Thread: Kindle Paperwhite now ships with twice the storage
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Old 08-17-2014, 12:25 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
My Kindle Touch is in great shape, and I'm happy with it.

Plus, the PW line is falling down in all sorts of ways RE:hacking.
The general idea about slowly shutting down the hacks is so that people get used to the reduced features. Then once an actual new model comes out (not just more storage) Amazon can sell the previous hacked features as new and native.

They already do that on the Paperwhite. The new dictionary lookup is much better now that is so easy to switch the dictionary. Little bit how jbpatches dictionary hack used to be. Custom fonts are disabled now (was never documented to begin with) - I take that as an indicator that the next FW or model will have an official custom fonts.

Anyway, I see no reason to upgrade my PW1 to anything PW2 (2 or 4 gb) unless there is significant upgraded specs such as higher resolution, smaller form factor or alternatively bigger screen with same form factor. Not giving up hope that we see a new model yet this year.
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