Thursday, November 14, 2013

E-book reader Kindle Paperwhite: Bright and faster - Stiftung Warentest

14/11/2013
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  • Its predecessor won half a year ago in the test of 16 electronic readers. Online retailer Amazon is now offering its e-book reader Kindle Paperwhite with improved display and additional features on – the old price of 129 euros. Rapid test shows whether the new reader has potential winner.


    Bright white display

    At first glance, the reader is to be regarded not new. Design, size and weight of the new Kindle Paperwhite same striking the previous model. It was only after power is visible, which Amazon has changed in its e-book reader. Illuminated even whiter and more even present the pages of electronic books. Slightly higher is the contrast between the light background and black font. The touch screen works smoother and more sensitive to touch.


    less endurance than its predecessor

    e-book opens, the current White Paper slightly faster than its predecessor. The speed of turning a book page remains the same. Only in terms of endurance can not quite keep up with the old, the new Kindle Paperwhite: The battery life decreased for two hours of reading time per day from 31 to 28 days. But that’s still pretty neat.

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    A sweet reader for Cross

    interests sant are new functions. Thus, it is now possible to scan the book and browse additionally show in reduced form. Light is also designed to search in the library of the device. When typing the title or the author provides readers with each letter a more accurate pre-selection. A Vocabulary Trainer combines all the terms that the user has looked up in the dictionary.

    Mobile

    book sales of over-all

    the Kindle Paperwhite there as the predecessor as 3G device – for 189 € (instead of 129 €). He then mobile communications on board. Its users can also go abroad and even e-books buy without a local area network (WLAN) to be dependent. The cost of the data transfer takes Amazon.


    Reader for Amazon Shopping suited

    The new White Paper is a slightly improved version of its predecessor at the same price. For owners of the award winning, the exchange is not worthwhile. The changes are too small. First-time buyers is to recommend the new Kindle Paperwhite. But you need to arrange so that they can only buy from Amazon e-books, with few exceptions. Electronic books in the popular epub format will not open the Kindle Paperwhite.

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