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tomsem · 07-06-2016, 04:52 PM

My white Kindle (8th gen) will be here Friday. Wasn't expecting it for another week or so. Looking forward to trying the Bluetooth audio for VoiceView. With any luck it will also have improved Page Flip and Note Export, which I'm still waiting for on my other otherwise 'eligible' Kindles. We'll see if I'm serious about it replacing my Paperwhite 3 (text is not as sharp and dark as on my Kindle 7th gen, sometimes it bothers me).

As far as Audible devices go, you can get unlocked smartphones for less than $50. Amazon is starting to offer Android phones 'with lockscreen offers' for $50 off price to Prime members in the US. That makes one of them ('BLU' something or other) $50, has dual-SIM and external SD slot. The other one (Moto G4, just released, 'full HD' screen, 13MP camera) starts at $150. I would not say those are even exceptional deals, but they are probably 'safe' buys. I'm a little tempted, getting a little tired of my Fire Phone's glitches and lack of a decent app store.

I almost never listen to audiobooks on a tablet; they are not portable enough.

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tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,971 Karma: 27060153 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	My white Kindle (8th gen) will be here Friday. Wasn't expecting it for another week or so. Looking forward to trying the Bluetooth audio for VoiceView. With any luck it will also have improved Page Flip and Note Export, which I'm still waiting for on my other otherwise 'eligible' Kindles. We'll see if I'm serious about it replacing my Paperwhite 3 (text is not as sharp and dark as on my Kindle 7th gen, sometimes it bothers me). As far as Audible devices go, you can get unlocked smartphones for less than $50. Amazon is starting to offer Android phones 'with lockscreen offers' for $50 off price to Prime members in the US. That makes one of them ('BLU' something or other) $50, has dual-SIM and external SD slot. The other one (Moto G4, just released, 'full HD' screen, 13MP camera) starts at $150. I would not say those are even exceptional deals, but they are probably 'safe' buys. I'm a little tempted, getting a little tired of my Fire Phone's glitches and lack of a decent app store. I almost never listen to audiobooks on a tablet; they are not portable enough. Last edited by tomsem; 07-06-2016 at 04:58 PM.