The Midnight one on the US site sure looks black to me. I hope that's what it is... it's also hard to tell from the photos but looks like the black one might finally be a nice leather rather than the plasticy stuff they've used for that before.

Could you post a link to the fabric cover you found? I am having a hard time finding it on their site.

I need to wait for John Lewis, I want a two year warranty but don't want to pay £53 for it. Plus by then the third party covers might be listed.

The link is:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06X8ZNZKT...KT_productInfo

I think I'll go with the leather Midnight cover. I purchased the black leather case for my PW1, which I now use with my PW3, and it still looks like new.

Beggars can't be choosy but I wish it was an 8 inch screen. I hope display models will be available at BM stores. I'll have to see if a 7 is worth paying $250 when it's only an inch difference to my PW.

I only really care about the screen size. All the other features are nice to have but not enough to get me to part with $250.

Lighting is the issue. The larger the screen, the less well the light diffuser works. I don't expect the frontlight on the 7" to be as good as that of the 6", for that reason, but an 8" would definitely be a lot worse. I know of no 8" devices with good frontlighting.

Does anyone have an idea about how the lighting compares to the previous Oasis? I understand the larger screen could be a problem. Amazon is saying the new version has 12 LEDs + adaptive light sensor. I can't find what the "old" Oasis had in terms of LEDS.
Thanks in advance.

The device is intriguing to me for several reasons. Waterproof, 8 gb storage, and audio. The audio interests me only if it can do TTS, which I don't think is known, yet.

I do worry about the fragility...with one side being so thin.

I like the cloth cover, as it is water resistant. I don't know why people buy the leather case for a waterproof device. Wouldn't they want the water resistant case?

My birthday is not til March, so I have plenty of time to find out about TTS and fragility, before I decide whether to get one or not.

Kindle Oasis featured 10 LED lights according to this review https://ebookfriendly.com/kindle-oasis-2016/

Cool. Seems like any kindle should be able to do it. Maybe that'll come with a new f/w.

Re jailbreaking alas it seems all the devs have moved on and only knc1 is left manning the help desk. I really need it for the custom font because the default ones are too light (and the bold one is too bold and ugly). And reducing the margins. I can't do serial.

Yes but there will now be 5 levels of bold, so presumably that will be a benefit.

*My Voyage is jailbreaked with custom fonts and screen.

The firmware coming today for newer Kindle models should help with font boldness. From the press release:

Edit: Ninja'd

More font sizes is LONG overdue ... now to hope they are usable font sizes....



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according to https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B06XDK92KS the new version has 12 leds, and it will be available in Italy starting oct.31 for 249€ (8gb) or 279€ (32gb)

I actually really enjoy reading on my Oasis without the cover, because it is so light. So I’m going to hold onto it. It seems likely that the new Oasis will probably be heavier.

I don’t need a waterproof reader, or for it to read to me. But, I would like the new feature of more, bolder fonts. So I do hope that it will be available in the update for the older Oasis. Right now the only font I find comfortable using is the ember bold.

Old device:
Wi-Fi: 131/238 g; Wi-Fi + 3G: 133/240 g
Weight without cover / with cover

New device: 194 grams

I am very tempted!