A revolution like the fifth, the sixth Kindle does not: The new Kindle Paperwhite only brings some minor improvements. In the U.S., Amazon customers can download digital versions of printed books purchased cheap or free on the Kindle.
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Amazon has updated its Kindle Paperwhite glowing. The device has got some hardware improvements and new features. In the U.S., Kindle owners can also digital versions of printed books that they bought from Amazon, get cheap or free.
The new e-book reader replaces the White Paper, the Amazon has unveiled a year ago. Like its predecessor, is also the new Kindle – it is now the sixth – have a 6 inches (about 15 centimeters) wide screen with a pixel density of 212 dpi, which is equipped with lights. It provides 16 shades of gray dar.
Whiter White, blacker black
improvements are according to Amazon in Detail: display and lighting have been revised. Thus, the light scattering would be better and sharper contrasts, so “white look whiter and black blacker” . The presentation differs little from that of a printed book. The unit now has a more powerful processor, whereby the side structure is accelerated. In addition, the electrodes are placed closer to the touch recognition, allowing the device to better respond to input with your finger.
New features include a vocabulary trainer who created a list of words you have looked up. The reader can learn these words then targeted. Also, the Wikipedia query has been integrated into the dictionary. Finally, Amazon has introduced the pageflip function: The reader may further turn the page without having to leave the current – about, as if he were looking for a printed book, and something to keep his finger in the book so as not to lose the current position. In the case of the Kindle opens in the middle of the page a small preview window in which you can scroll.
Free cloud storage
The new Kindle Paperwhite is about 17 x 12 cm and less than 1 cm thick. This corresponds to the dimensions of its predecessor. The new one is a little lighter but with 206 grams. The internal memory is 2 GB in size, of which about 1.25 GB available for content. It can not be extended through an SD card. For this, Amazon offers free and unlimited cloud storage.
USB 2.0 and Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) available. When Paperwhite Kindle 3G has an added mobile interface. This suggests additional equipment onto Weight: The device weighs 215 grams
The new Kindle Paperwhite can be pre-ordered now. The Wi-Fi version costs 129 euros, 189 euros the 3G version. The Kindle Paperwhite is from 9 Delivered in October, the Kindle 3G from Paperwhite 6 November.
Matchbook: E-Books for books
In the U.S., Amazon also offers more to the new service Matchbook: Kindle owners can get a digital version of the printed books they have purchased from the online retailer, free or at a discount. This applies to all orders dating back to 1995. The price for an e-book between 1 and $ 3.
Amazon already offers a similar service to the music industry: Who bought a CD or LP, the songs as MP3 file gets free in the Amazon Cloud Player. The service was introduced in Germany almost half a year later than in the U.S..
Matchbook launches in the U.S. in October. Whether the service is coming to Germany is questionable: this country is for e-books, the book price
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