Electronics

[gardenman]

Amazon's just announced a new, redesigned Kindle Paperwhite with better resolution, a new Kindle only font, and other extras for $119. It looks pretty neat, so if anyone is in the market for a new e-reader, you might want to take a look at it. 

[AuntG]

I thought I'd use my Kindle to read and I've ended up using it for time-wasting games.  Maybe I needed a Paperwhite all along.

[lovescats]

What's the difference between this and the voyage then?

[tansy]

gardenman, I received an email on the new version and am intrigued. Do you know if the pages turn in the same way as the older version? I've thought about trying the pricier Voyager because of the way it turns pages.

[gardenman]

I'm not sure how the page turns work, but they advertise a new "Page Flip" feature. 

[gardenman]

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@lovescats wrote:
What's the difference between this and the voyage then?

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At this point it looks like the only real difference is the page turn feature where you can turn a page simply by squeezing on the Voyage. The displays now look identical. I don't see much else that's different. I think the Paperwhite still uses swipes or screen touches, but there's not a lot of specifics known right now.

[Stargazer77]

Thanks for posting, gardenman!  I have a Nook Simple Touch, but decided recently that I would like to give the Paperwhite a shot, mostly because I would like an e-reader with a backlight.  I was hoping the Paperwhite would go on sale for $99, as I've seen that happen a couple times.  Maybe I'll wait until holiday season to see if anyone has a sale.  

[mima]

Thanks for posting.  I love keeping up with new electronics, especially from Amazon.

It looks to me that this new one has free 3G?  I think that is how I understood it.

That would be really nice for older people that want a Kindle but don't have wifi.  I can think of a couple right now.

They have had that feature before, but at a higher price.

[Big Sister]

I saw that ad for the Kindle Paperwhite and was interested.   I currently have the Kindle Keyboard and I love turning a page by pressing a "button" on either side.  I think if a page had to be turned by touching, I'd have to be so careful not to touch the screen by mistake, thereby turning a page when I didn't mean to.

The backlight on the Paperwhite is what really interests me.   That being said, I do love my Kindle Keyboard, which they are not making any longer.

[lovescats]

If only they could make a paper white with a keyboard. Even if they only did turning a page with a button it would be nice.