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New Kindle Oasis

NickNack — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:33:25 GMT

Kindle is introducing the new Kindle Oasis for $289.99. It's much thinner and lighter than the last Kindle. It's available for pre-order now. You can read about it on Amazon. It sounds wonderful except for the price.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

mima — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:45:37 GMT

Woohooo....I'm going over their now. Thanks!

Checked it out. Not interested. I just jumped to conclusions that it was a tablet but it is just a reader. That is too much for a reader IMO. My Paperwhite is fine. There aren't too many instances where you would need to have it keep it's charge for months. I can charge mine easily when needed.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

jaxs mom — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:43:27 GMT

Well that's disappointing. It's still 300ppi like the current Voyage and Paperwhite. I read in landscape so the new design isn't at all helpful for me. In fact it seems like it would be harder to read in landscape since the bezel is so small on the top and bottom. Not happy with the price either. I guess I'm sticking with my Paperwhite.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

AuSableRiverLivin — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:47:38 GMT

Wow, I'm really tempted. I've been eyeing the Kindle Voyage. I currently have the Kindle app on my iPad but it's nearly impossible to read it outside in the sunlight.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

ChynnaBlue — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:00:20 GMT

@mima wrote:
Woohooo....I'm going over their now. Thanks!

Checked it out. Not interested. I just jumped to conclusions that it was a tablet but it is just a reader. That is too much for a reader IMO. My Paperwhite is fine. There aren't too many instances where you would need to have it keep it's charge for months. I can charge mine easily when needed.

Amazon realized that the Kindle Fire confusion was out of control last year and changed their nomenclature. Now Fire = tablet and Kindle = ereader only.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

ChynnaBlue — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:06:14 GMT

@AuSableRiverLivin wrote:
Wow, I'm really tempted. I've been eyeing the Kindle Voyage. I currently have the Kindle app on my iPad but it's nearly impossible to read it outside in the sunlight.

I think you'd love a Voyage or an Oasis. I have a Paperwhite and a Voyage and love them both. If you use the Kindle App and always leave the wi-fi active on your Kindle ereader, the App and ereader wirelessly sync your content. That means that you can read your book on your phone, then go get your ereader later and it will say something like, "This device is on page 122 from 8:32pm on April 10. The furthest read page in this book is page 253 on (Name of iPhone) at 12:17pm on April 13. Do you want to go to that page?"

So no matter where you are, you can always read the same book and always be where you left off without having to try and figure it out. Having multiple apps and Kindles, that's one of my favorite things.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

millieshops — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:07:39 GMT

I keep watching Amazon as to their readers - and then I realize I just don't need to pull the trigger yet. I do readline on my Kindle Fire, although I've promised myself that when that dies, I'll get an actual reader. I didn't know until I actually had the Fire how little I would use any of the features beyond reading. Now I know.

I'm thinking, though, that $300 for a reader also makes sense for me, but there could be a Paperwhite in my future. I hope never to give up the public library, but I do like being able to download from their collection as well as picking out books from the shelves --and I used to think I'd never do that!

Re: New Kindle Oasis

jaxs mom — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 14:30:44 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@mima wrote:
Woohooo....I'm going over their now. Thanks!

Checked it out. Not interested. I just jumped to conclusions that it was a tablet but it is just a reader. That is too much for a reader IMO. My Paperwhite is fine. There aren't too many instances where you would need to have it keep it's charge for months. I can charge mine easily when needed.

Amazon realized that the Kindle Fire confusion was out of control last year and changed their nomenclature. Now Fire = tablet and Kindle = ereader only.

That was a good move, it was really annoying when trying to discuss products that the word kindle was associated with both e-ink readers and tablets, and then they did the same with fire phone but that worked itself out when it went off the market.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

mima — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 16:35:59 GMT

@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@mima wrote:
Woohooo....I'm going over their now. Thanks!

Checked it out. Not interested. I just jumped to conclusions that it was a tablet but it is just a reader. That is too much for a reader IMO. My Paperwhite is fine. There aren't too many instances where you would need to have it keep it's charge for months. I can charge mine easily when needed.

Amazon realized that the Kindle Fire confusion was out of control last year and changed their nomenclature. Now Fire = tablet and Kindle = ereader only.

Obviously I'm still easily confused. LOL! I'll try to remembr that.

Re: New Kindle Oasis

ChynnaBlue — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 02:23:25 GMT

@jaxs mom wrote:
@ChynnaBlue wrote:
@mima wrote:
Woohooo....I'm going over their now. Thanks!

Checked it out. Not interested. I just jumped to conclusions that it was a tablet but it is just a reader. That is too much for a reader IMO. My Paperwhite is fine. There aren't too many instances where you would need to have it keep it's charge for months. I can charge mine easily when needed.

Amazon realized that the Kindle Fire confusion was out of control last year and changed their nomenclature. Now Fire = tablet and Kindle = ereader only.
That was a good move, it was really annoying when trying to discuss products that the word kindle was associated with both e-ink readers and tablets, and then they did the same with fire phone but that worked itself out when it went off the market.

I totally agree! It was a stupid thing to do and I'm sad it took them so long to figure it out. The damage has been done.