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.
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Amazon Launches First Kindle With Color Display [Updated]
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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.
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.
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”
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.
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!
Amazon definitely has better eink display hardware than Apple. Since Apple has zero.
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.
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.
If I'm not mistaken, most of the software is going to come to the original Scribe as well.
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…
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.
Like their World-leading wireless charging pad, self-driving car and personal assistant innovations you mean?
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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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. 😞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
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.
As close to a real book as you can get in something that has a battery inside. You're absolutely right.