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Originally Posted by BookCat
I'm all confused again. I'll have to make a list. The Kindle Paperwhite was my favourite till I read some poor reviews about light leakage and bright spots, but I like the various functions, such as X-ray, which it has.
A frontlight isn't essential. I have a very good booklight (the Mighty Bright Ultrathin), but I do like the ones where you can change the font size and type and justify margins.
Wi-fi, unless it's 3g, is wasted on me, because I don't have wi-fi at home (I get a headache if I have the pc antennae switched on; I discovered this at my previous address where I used to pinch the internet from the students before they got it secured, after which I had cable installed.)
The need for a new reader stems from the out-dated lrf format of the 505. I want something more modern. I'll still use the 505 for the lrfs that I have, but download new books as epubs/kindle format.
Something I can purchase online would be great as I'm a bit housebound after a couple of bad falls - tripping over badly laid paving slabs. Have a broken wrist, black eye and bumps on my head! The wrists are the worst; it hurts to type.
I'm due a new reader, just what the doc ordered!
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3G is free for any books you buy from Amazon, and any other books you should just sideload via calibre anyway, so you won't be charged.
The issue with the backlights.... to take it one step further, the impression I got was that the
only people who had that problem with
either the PW1 or the PW2 were people who bought the PW1 during the first rush, while Amazon was trying to churn out massive numbers of new devices that had a uniquely new component they weren't used to working with etc.
Since the first holiday rush for the PW1 I cannot remember seeing any complaints at all, to be honest, about the Pw light -- it has been hyped up way too much.