New Kindles

[melinafandom]

Really one new Kindle and some refreshes.

A new flagship e-ink, called the Kindle Voyage.  It has optional sensors on each side of the device that can be used for turning pages, an optional auto-light sensor, 4 gb of space (which translates to about 3 gb for users), and it's a little bit smaller and lighter.

The Paperwhite is getting an upgrade

Comments

[haikitteh]

I've got such a longing for that Voyage. It looks so fantastic. Expensive, but really sleek.

[spatulistic]

I'm with you. $200 is steep.

And why didn't they put page-turn buttons on the entry level Kindle?

[germankitty]

I'm with you on that. My Kindle Keyboard died in spring, and because the old Kindle Touch was the only version with comparable capacity (and not a watered-down tablet), I very reluctantly bought a refurbished Touch.

I knew I'd hate the touchscreen, and I do -- SO inconvenient, especially for going back, I constantly call up dictionaries and whatnot by accident, sometimes I just shift my grip and change pages or whatever ... and never mind the waiter I had on vacation who thought it hilarious to swipe across my Kindle's screen in passing when I was reading during breakfast. Nothing happened with my basic Kindle, of course, but still!

Wish they'd include a function to automatically reset a book or document to the beginning once you've finished, instead.

[haikitteh]

That waiter should be fired.