Thursday, September 18, 2014

Amazon Voyage: This is the White Paper’s successor – COMPUTER BILD

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By Felix Hoffmann, Rainer Schuldt, 18.09.2014, 15:30 clock

Amazon reached out: Whopping 189 euro required the online retailer for its new eBook reader “Voyage”. What you get for the money, explains COMPUTER BILD.

eBook Reader Kindle Voyage © Amazon

The Kindle Voyage replaced as the new top model of the Kindle Paperwhite.

HD display and Auto Lighting

First to the technical data: The Amazon Voyage has a six-inch eInk Carta display with HD resolution and a pixel density of 300 ppi. The unit comes with a new lighting: sensors automatically detect the ambient light and adjust the backlight according to the Voyage one. Also new: The screen is fitted no longer sunk in a frame, but is on schedule over the entire front panel – as, for example, when Tolino Vision

Page Press:. Flip on finger pressure


On the left and right of the screen Voyage sensors are invited to the Amazon. It exerts on these gentle pressure with the fingers, the device moves forward a page or back. A press on the touchscreen or a swipe gesture on the screen is not necessary.

Slim housing, less weight

For more handiness Amazon provides the housing of the Voyage. With a thickness of 7.6 millimeters, the device eBook reader is the thinnest so far from the house of Amazon. Compared to the Kindle Paperwhite also reduces the weight: 180 grams brings the Kindle Voyage on the scale (White Paper: 206 grams).

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No memory changes

In terms of memory everything remains the same: How the White Paper the user four gigabytes of data storage are also available in Kindle Voyage available that can not be expanded via memory card. Instead, Amazon wants that you store your books in the Amazon Cloud. There wanders eh each book purchase from Amazon Store

As always:. EPUB – nil

So that the user do not get the idea to buy books in other stores! , supports the Amazon Voyage neither widespread nor ePUB format the Adobe copy protection. Only PDFs and Amazon’s own formats AZW, MOBI and AZW3 and text and common image files can be displayed.

price, availability

The Amazon Voyage is available in two variants With WLAN module of the eBook Reader will cost 189 euros; with additional 3G module will be due even 249 euros. Both models are now available for pre-order; The deliveries will begin in early November

COMPUTER BILD-assessment

Amazon reached out. enter 189 Euros for a eBook reader is brave. Apparently, the U.S. giant’s thing is quite certain. And in fact, it will be interesting to the display quality as well as the self-regulating light. The Page Press function is new and could provide more user-friendly indeed.
So far, Amazon’s readers placed in COMPUTER BILD test always far ahead. Whether this also applies to the Voyage, remains to be seen. COMPUTER BILD takes the unit immediately under the microscope as soon as it is available in Germany.

“eBook Reader Amazon Voyage here in advance

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