite towards the new model. It was £170 but got £64 off the price with trade in :D

I’ll wait for 2nd or 3rd gen Colour Soft kindle once they improve resolution and battery life. I got the first gen Paperwhite when it came out and it sucked. Need to wait for a few hardware revisions.
You got me all excited, because I didn't realize Amazon would accept trade-ins on the Kindle. So I checked, and they're offering me $5 to trade in my current Paperwhite. 😞
 
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