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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
Crisp edge-lighting. Sharp new fonts. Fast, smooth, touch-based UI. Improved home screen. Robust app ecosystem.
Ads cost $20 to remove. No more headphone jack. 3G version costs as much as 7-inch color tablets
The Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3G offers always-on connectivity, bright, even edge-lighting, and numerous other improvements, but it's simply too expensive. The Wi-Fi-only version is a better buy....
Absolutely. The Paperwhite is a great ereader, and the superb screen quality, easy-to-use frontlight, and improved capacitive controls make it an easy choice. The only reason to not get it would be if you really love physical buttons, in which case you sh...
Sharp, crisp text on highresolution display, Integrated, bright light provides reading flexibility
Menus are still a little kludgy, Chassis attracts fingerprints
The new Kindle Paperwhite is a dramatic update inside and out, one with fully redesigned software and an appealing integrated light that makes the Kindle more usable in any environment....
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Published: 2012-09-06, Author: James , review by: anandtech.com
The Fire HD 7" is a likable candidate in the race for best media tablet. The closed-OS mentality of Amazon's highly-modified version of Android may steer some users awry, but Prime users who enjoy the benefits of the thousands of TV shows and Movies that ...
Published: 2012-09-06, Author: David , review by: cnet.com
Amazon has improved on last year's excellent Paperwhite e-reader with the sharper, higher resolution screen found in the step-up Kindle Voyage. A smattering of new features enhance Amazon's already best-in-class content ecosystem. The built-in light isn't
The HD screen is an upgrade but doesn't make a huge difference, an AC adapter isn't included (just a Micro-USB cable for charging). The ad-free version costs $20 more
With an excellent built-in light and Amazon's best-in-class e-book selection, the Kindle Paperwhite rises to the top of the e-reader pack.
Abstract: Amazon's long held a stranglehold on the e-book market in North America, thanks to the fact that they offer the largest selection of electronic books, comics and newspapers in the world. This content is accessible through a number of avenues: it can be re...
Abstract: The Kindle Paperwhite is really the ultimate Kindle eReader in the market right now. It carries all the features of the Kindle Touch 3G, the same compact size and the added benefit of a backlight. Available at Amazon.ca starting at $139 for the regular Wi...
Abstract: Lisa Gade reviews the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite ereader with side-lighting. The Paperwhite starts at $119 for the WiFi model and costs $179 for the WiFi+ 3G model. It has a 6″, 1024 x 768 E-Ink display (higher res than the usual 800 x 600 E-Ink display), v...
