Live Blogs - Amazon Press Event 06 Sep 12

[Feedmonk]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Thank you; and I plan to hit your site next week for Apple's big show. Will give some feedback after that event. Keep up the good work.

Sounds great! Yeah we are hoping to be a big help for the Apple iPhone announcement! Here is the link for the Apple Event next week. http://feedmonk.com/events/apple-iphone-5-press-event

Please feel free to submit blogs to the site! Here is a vid of what feedmonk had for the iPad HD announcement http://www.justin.tv/twit/b/310861618 and for the WWDC12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHDBw8xs2qQ#t=8m48s

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Best,

Feedmonk

[spindlegirl]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I like the grey screen on my 4 month old K4.

I agree. I don't think I would prefer a white-white screen. The grey on mine is a suitable background and I don't notice any difficulty, nor unpleasantness reading. Most of the books I own (physical books) are similarly contrasted on the ink to the color of paper.

My K4 is to me, the perfect e-reading device. I wish I had discovered it sooner. And it's wonderful that for my daughter the T1 I gave her suits her better than me.

[Barty]

I just saw the video on the verge. They had the old touch and new pw side by side. When you turn off the light, the screens look basically the same, so says the reporter and that's what it looks like. The light does make the background look white. I don't know what it does for clarity.

I guess you can just leave the light on all the time. Screw the battery.

Shoot, it really kills me that they dropped TTS. The screen is tempting, but I'm not going to carry two kindles around.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by Barty

I guess you can just leave the light on all the time. Screw the battery.

That is Amazon's expectation.

[jocampo]

Does the Kindle paperwhite have landscape mode?

[blue_skies]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Does the Kindle paperwhite have landscape mode?

That's what I would like to know. I won't buy it if it doesn't, even though I'd love to have the light and higher contrast.

I also agree that it really sucks that it doesn't seem to have audio. I like to use my kindle for continuous music in my car during really long car trips instead of fiddling with CDs, and occasionally like to listen to mp3s while I read. I hope it's still included but just wasn't mentioned in the specs... although I highly doubt that is the case.

[DreamWriter]

Originally Posted by blue_skies

I hope it's still included but just wasn't mentioned in the specs... although I highly doubt that is the case.

It looks like the Paperwhite does not have audio. MP3 isn't listed as a supported content type in the specs and there are dashes on the features chart in the "audio" column for that device. Only the Kindle Keyboard and Fire models are listed as having audio now.

[jocampo]

Originally Posted by blue_skies

That's what I would like to know. I won't buy it if it doesn't, even though I'd love to have the light and higher contrast.

I also agree that it really sucks that it doesn't seem to have audio. I like to use my kindle for continuous music in my car during really long car trips instead of fiddling with CDs, and occasionally like to listen to mp3s while I read. I hope it's still included but just wasn't mentioned in the specs... although I highly doubt that is the case.

Ordered mine , if doesn't, I'll return, but I'm sure they will include on 1st firmware upgrade or so, happened with the 3G touch ....

Let's see ...

[jocampo]

I'm happy with my Nexus 7. So not excited about the Kindle HD, but the 8" and 4G looks nice.

But if Apple releases a mini iPad I may reconsider my Nexus purchase.

[ucfgrad93]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Ordered mine , if doesn't, I'll return, but I'm sure they will include on 1st firmware upgrade or so, happened with the 3G touch ....

Let's see ...

I don't think that there is an audio jack on the new Kindles. A firmware upgrade isn't going to fix the lack of audio. The only thing on the bottom is the power button and the microUSB port.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

I don't think that there is an audio jack on the new Kindles. A firmware upgrade isn't going to fix the lack of audio. The only thing on the bottom is the power button and the microUSB port.

Joe's worried about landscape mode, not audio.

[ucfgrad93]

Oops, my bad.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by jocampo

Does the Kindle paperwhite have landscape mode?

As much as this question came up when the KTouch was released you'd think at least one or two of the tech blogs that were at the press event would have checked this out during the hands on, but so far I can't find any mention and it doesn't appear there's a users manual up yet on Amazon.

[Kumabjorn]

I think I saw a shot of the screen with the four A so you should be able to turn it any way you want.

[Kumabjorn]

Originally Posted by TimW

Yes, they will refund $10. (I was almost fast enough. )

I wake up and the refund is already processed. I paid for it partly by what was in my gift card balance and partly with the CC registered at Amazon. I asked for the refund to be paid to my gift card balance, but it seems Amazon returns it to the credit card. Stupid bureaucracy.