September 15, 2012
Kindle Paperwhite...
... has what I've most wanted (and not yet found) in a Kindle: "Crisp, dark text against a brilliant white background." I haven't seen that yet, but it's enough to make me buy another Kindle... especially considering that Kindles are weirdly cheap, in this case, $119. Also: "New Time to Read feature uses your reading speed to let you know when you'll finish your chapter." (Note: I get a percentage if you buy yours at that link... or buy anything after you enter Amazon through that link.)
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"weirdly cheap"? Only in your world...for huge numbers of the rest of us, it's a choice of paying the electric bill or buying a kindle...
Will the "brilliant white background" with "built-in light" of the Paperwhite defeat the putative advantage that the older B&W Kindles had when reading before bed without disrupting the reader's sleep pattern?
Good question, EDH.
Apparently the Paperwhite is still in black and white. Strange, considering all the other bells and whistles.
Reading on iPad before bed can affect sleep habits
Devices like the Kindle, the Nook (the top part of the screen that displays books) and popular e-readers from Sony use a technology called e-paper. It simulates the look of an actual printed page and does not emit light. That means, unlike the iPad, you can effectively read in direct sunlight. (Beach, anyone?)
The iPad, however, contains a touchscreen liquid-crystal display that, like computer screens and television sets, emits light. On the plus side, you can sneak the device under the covers while your significant other sleeps beside you and flip through a couple pages of a book without a flashlight.
But staring at the screen before bed could leave you lying awake. That's because direct exposure to such abnormal light sources inhibits the body's secretion of melatonin, say several sleep experts.
If you've watched any late-night TV, you've no doubt heard the term thrown around in commercials for sleeping pills. Melatonin signals are sent through the brain as a response to darkness, telling the body to prepare to shut down for the night.
Light-emitting devices, including cellphones and yep, the iPad, tell the brain to stay alert. Because users hold those devices so close to their face, staring directly into the light, the effect is amplified compared with, say, a TV across the room or a bedside lamp, said Frisca Yan-Go, director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center in Santa Monica.
Some say e-ink is easier on the eyes than the screen on a computer (tablet or otherwise). However, the Wall Street Journal published a report this month to the contrary...
New Time to Read feature uses your reading speed to let you know when you'll finish your chapter."
That's about the last "feature" I would ever want. Who would? Most of us read different kinds of text at different speeds; reread faster than we read the first time; &c.
If you positively need to have read a chapter by time X, you won't waste time finding out how long it's going to take that could be applied to, you know, actually reading it.
Customer Discussion: Paperwhite and sleep disruption
Dog whistle!
Some say e-ink is easier on the eyes than the screen on a computer (tablet or otherwise).
Bullshit. Light is light. iPad rules.
Kindle prices are low now to clear out the inventory in time for Kindle's $499 iPad killer.
especially considering that Kindles are weirdly cheap, in this case, $119.
Kindles will just keep getting better and cheaper in accordance with the trend for electronics components. The more tempting the device, the more media Amazon can sell you.
(I saw that in all the media coverage of the new Kindle Fire line, there was a tendency to dismiss the new base-model Fire, $159, as simply a price break on the old $199 one. Actually, the new one has a faster processor, twice the memory, and a longer battery life than the old $199 model.)
Prof. I want to buy this PaperWeight Kindle from your site, but wanted to check if any-one has thoughts.
I use my Kindle 3G as a library in that every-time I see a book review, I download the sample chapter. I read Woodward review and got the sample chapter. Just that simple.
SO, SO, I have over 500+ sample chapters, PLUS over 100 books I have bought.
WHen I buy a new Kindle, is there a way these sample chapters can be on the new Kindle? I think not. Who has the time to re-download the sample chapters?
Any-one has encountered this issue when buying the new Kindle PaperWeight?
Thanks many to every-one.
@ America's Politico
Very easy to do. Learn how with ONE file then do this:
Connect the old kindle to a computer with the USB cable.
Select all the files you want to move and transfer them to the computer. Use the usual control-C(copy) and control-V(paste) if you know those commands.
Connect the new kindle to the same computer.
reverse the transfer to the kindle.
Done.
Thanks Trout4321!
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