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09-06-2012, 05:30 PM | #408 |
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Woo hoo! Kindle Fire HD 7" up on Amazon UK; no sign of the 8.9", so maybe that's a US exclusive??
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The PW Kindle has a mistake in the specs. Amazon is calling the screen Paperwhite Built-in light. It's actually an eink screen with a capacitive touch layer and then the light layer on top.
Sony tried the capacitive touch layer and it was a failure. The only thing that Sony didn't do it put the light right on top of the screen. The 700 had a light layer but that was not directly on top and that was not good. I do look forward to finding out how the Kindle screen looks with the light off. Sure, I can make my 650's background look lighter by having a good light source. But, the idea is to see how the screen looks in normal lighting. I do like the increased battery capacity and maybe it's possible that with the new fonts it might be OK. I never liked the original Kindle font. |
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Did anybody notice how Amazon was attacking the Nexus 7". It looks like the N7 stole substantial sales from Amazon.
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BGR: Amazon failed to mention all new Kindle Fire tablets are ad-supported
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