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Amazon announces new $99 Kindle e-reader with better screen​

• Amazon announced a new $99 entry-level Kindle on Tuesday, which includes a better screen, newer USB-C charging and more.
• Text will look sharper when you're reading, instead of slightly blurry.
• Amazon also introduced a new Kindle Kids model with similar upgrades. Both devices are available for preorder beginning Tuesday.

Amazon on Tuesday announced a new entry-level $99 Kindle e-reader with several improvements over the prior model.

The biggest change is the display, which is a lot sharper than the earlier $89 Kindle. That means text will look clearer when you're reading, instead of slightly blurry. The sharpness is now on a par with Amazon's more expensive $140 Kindle Paperwhite. The new Kindle also comes with twice the storage, 16 gigabytes instead of 8 GB, which should be more than enough for most digital book libraries. You'll be able to store thousands of books.

The new Kindle also has a backlight, but it doesn't have some of the more advanced backlight features in the Kindle Paperwhite, like the option to change the white balance to an orange hue for reading comfort. It also isn't water-resistant, so you'll still want to consider the more expensive model if you're worried about getting splashed by the pool.

And, lastly, as with other updates to the Kindle line like the Paperwhite, Amazon has added a newer USB-C charger, which is the more common port used by Android phones, Apple tablets and more. It replaces the aging micro USB port that gadgets have mostly ditched in recent years.

Amazon also introduced a new Kindle Kids model with similar upgrades. Both devices are available for preorder beginning Tuesday.

Source: CNBC

 

[Ferdinand the Cowfish]

I guess this is OK but the Paperwhite is only $140 and you get a bigger screen and adjustable warm light.

I'd have a hard time not buying the Paperwhite over this model for $40 more.

 

[Hostile_18]

• Text will look sharper when you're reading, instead of slightly blurry.

Marketing department thought it was a good idea to use this line lol. Maybe "Now Sharper than ever" or something.

 

[The Bloody Nine]

I had a Kindle years ago. I always considered it a little too large to carry around with me. Kindle app on my phone is ideal, though.

 

[Stilton Disco]

For the water resistance alone I'd still go with the Paperwhite. Makes reading in the bath or outdoors far less of a worry.

 

[infinitys_7th]

• Text will look sharper when you're reading, instead of slightly blurry.

Marketing department thought it was a good idea to use this line lol. Maybe "Now Sharper than ever" or something.

Their marketing department cares more about pandering to woke than making products sound appealling. Although, in a way, I appreciate the honesty. I've never had an e-reader specifically because the screens all look blurry.

 

[Kadayi]

I have had a paperwhite for a fair few years. I like it, but honestly, since Covid, I barely use it as I'm usually at the PC most of the time and I try to avoid Screens when I'm heading to bed. Still, if you were looking at getting a kindle, Paperwhite is the way to go.

 

[Ferdinand the Cowfish]

I have had a paperwhite for a fair few years. I like it, but honestly, since Covid, I barely use it as I'm usually at the PC most of the time and I try to avoid Screens when I'm heading to bed. Still, if you were looking at getting a kindle, Paperwhite is the way to go.

I have a paperwhite as well and I really like it.

I read almost exclusively on ebooks these days so it gets a lot of use.

 

[Kadayi]

I have a paperwhite as well and I really like it.

I read almost exclusively on ebooks these days so it gets a lot of use.

Yeah, I should read more. I find now life is so busy, it's hard to find the time, unfortunately. I do listen to the odd Audible now and then though.

 

[Ferdinand the Cowfish]

Yeah, I should read more. I find now life is so busy, it's hard to find the time, unfortunately. I do listen to the odd Audible now and then though.

I read in bed every night before falling asleep.

The downside to that is that my body now equates reading my kindle with sleep, so if I try to read in the middle of the afternoon, I make it maybe 15 - 20 minutes before I nod off for a nap.

 

[Grinchy]

I read in bed every night before falling asleep.

The downside to that is that my body now equates reading my kindle with sleep, so if I try to read in the middle of the afternoon, I make it maybe 15 - 20 minutes before I nod off for a nap.

God this shit kept happening to me when I was getting back into reading. It's such a great way to go to sleep, but if you ever want to actually finish the damn book, you can't just read 15 pages before bed.

But every time I'd read outside of that time, I end up falling asleep lol

 

[Snes nes]

Can it run snes9x?