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Originally Posted by Fbone
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That article includes the following, which leaves me quite hopeful that I'll get the things I want (Goodreads, Wikipedia/context-sensitive lookup, Maybe page scrubbing, too):
"And current Paperwhite owners who do covet the new model’s goodies may eventually get some of them: Amazon says that it hopes to release a software update for the original model, giving it new features that aren’t contingent on the latest model’s upgraded hardware and faster processor."
I'm not unhappy with the refresh rate. I have noticed that clearing the lookup window (Game of Thrones uses a lot of archaic words I'm not familiar with until I look them up once each - I've learned a lot of English words that have fallen out of use!) leaves darker text behind where it was, but the normal text darkness when looking at a page I've just turned to doesn't seem too light.
I'll be showing my Paperwhite to a friend this coming weekend, and she's said that if she likes it as much as she thinks she will, she'll buy one! So I may yet get to compare new and old directly. She doesn't currently own an ereader, and I think this will be a great first one for anyone, especially people like the two of us who like reading in the dark in bed.
Of course, I could always give her my old Kindle Touch if she doesn't want to spend $120 right now. Hm.