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The editors liked
Great display in all light conditions
Good value for money
Competitive bookstore
Ecosystem that's hard to beat
Built-in light makes for comfortable
Clear reading
Very portable
Easy-to-buy books from Amazon
Good battery life
Illuminated capacitive touchscreen
Good touch recognition
Comfortable to use
Adapter included
3G communications entirely free of charge
Free cloud storage for Amazon content
Builtin bookstore and library
Responsive keyboard with effective predictiv
Super
Sharp screen
Improved typography
Fairly affordable
Sharp
Bright front-lit displa
Easy to read new fonts
Cutting edge reading features
In-built light
E-ink touchscreen
Battery life
The screen light is superb and its brightness is very easy to control.
Light so you can read in the dark
Wi-Fi and 3G for downloading books
Easy to use
Touchscreen - so no buttons
Big choice of books
Great battery life
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite’s by far the slickest looking e-reader Amazon has ever produced. It’s just 9.1mm deep
Almost entirely free of buttons
And made of a deep matte black that looks far cooler than a book has any right to. It’s missing the page turn buttons of its cheaper Kindle brother
But its touchscreen controls are easy to get to grips with
Just tap on the right side of the page to
What screen glare?
Lighter than a paperback
Sharp display
Affordable
Excellent Display
Excellent Battery
Excellent Ecosystem
Crisp edge
Lighting
Sharper screen and better fonts
Fast
Smooth
Touch
Based UI
Improved home screen
Great screen
Impressive battery
Responsive display
The editors didn't like
Not a huge change from the 2012 model
Could be higher resolution
No support for. epub files
Slightly heavier than regular Kindle
3G version costs £60 more
UK adapter not included
No support for ePub
CBZ/CBR or audio files
Halos of light around edges / Light not always consistent across screen
Proprietary system allows Amazon file formats only
Nonexpandable memory
No SD card slot
Screen lighting lower
Familiar
Bland design
Still missing some features
Over-sensitive touch tech
Dodgy browser
Fewer features than US
Unintuitive interface
Tied into Amazon books eco-system
Expensive for 3G
Amazon refuses to support the popular ePUB book format
And the 3G version of the Paperwhite is relatively expensive
Locked-in to Kindle books
It’s hard to muster many complaints about the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
But if we have one
It’s the weight. At around 204g
It’s noticeably heavier than the 168g entry level Kindle. Much of that is centred on the bottom of the Paperwhite
So it thankfully isn’t too top heavy in your hands
But if you’re used to a lighter e-reader it may definitely distract you. Of course
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite’s by far the slickest looking e-reader Amazon has ever produced. It’s just 9.1mm deep, almost entirely free of buttons, and made of a deep matte black that looks far cooler than a book has any right to. It’s missing the page turn buttons of its cheaper Kindle brother, but its touchscreen controls are easy to get to grips with: just tap on the right side of the page to
It’s hard to muster many complaints about the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, but if we have one, it’s the weight. At around 204g, it’s noticeably heavier than the 168g entry level Kindle. Much of that is centred on the bottom of the Paperwhite, so it thankfully isn’t too top heavy in your hands, but if you’re used to a lighter e-reader it may definitely distract you. Of course, it’s still lighter than
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the best black and white e-reader you can buy right now, even if it is a tad heavier than we’ve grown used to. It’s certainly a far more polished product than its rival, the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight, with a more ...
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Published: 2012-10-19, Author: Jonathan , review by: alphr.com
A fantastic ebook reader, whose built-in light is currently the best in the business, and the price is right too...
Great screen, Impressive battery, Responsive display
Locked into Amazon, No audio functions
There's room for improvement in future models, but the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is the best, most complete version-feeling of the Kindle to date. It doesn't have every feature the series has ever offered, but it does offer everything that related to what ...
Light so you can read in the dark, Wi-Fi and 3G for downloading books, easy to use, touchscreen - so no buttons, big choice of books, great battery life
Locked-in to Kindle books
If you're worried that will do your eyes in, don't be, it is a very pleasant experience, and one you'll enjoy, no matter what pulp fiction you are reading...
Crisp edge, lighting, Sharper screen and better fonts, Fast, smooth, touch, based UI, Improved home screen
No more headphone jack, 3G version is pricey
Overall, Amazon has another winner here, and let's hope the Kindle Paperwhite does come over to the UK before too long. That said, existing Kindle Touch owners will probably pass on this device anyway, as their version has more memory and a headphone jac...
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Published: 2012-10-01, Author: Mark , review by: T3.com
Sharp, bright front-lit displa, Easy to read new fonts, Cutting edge reading features
Over-sensitive touch tech, Dodgy browser, Fewer features than US
Sharp display, New font and advanced typesetting, Improved parental controls, Expanded storage
Power adapter sold separately, No audio port
The all-new Kindle Paperwhite retains the great features of its predecessor, but sports a sharper screen and advanced typesetting that makes reading easier than it ever has been...
Abstract: Charles Dickens loved to read outdoors. It's said that he even practiced public readings of his work in a garden at his home where he penned “Great Expectations.” If Dickens had read on an iPad, however, we may have never gotten Estella and Pip's unrequit...
