Just received my Paperwhite Gen2.
I'm a bit late to the game. I didn't want to order from the US and launch in Germany only was today.
As always, I've ordered the 3G version.
In another thread, someone stated "how can you call it 'free 3G'. It's not free, you pay € 60 for it".
I see it differently. For all the other tablets and such I know of, the 3G model has an uplift in this range. But this only covers the hardware costs. In "daily life" you then additionally have to pay for using the 3G.
With Kindle, you initially pay the fee. € 60 may seem hefty. But again: I see it differently. Not long (about 2009) ago, a reader was € 300. So I don't mind the € 190 for the 3G version of Paperwhite.
But after that initial payment, 3G is for free.
Anyway...
As always, I've edited my new Paperwhite in my Amazon account 2 months ago already.
So it comes configured correctly already. And yesterday, when seeing it in my library, I already deleted some titles: The user guides in the languages I don't need.
I don't like, that they put all the user guides in my library. I didn't buy them, I don't want them there. Please, put them in a separate folder "user guides". But okay, I can delete them.
Bummer: Initial reaction, when starting it for the first time: Shock!!
There's a starting screen with "bleeding edges". I didn't have any problems with my Paperwhite Gen1. But first thought now was: OMG, I hope my screen is fine.
Clicking this start screen away of course solves the problem. No "bleeding edges" now in the WiFi settings.
Still: Amazon, you should care more about my blood pressure. Please get rid of this startscreen.
As in Gen1, you can't turn off the light in Gen2.
Some criticise this and favor Kobo Aura HD. I'm not that fond of the off feature in Kobo. When starting, I always manually have to turn it on again. I always struggle a bit, to turn it on in bed (in the dark) and find the on switch.
Paperwhite's light is on automatically, I prefer that. But of course I see the pros and cons, no real issue either way.
I've got no issues with my screen.
As with Gen1, I like the design. Looks and feels "valuable".
Now downloading my library.
Here's the only issue I have: Space available = 1.309MB.
Yes, that's enough for maybe 500 books.
But I've bought about 900 from Amazon and I would like to have them all. Not in the cloud, but on my reader.
Please, Amazon: Expand your portfolio and offer at least a 4GB model.
But okay, I can live with that.
I have 2 categories of "heavy" books: Dilbert and Garfield cartoons plus travel companions.
I only read the cartoons once (and have them on iBooks, Google Play Books and the likes in addition anyway) and only read the travel companions "on demand" (when planning the respective trip). My textbooks aren't that "heavy", so I probably can download them all.
And, thanks to the free 3G, I could download any title even without WiFi - on the train or whatever remote location.
More maybe later on. But so far, I'm absolutely happy. Exactly what expected and hoped for.
Hey, great new feature (I think so, didn't see it before): When downloading, in the past the respective title shifted from "cloud" to "device". So, when clicking hundreds of titles for download, suddenly the one I wanted to click was replaced by the next one (as my library moved one title ahead, because another one at the beginning of the pipeline had been downloaded).
Now, the downloaded book simply gets a mark, but remains in place. So I conveniently can scroll thorough my entire library in a single place and calmly decide, what to mark for download. Nice!