Not even a year, took it because Amazon is already bringing a new model of Kindle White Paper on the German market. Amazon promises an even better text representation and readability. Furthermore, the software of the Kindle Paperwhite been enhanced with new features.
We tested a production model of the new generation 2013 model in detail. What is better the current Kindle Paperwhite And what do the improvements in practice
Read our practical test, in which we could occasionally confuse the testers.
packaging, appearance and accessories
Carton, in the White Paper, the Kindle is delivered is the same size as the previous model. This is not surprising, because housing size, weight and appearance are almost unchanged. Barely perceptible the Kindle logo has been modified on the front. And on the back of the case is no longer “kindle” but shiny “amazon”. The plastic housing is still in matte black.
biggest difference after opening the package: The included USB charging cable is black and not white, as in previous years
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Who does not want to power on the PC, but at the power outlet the Kindle Paperwhite, which requires an AC adapter and ordered it at best with. Thus the Kindle Paperwhite is charged faster than the USB port of a computer.
The Kindle Paperwhite 2 must still rare at the outlet than its predecessor, promises to Amazon. We could not even try, because the battery life will be up to 8 weeks with normal reading behavior despite illumination.
terms “battery life” and “reading in bright light” is any e-ink device superior to a tablet computer.
should acquire
Also when buying this one a cover to protect the device at home and on the road against dust, dirt and scratches. Since the case with its predecessor is the same, you can consider our test case consult the previous year.
Photo gallery: The new Kindle Paperwhite 2013 (14 images)After switching wireless and customer data After turning a
welcomes the unit and one of the first steps is required to connect to a WLAN. From the new Kindle Paperwhite there will be a 3G version, which takes anywhere via mobile phone with the Amazon servers and the shop link. The worldwide mobile access is paid once at the higher selling price of the mobile version. The 3G version can already be ordered and will be delivered in 2013 at the beginning of November.
the wireless contact one logs on to the machine with Amazon’s customer data. Again, nothing has changed compared to its predecessor. A Kindle is connected to an Amazon account, all run through the ordering process. Most e-books are licensed to the buyer account with this link (DRM copy-protected). When you buy a Kindle as a reading device, is usually also purchase his e-book on Amazon. However, Kindle e-books can also on iPad, iPhone or Android phone to read and even on laptop and office computer when a free reading app has been downloaded.
The new text representation: Better, white, sharper
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But how does the display read the new Kindle Paperwhite White is the white and the black black, as Amazon promises? Is the “page turning” snappier? Is the representation of fonts sharper
The answer is yes – but you do not really notice it while reading. The difference is only apparent when the new and old model next to each other. Occasionally you could unsettle the testers in the newsroom of the literaturcafe.de for a brief moment, when they were told that they had not tried the new but the old model. Really sure you can only just looking at the logo of the back be, especially in the off state.
That may be good news for those who have not bought the old model, just before the new was announced. Clear eye, the new display technology does not fall, which was built in the Kindle Paperwhite second
two points, however, to determine improvements. The so called ghosting falls in the new model from much lower. Thus, residues of texts are meant which are still visible after the “page turning”. This looks a bit like a newspaper when the back shows through. This effect is unsightly in our test device much less clear than the previous model.
Also, the lighting has been improvedat the bottom. In the first version of the model you could still see exactly where the LEDs sit under the housing that illuminate the display. It almost looked as if the display is slightly wavy, like wet paper. The display of the new Kindle Paperwhite is uniformly bright
There were customers who sent their device of the first generation model several times to return back to Amazon because ghosting or uneven illumination extremely disturbed. Our review unit of time seemed to be the better one.
New software functions Vocabulary
software side include some additional enhancements Kindle Paperwhite. None of them needs a new hardware. Therefore, it is annoying for customers the first version of the model that they so far (?) Receive no update to also come to enjoy the new features. Improvements in this area are unfortunately a product-political and not a technical decision. However, it must be said that the improvements are not groundbreaking here.
Newis a side-to-side representation, called Amazon “PageFlip”. Here you can scroll back and forth or side-by chapter, and the original page is displayed in the background, while the other is laid over smaller. It is so intuitive back to the current reading position. Too bad that such a visualization is not available through the search function. Called the small representation is but an improved bookmarks view, which lists all set flags indicating the tip of a book and an entry reduces the page.
new software side is also a vocabulary trainer. If you look while reading a word in the dictionary by touching it with your finger longer, it is automatically added to the vocabulary trainer. Like the good old vocabulary boxes you can work through these concepts again later and mark as “Mastered” when you have downed their meaning. Since you can purchase a large selection of foreign language e-books from Amazon, you’re training as individual his vocabulary. The included dictionaries are gleichsprachig. However, it can also be translated words or passages in the book, which is using of Microsoft’s Bing search service. To view a translation, so a Wi-Fi access is required. Since there have owners of the 3G variant easier. You can also call on the way translations.
it was then already with the most important news of the Kindle software Paperwhite 2 Parental control and integrated Web browser are identical to the predecessor. Were Changed some menu items. The own and other markings in a book are accessible in the new White Paper on the “Go to” menu.
Short passages can as yet be forwarded via Twitter or Facebook, which are unfortunately linked from German e-books out with amazon.com. Other so-called social-reading functions that allow to request the exchange and discussion with other readers right in the eBook are not yet integrated in the software of the Kindle Paperwhite. It is expected, however, that the German version of the software sooner or later a connection to the reading community receives about Goodreads, which was recently acquired by Amazon.
And the typography?
In terms of typography has unfortunately done nothing on the device. You can font size, page margins, line spacing and font set as before. The new software also allows no hyphenation, so sometimes it can be large or uneven word spacing right text margins. Lost rumstehende lines or even headlines at the end of the page are still not elegantly balanced. So-called widows and orphans are therefore still not optimal for the digital typography Kindle pages.
More details – also with regard to the definition at an affordable 49-euro-Kindle – you can read in our Kindle Paperwhite test from the previous year, which also apply to the new Kindle Paperwhite
. Photo gallery: The new Kindle Paperwhite 2013 (14 images)
Conclusion and recommendation
Paperwhite Kindle 2 is definitely better than its predecessor, but there are no pioneering changes or improvements, so that buyers do not fret the first Paperwhite model generation, or even need to buy a new device. The existing weaknesses were noticeably optimized display illumination and Page (ghosting effect).
The Kindle Paperwhite 1 was test winner at Stiftung Warentest and the best e-reader. With the optimized version 2 of the Amazon device is likely to make this rank currently no other reader in dispute.
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