T he British reading public are a bunch of hypocrites. A recent list of Waterstones top-selling paper books of 2015 Compared with the top 20 ebooks from Amazon Purchased in the same period, has revealed the gulf between what we are seen to be reading and what we’re really reading. The actual book versus ebook list is like seeing Dorian Grey’s public face right up against his portrait.
While on paper we dole out our wages to prop up the careers of Colm Toibin, Ian McEwan and Richard Flanagan, what we read on our Kindles is very different. We’re like American winos, hiding our cheap, nasty, yet oh-so-satisfying liquor in brown paper bags – or the dead gray plastic of the Kindle. We sip fine wine in literary public and neck any old drain-clearing hooch When we’re left to our own (e-reading) devices: harrowing first-person accounts of abuse, marshmallowy love stories, gritty killings, true crime, contemporary commuting -based psychodramas with “girl” and “train” in the title.
We like our fictional characters to be multidimensional (except for Ana Steele from Fifty Shades of Grey, who’s the thick of the post), but the readers we remain resolutely two-faced. I’m not surprised, though. Who would not be desperate to find out the ending of Dare She Date Again? by Amy Ruttan, in the Mills & amp; Boon Medical Romance line? It’s about a widow, – the air ambulance paramedic turned pilot – who falls for her hunky trainee. . Genius
Related: The Girl on the Train tops Amazon’s UK ebook sales this year so far
And right now in the Amazon Kindle top 100 I am excited to see Stone Deep: An Alpha Bad Boy Romance by Tess Oliver and Anna Hart at number 86, and Cover Model by Devon Hartford at number 89. Both feature striking cover images of nameless, faceless, oiled beefcake – and, no, I ‘ m not talking about the late-summer barbecue platter from Lidl.
Meanwhile, copies of untouched prize-winning novels languish on our shelves, impressive but remote, like an exhibition of Elizabeth Taylor’s evening dresses. The hardbacks are what we feel we ought to buy, or better yet give the gifts, Which show our high-mindedness while Ensuring That We pass the reading burden on to someone else.
We tout our beautiful Edwardian- green Virago Classics or zingy orange Penguin Classics, giving a little eye-sparkle of recognition to the other person on the train reading que year’s much-admired novel-that-Proves-the-novel-isn’t-dead. We pay for hardback editions of thoughtful, exquisitely written meditations on something or other, Which Took years to write.
But They only take a few seconds to shelve and forget. What we really Respond to is the old kiss-kiss-bang-bang, the thrill of the penny dreadful, the glitter of the music hall, the big-screen swoon. Well, we yearn in our imaginations; perhaps not in life, where kiss-kiss etc would disrupt the school run. Your Kindle library is like your personal web dark, the place where your basest instincts and Truest, rawest, subconscious Urges settle like slime at the bottom of the lake forbidding. Indeed, Slime at the Bottom of the Forbidding Lake is the title of my forthcoming eNovel, Which I am generously releasing on to the market for 99p, complete with authentic spelling mistakes, to cover ripped image from Shutterstock and the promise of a fri scene on every page que does not have a murder on it.
The actual book versus ebook list is like seeing Dorian Grey’s public face right up against his portrait
Let’s embrace the truth. In our hands we have highly wrought prose about highly wrought characters and Their personal, political and cultural issues. In our heads we’re all bums, willies, magic amulets and blood-soaked corpses. I think it’s time to come out of the closet and admit the Kindle strain of maintaining a double life. Time to venerable upload and worthy works on to our e-readers, place Them carefully in a drawer and forget about Them, Then hit WH Smiths at Heathrow Terminal 5 and go crazy buying what we really want.
The fine literary novels can wait for our retirement years, When natural resources will be low and we can burn Them for fuel. In the meantime, we need to liberate ourselves, reclaim the misery memoirs, overripe pseudo-medieval swords and sorcery bunk and PG-rated romantic fantasies, and flash que trash with pride.
Less than a week after Amazon kicked off Their 24-hour Prime Day event, the online retail giant, has launched a series of flash sales, including the laptop Lenovo, and latest Fire HD tablet -. for limited periods this week
We’ve spotted a number of flash deals on the site – and Prime Unlike Day – anyone and everyone with an Amazon account can make an order
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According to The Wall Street Journal, the Lab126, which created the Kindle Fire and Amazon Phone Echo, is to lay off dozens of engineers. However, the company will be working on three new projects in secret.
The first is a kitchen computer, with the code name ‘Kabinet’ which, according to the newspaper, is designed to serve as a “hub” for a home connected to the Internet and capable of receiving voice commands, for example, order products.
The second product is a tablet with an auto stereoscopic 3D display, a bit similar to that used in the Nintendo 3DS system. The images will “leap off the screen without the user is using special glasses,” unlike the “alleged 3D effect used by the Fire Phone Amazon,” writes The Wall Street Journal.
Finally, the company is working on an e-reader Kindle to two years of battery. The newspaper said the engineers of Lab126 “said they hope to produce a battery to the Kindle that will take two years to run out of power, that on a single charge.”
Amazon will have until Monday (24) the so-called Book Friday. The event will give discounts of up to 80% in several e-books and physical books. Besides, who buy at the store during the liquidation will win a voucher of R $ 100 to be used to purchase an e-reader Kindle or Kindle Paperwhite .
Promotion of apps and games on Amazon offers free package of up to R $ 235
The minimum purchase value in physical books to get free shipping was also reduced during the Book Friday. Orders from R $ 39 will be sent at no charge to the addresses. Without the promotion, the rate is $ 69 South, Southeast and Midwest and £ 99 for North and Northeast.
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A giant created a page where you can see the books and e-books that are on offer. Among the titles are printed “Deluxe Edition of The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and the “Definitive Edition Watchmen” by Alan Moore. Among the e-books are “50 shades of Grey” by EL James, and the Brazilian bestseller “1808″ by Laurentino Gomes.
Another innovation announced during the digital event It is the expansion of international book catalog available in Brazil. More than 10 million books in print and more than 2 million e-books imported. Titles can be purchased in real, it is not necessary to pay IOF (Tax on Financial Operations).
In recent weeks we had the opportunity to test the new Kindle Paperwhite Amazon . A few years ago we have tested the device, but it was the previous model. This new model has the main differential screen with more resolution in addition to lighting system who is now totally off on the lower level. This new model also has a new source text created specifically for reading on digital devices, called Bookerly . The version sent to us for evaluation has free 3G connection , allowing access your files in the cloud or make further acquisitions even when away from a WiFi connection.
Who looks for a Kindle for the first time without knowing exactly what it is, can surprise the very salient edges of the product. Something unusual, and just wanted to in smartphones and tablets today, but this area is critical to using the device. This feature is that allows it to be used comfortably while reading, without touching the screen, which would cause the exchange page. For anyone reading in public transport this behavior is critical, as we hold the e-reader with just one hand, with the other busy hold on.
The back has a slightly rubbery texture giving more firmly when holding the device. The size and weight are very comfortable, even after almost an hour of reading standing. I say this because my main point of reading is riding the subway, when I come and go from work. I get almost all the way on foot and certainly reading the single physical volume of LOTR would be more uncomfortable than the digital version.
The Amazon developed for this new line of devices a new font called Bookerly . This resource is designed to provide readers with a more enjoyable reading experience. It features an improved positioning and spacing characters in addition to the hyphenation have been more accurate. Even when the font size changes the loss is minimal due to the design of the letters was always thinking to make pleasant reading.
The previous version of Paperwhite was equipped with a screen 212ppi resolution, since version 2015 has 300ppi with 1440 x 1080 pixels on a screen the same size, 6 inches . This is the first time I make prolonged use of an e-reader, and all previous occasions I had to take a quick look at these devices, pixelated letter ever caused me discomfort. I confess that the first thing that struck me when starting the new Kindle was the optimal resolution of letters and images on the screen. Really it has the same feel of a printed book page. Now we need him to release the smell when we open an item from our virtual bookshelf to have the feeling of being with a physical book in their hands.
One detail that makes a big difference and demonstrates a real concern the company with the comfort of the consumer, is that when you purchase a Kindle you already receive the equipment pre-recorded with your account Amazon without the need for large configurations for the first time.
The company also offers the service called Whispersync is a backup in the cloud of all securities purchased in the store. Yet they are saved in the cloud favorites list, notes, and the last page read for each book. Thus you can continue to read on any device that is configured with the same account.
The one thing I found a bit odd is the issue of screen orientation . The system even lets you change the orientation to landscape, making the line breaks and paragraph become nicer but he left the book, guidance returns to portrait. This is because the exchange of guidance is effective only when the book is open and not to use the system from the rest. It is hardly something very bad, but after staying several hours manipulating it in landscape was strange not being able to surf the shelf and store in the same orientation.
In my other experiences with digital readers, I do not like the way the screen behaved in exchange for opening pages and books. Some models take a few seconds between the touch screen and full loading the new page, but this new machine model of Amazon This exchange is very fast . It is not instantaneous, but occurs almost in the time it takes to move the eyes to the top of the page. Most likely the reason for this improved performance is to increase the RAM, which increased from 256MB to 512MB . The processor remains the same with 1GHz .
The internal memory is another item that has been improved over the previous version. The store went from 2GB ( about 1,25GB usable ) to 4GB ( about 3GB usable ). With this I would say that you can load in the internal memory books for you to read for more than a decade. Thinking about it, I do not see big money in 3G connection. Having access to wifi once to load your library, you can stay long disconnected and still have a vast amount of material to consume.
battery life it is an interesting point. The Kindle is famous for the duration of your battery only asks for a new charge after several days of use. Knowing this fame I was quite disappointed in the early days use as needed to recharge it only two days after making the first charge, that with just a few hours of actual use . It was then that I realized that the set uses a 3G connection . I activated the airplane mode and then I could check the battery life so famous that after two weeks using about 2 hours a day, still had the half load . The problem is that has no way to disable only the 3G and stay connected with Wifi, or active airplane mode and disables all connections or takes all active.
Even in airplane mode You can find the meaning of entries in the dictionary. For this to be possible you need to install one of several available dictionaries. Some are free and just download to the equipment, others need to be purchased. This is an item that relies heavily on the needs and preferences of each player. For casual readings free dictionary Priberam fulfills quite well. But queries to the Articles of Wikipedia , for example, require that a connection is active.
Like the previous version, using the 3G network has no cost, but the device only makes access to books store Amazon , in addition to consultations with the Wikipedia and shares on social networks. The signal coverage in Brazil improved markedly in recent years, but mostly the connection is only EDGE. Support for 3G is more limited to major urban centers. But if you travel a lot in Europe and the USA 3G coverage is almost complete.
Amazon states have the best eBook store in the world, with more than 2,500,000 books available for the Kindle , and over 50000 in Portuguese. It really is possible to find almost any title researched, but it is a pity that this does not reflect the Kindle Unlimited subscription service, launched about a year ago in Brazil. This is a service that allows customers to have free access to up to 10 ebooks simultaneously paying R $ 19.90 per month, the first month free. I made subscription service that I did get enough disappointed . The level of my English is not very advanced and therefore do not feel the urge to read a whole book in English. It turns out that almost none of the books mainstream are available to subscribers, even though they exist in digital format in the store
As an example searched for the following authors books:. JRR Martin , J. K. Rolling , Isaac Asimov , Carl Sagan , Goerge Orwell , Stephen King and Augusto Cury . No ebook in Portuguese these authors is available to subscribers of the reading service, even if the Portuguese ebook in a few there for sale in the store. English is the catalog much more complete and practically all my searches yielded a satisfactory result. So if you do not read in English the service may end up disappointing you enough. I recommend that you do the signature with the first month free to test and thereafter verify that the service can really suit your reading needs.
To purchase ebooks directly in the store the Amazon , the catalog serves really well readers in Portuguese, although the store has a plethora of titles with very into account prices, below $ 10.00 some titles have prices still seem a little strange. I really have difficulties to understand why the digital version is more expensive than the printed version of the same book.
Interestingly, the reader is not required to get books in store Kindle . Any ebook can be moved into the device without any problems. To do this simply connect it to the USB of your computer and drag the files into the folder “documents”. The main constraint in this case is to file in EPUB format that is not recognized by the system. The recommended formats are MOBI, AZW and AZW3, which are proprietary formats from Amazon, and TXT, PDF and PRC naturally; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP. If you have any EPUB and want to read it is necessary to convert to one of the supported formats. I did tests for converting MOBI and AZW3 and did not notice any problem reading.
The product is available in Brazil 4 versions . All feature a screen 6 inches touch and anti-reflective, besides counting on wifi connection . The version easier weighs 191g and does not have lighting on the screen , with a resolution of 167ppi and can be acquired by R $ 219.00 . The other models have backlit display with a resolution of 300ppi . The intermediate called Paperwhite , which was tested by us, have two prices: only with wifi connection it weighs 206g and goes for R $ 479.00 already 3G connection weight passes for 215g and the price for From $ 699 00 . The most comprehensive family brother called Voyage , is also the lightest with 180g , and has the distinction of a system of automatic regulation of lighting that adapts according to the environment, in addition to having the technology PagePress . This feature allows turn the page effortlessly, lightly pressing the side strips of the equipment. For these differences it has a cost of R $ 899.00
My general assessment about the product is very positive , mainly because of hardware. The store did not please me very much, because of the Portuguese in the securities of deficiencies in subscription service Kindle Unlimited and the prices a bit high in the sale of ebooks. Still I would thoroughly recommend the purchase of the product by the quality of the equipment itself. I intend to purchase one of these in the coming weeks, and in respect of digital books, will shop in stores where to find the best prices and, if necessary, converts them into a compatible format for reading. Unfortunately this came just as loan and returns’ll need it in a few days ….
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Kindle Paperwhite 2015
R $ 699.00
Pros
– Battery life in airplane mode
– HD Screen Resolution
– 3G Coverage
– Internal Memory
– Material that provides footprint pleasant and safe
The three books of “Fifty Shades” saga are currently those that dominate the bestseller top on Kindle. The results are from Amazon that five years ago selling Kindle ebooks in the UK. The author EL James was considered to be the author who has sold more books on this platform over the past five years. In addition to “Fifty Shades”, other works that also had film adaptation, occupied eight seats in the top 10 best sellers this service.
According to the Wired.co.uk , the famous erotic saga, the first book “The Fifty Shades of Grey” is the first of the Amazon list. Second is the continuation of “The Fifty more Black Shadows” and the third book, “The Fifty Shades Free” ranks fourth. Third is “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn (this work does not exist translated into Portuguese from Portugal). This list of top 10 also included works such as “The Life of Pi” by Yann Martell, “The Men Who Hate Women” of Steig Larson, “Twelve Years Slave” Solomon Northump, among others.
When it comes to top authors, Erika Leonard James is first. Entered into this top ten are other writers whose works were also film and television adaptations. Suzanne Collins (“The Hunger Games”), George RR Martin (“A Song of Ice and Fire”), James Patterson and Sylvia Day are some that also appear in this list.
In addition to authors and works there is also a reference to the villages and cities with the largest number of readers. First is Huntigdon, second Doncaster, both located in the UK and third is the city of Rochester in New York State. When it comes to favorite literary genres, the novel is the favorite of inhabitants of Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster and Bradford. Cambridge, in turn, expressed a notable preference for books that address social, political and philosophical themes.
Amazon launched the Kindle store in August 2010, initially with about 400,000 titles available. Today that number has nearly four million, according to the Wired.co.uk .
The literary saga of EL James is a success both sales books like movie tickets, were sold over 19,000 tickets for the first premiere of the film sessions, which occurred in February this year. Having been the subject of much acclaim, as well as many negative reviews, this literary saga has proved to be a phenomenon, selling over 100 million copies worldwide and have been translated into more than 50 languages.
e-book readers faced a very strong resistance when they started to appear. For many they did not make much sense, since pay almost the same value of a physical book and having to acquire the player for a price not so buddy turned away much of the public. Over time, they began to have more and more acceptance as the digital versions of books became more accessible, readers have become more advanced and practicality began to weigh more and more.
Amazon It was one of the great responsible for this change of scenery, one of the first companies to bring a reader e-books commercially interesting. The Kindle has become synonymous with digital player, improving with each generation as much of gadgets: more resolution, more features and more design. Then we have the new Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Paperwhite or edition in 2015, one of the latest models of the company.
Starting with its main selling point, we have improved screen. It keeps the 6-inch Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite original, only now comes with 300 dots per square inch pixel density, enough to improve, and the reading experience. Question already here the need to further increase the pixel density in tablets and smartphones, but here this strategy is a beautiful meaning.
e-book readers serve essentially read-only, so join 300 PPP with E-ink technology supporting up to 16 levels of gray make this experience to be the best as possible. As a comparison, the original Kindle Paperwhite was 212 dpi. The Kindle “normal”, only 167 PPP. Just imagine the E-ink with a resolution almost 4 times to get an idea of the superiority of reading experience this new Kindle Paperwhite.
The screen is basically the same as the Kindle Voyage (aka “the Ferrari of e-book readers Amazon “), but has no automatic brightness control. There is backlit with a very precise control of 20 levels, which places it in a prominent position on the Lev with light Saraiva we reviewed here. The minimum level of Kindle Paperwhite is much softer than the Lev, being more comfortable reading in dark environments (in a dark room before bedtime, for example).
He still barely perceptible in the hands weighing 217 grams in the model with 3G modem (206 grams in Wi-Fi model), and only 9.1 millimeters thick. This is a characteristic of any e-book reader that truly conquers the public, especially for those who have ever tried to read books like Dune or Game of Thrones on the train without the slightest probability of success.
It is more quickly as well. One advantage of monitor market e-book readers is to see how this Question improved over time, since it is a point that usually goes unnoticed. In the first generations of the Kindle, those still came with physical keyboard, the page change was real slow, which hindered the experience of those who read fast, and that was certainly settled here. We did not find the processor specifications, but working well, what does it matter?
The model we received for testing comes with 3G embedded, free and unlimited, to the American model molds. This is a useful feature for several reasons, among them, the search for unknown words settings, including integration with Wikipedia, an appeal beyond those who usually able to read along the way on trains and buses, with up pretty fast, considering it is a 3G network.
More than offering an unlimited and ever online dictionary, support free 3G even more important when we remember that Amazon has the Kindle Unlimited subscription service that offers all the catalog of national and international e-books for £ 19.90. Ie, who signs the service, you can download any book from anywhere, even if a Wi-Fi network is not available.
The battery life basically remained the same over from several days to several weeks. Much depends on the use, varying the amount of hours of reading to the light intensity, but we believe a week is a good estimate for those who usually read a lot and usually does not turn off the light even in bright environments. Like all digital book readers, there is a charger included in the package, just a micro USB cable.
I mean, you can purchase a charger for the Amazon’s own Kindle for £ 79, good value salty and you can dispense without problems, since the Kindle Paperwhite carries with any adapter you have in your home or even in the PC’s USB port, taking about four hours to complete the charge.
A the big “problems” of Kindles in general is the high price of accessories. The charger is so dispensable, but we can not say the same of the protective cover, since e-readers do not deal well with pressure on the screen, and a beautiful a risk put it in the backpack to compete with books, notebook and accessories several. Amazon has a cover up and sexy leather that protects these situations, but it costs $ 119 Ai.
The internal memory has remained the same, with the same 4 GB capacity with no possibility of expansion via microSD card, such as Lev or Kobo. Four gigabytes for e-books is a beautiful space, since they typically have a few hundred KB in size, but it would be nice to add that Amazon slot in the next versions thinking about who has a large collection of e-books, and even even by practicality, since it eliminates the need to skewer it on PC for this.
Another thing that has not changed is that the Kindle Paperwhite 2015 does not yet support the EPUB format, one of the most famous and powerful market. Who want to add their own books to the Kindle will have to convert it to the native format the Kindle (AZW AZW3 w), PDF (not recommended) MOBI, DOC and DOCX or even TXT. In the imaging department we have the support BMP, GIF, PNG and JPEG.
The model of the Kindle Paperwhite we have received, supporting 3G and without advertisements, goes for $ 699, still far from enough Salty R $ 899 Kindle Voyage, but by no means cheap, considering that the Kindle starts at around $ 300 for the most basic model. Worth it? Yes, if you were looking for a top notch player and was not about to pay for Voyage, but not for those looking for a reader for free time.
In favor of it we have the screen lighting, one of best we saw among the Kobo competitors (Library Culture) and Lev (Hail), the best screen and the possibility of signing unlimited books on Kindle Unlimited, which can help save some money for the shopaholics books. On the negative side, we have the accessories too expensive and the price of digital books, which is still very close to the physical books, causing it to be an investment it takes to pay.
Advantages
The best screen we’ve seen on an e-reader, on a par with Kindle Voyage;
Soft lighting and needs, ideal for reading at night before bed;.
Battery life within expectations, considering the lighting
Disadvantages
It does not support EPUB (nothing whom a program like Calibre not solve, but still);
too expensive accessories;
With value for money for those who read a lot, but still expensive.
Device can be purchased at R $ 220 on the site and monitors credit of 20 dollars on eBooks
The Amazon lowered the price to 80 reais Kindle in celebration of Father’s Day. Until August 9, the device can be purchased at R $ 220 in accredited retailers and on the company website itself – which offers a discount of 20 dollars on eBooks in the Kindle Store by August 31.
The company also launched a page dedicated to the commemorative date, which suggests printed books to present up to 70% off and free shipping from 70 reais (South, Southeast and Midwest) or 100 real (North and Northeast).
A commemorative page can be accessed on the www.amazon.com.br/diadospais and the Kindle is on sale in this link .
The Kindle Paperwhite 2015 is the intermediate bet Amazon but has top of the line settings. If at first glance may be confused with the previous generation, the e-reader soon gets down. With twice as many pixels per inch, recessed lighting and 3G coverage, the e-book reader ensures a clearer reading without flee the design that the user is already familiar. Check out the full review and find out if the Kindle Paperwhite is the ideal e-reader for you.
Screen
The main novelty of the new generation Kindle Paperwhite is the screen, which changes from 221 pixels per inch to 300 ppi. In practice, this means that the image displayed on the Kindle is composed of more points and therefore reaches a much higher quality and clarity. This setting is the same as the Kindle Voyage, bet more expensive Amazon.
In addition to news, the Paperwhite 2015 kept some good previous generation settings, such as the 6-inch screen and technology e-ink, which makes the image Kindle almost identical to the conventional paper. For comparison, the size of the e-reader is similar to a paperback book. – Ideal for loading and read anywhere
Another Trump Paperwhite is recessed lighting. With the feature, the user can adjust the display brightness to lighting the place of reading without any external light source. There are twenty levels of brightness to read in any environment
Because it is built, lighting Kindle acts under the screen surface. – Unlike tablets and smartphones that emit light to the eyes the reader. This feature ensures an enjoyable read without eyestrain. In the sun, the e-reader also has no visibility problems, thanks to its anti-glare screen.
Design
Users of the latest generation of Paperwhite not They will see nothing new here, but that does not mean that the e-reader 2015 design does not deserve praise. With a modern look, but discreet, the New Kindle Paperwhite makes clear what really matters:. Reading
At the front, the phone’s surface is smooth and its edges are rounded, making a stylish design but that does not steal the attention of the e-book.
have your back consists of a rubberized material that protects the device and ensures that it will not ‘slip’ of reader’s hands. This is a nice addition to the 7th generation Kindle users, which has a rough texture and not so easy to hold
The Kindle’s size is ideal for day-to-day.: smaller and lighter than most books. With dimensions of 169 x 117 x 9.1 mm and 217 grams (in the version with 3G), the unit fits in most bags and weighs just when it is saved.
Features >
When it comes to features, the Kindle does not look anything like a conventional book. You can make appointments, create notes and share excerpts who are reading on social networks. – All with a few clicks
To adapt the e-book to your liking, you can still change the size and the text font style. In this generation, besides the seven conventional options, the Kindle has gained its own source only made for digital reading: a Bookerly. Very elegant and light, it makes reading more enjoyable long texts.
Clicking on an unknown word allows you to consult its meaning in dictionaries integrated into the Kindle, Wikipedia and even the Bing Translator . All of these options appear in the pop-up style, without risk of losing the reading position.
In the end, all the analyzed words and their meanings will be stored in “Vocabulary Construction” tab. This feature is especially useful for those who are learning a new language, since it can be accessed at any time to ask questions.
3G connection
Kindle Paperwhite is available in two models: with Wi-Fi and 3G connection. Among its main competitors, Kobo and Lev , the Kindle is the one to offer the second option, which works quite as 3G mobile networks. With one major difference: who pays the bill is the Amazon
The 3G connection is a great outlet for those without Wi-Fi at home or spend much of their day on the street.. With full signal, you can download entire e-books in a few seconds. And the Kindle surprised with a strong signal in almost all tested places.
In addition to accessing the Amazon store, you can use the 3G network in the experimental browser Kindle. In theory, you can use the Paperwhite’s browser to navigate to any site, but the e-ink technology and the limitation to grayscale makes viewing the most poorly pages.
Like any 3G connection, however, the quality of the Internet varies according to the signal level. To learn more about the Kindle coverage in the area where you live, you can see a map on Amazon.
Performance
The new Kindle is pretty fast, running smoothly and with time almost imperceptible response. Its battery according to Amazon, lasts six weeks with daily half-hour reading. In this sense the e-reader loses to the previous generation, which could be eight weeks without resorting to boot. Still, more than a month of battery is an impressive time
The internal memory has remained the same:. 4GB without the possibility of expanding. The space is more than enough for the need of Kindle, but lost to competitors like Kobo, which can reach up to 32GB with microSD card.
Cost-effective
The New Kindle Paperwhite is packed with the same starting price than the previous generation: R $ 479 for the version Wi-fi and R $ 699 for the 3G connection. The value lies between the other two e-readers from Amazon, the Kindle “normal” and the Voyage, but it has by far the most cost-effective of all.
For those who are startled by nearly R $ 700 3G connection model may invest in lower version without fear – the cover is an interesting addition, but it can be left out
With features and sophisticated design, the Paperwhite is. the ideal device for anyone thinking of replacing the paper book. Lightweight, beautiful and very practical, it offers numerous features without being confusing to use. Decidedly, it is worth investing in e-reader from Amazon.
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