New Kindle Voyage

[kaufman]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

I thought one of Hachette's complaints is that Amazon is pricing too high.

No, they are complaining that Amazon wants to set it to low.

[Prestidigitweeze]

Originally Posted by Matches Malone

I added it to my cart and Amazon offered me $40 gift card and 6 month financing with their store card. I'm Thinking about it.

That sort of deal seems not to be offered any more. Pity that; I'll have to wait until the Voyage becomes so popular on Mr. Wolf's cruises that abusive drunken tourists leave them on nearby sofas (not that I'd take advantage of that; stealing is terribly, terribly wrong and I wish to go to insect heaven someday).

[Zimmy]

When do you see the $40 gift card?
Are you talking about a straight $40 or do you have to sign up for the store card, which I get offers of $30 off all the time, just don't want another credit card.

The only thing I have been offered is the payment plan option, which isn't bad, like $22 a month interest free.
As a PW1 owner, they just didn't do enough for the $100 upcharge for me.
Make the screen just a few inches larger, add a real web browsing experience, something.
I don't mind paying for a premium product, I just can't justify another $100 for a bump in DPI.

Also, now that my state adds sales tax, and it isn't shipping until mid November, I am really lukewarm on it.

[duydangle]

I'm planning to get Kindle Voyage but now don't know which cover to buy:

- Amazon Leather Cover $60 most expensive: I don't know if the leather is easily broken down after a while of use like my honey paperwhite cover.
- Amazon Cover $45: I don't know if it looks cheap, do it has good feel like leather. Actually It's hard for me to choose this one because it's not cheap.
- Incipio Journal Cover link $30: This looks nice, cheapest but how do it feel? I do prefer this to Belkin.

I like black, because I had bad experience with my colorful cover.

It's difficult to choose.

What do you guys choose?

[Prestidigitweeze]

Originally Posted by duydangle

I like black, because I had bad experience with my colorful cover.

Tell me you didn't walk into a sports bar with a vibrant red cover while wearing a velvet cape and reciting Sappho to yourself. That probably isn't the wisest thing to do Belfast.

[RDaneel54]

Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze

Tell me you didn't walk into a sports bar with a vibrant red cover while wearing a velvet cape and reciting Sappho to yourself. That probably isn't the wisest thing to do Belfast.

Thanks for the info. I'll scratch that off my to do list!

[duydangle]

Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze

Tell me you didn't walk into a sports bar with a vibrant red cover while wearing a velvet cape and reciting Sappho to yourself. That probably isn't the wisest thing to do Belfast.

lol I don't do it. The bad experience is that colorful covers are easy to get dirty after a time of using. I have two covers: one honey one royal. The royal one looks much nicer then the honey after using for a long time. The honey I also don't know why it's worn out very fast, although the royal one had been bought before.

By the way I had decided that I will not buy the $45 cover because I've just watched a video of HDX cover which is not leather. It looks cheap and plastic and I don't like it more than the honey cover which is being worn out .

Now I have to choose between the $60 expensive cover or the $30 cover which is not from Amazon. But I have not decided to buy the Voyage. Maybe I will decide after I see it: Is the high resolution worth it? Is the text looks dark, crisp and real, not grey like on paperwhite. So frustrating cannot find any high resolution picture of the screen.

[Avwriter]

Originally Posted by duydangle

I'm planning to get Kindle Voyage but now don't know which cover to buy:

- Amazon Leather Cover $60 most expensive: I don't know if the leather is easily broken down after a while of use like my honey paperwhite cover.
- Amazon Cover $45: I don't know if it looks cheap, do it has good feel like leather. Actually It's hard for me to choose this one because it's not cheap.
- Incipio Journal Cover link $30: This looks nice, cheapest but how do it feel? I do prefer this to Belkin.

I like black, because I had bad experience with my colorful cover.

It's difficult to choose.

What do you guys choose?

Consider waiting another month or two. More 3rd party covers will likely come out.

[Prestidigitweeze]

Originally Posted by duydangle

But I have not decided to buy the Voyage. Maybe I will decide after I see it: Is the high resolution worth it? Is the text looks dark, crisp and real, not grey like on paperwhite. So frustrating cannot find any high resolution picture of the screen.

My experience with the Kobo Aura HD suggests that the higher resolution really does make a difference. You're not looking at pixelated fonts any more; you're ogling the luscious shapes of letters. Reading on the Aura HD for the first time was like studying a work of art at MoMA. I couldn't get over the purity of the curves.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze

My experience with the Kobo Aura HD suggests that the higher resolution really does make a difference. You're not looking at pixelated fonts any more; you're ogling the luscious shapes of letters. Reading on the Aura HD for the first time was like studying a work of art at MoMA. I couldn't get over the purity of the curves.

Yes, the extra resolution is very noticeable on my Onyx T68, which has the same screen as the Aura HD. I too enjoy ogling nice curves!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I think the Nook interface is probably the least of B&N's problems. Personally I like the interface, but that's the eReader I started with so that's probably why.

I think the interface on the nook is the most of B&N's problems as far as the device goes. The nook works with ePub from other places so if the interface had been good and the memory not fragmented, it might have sold better.

[badbob001]

On cnet's preview video of the Voyage, it mentions that it has a 1Ghz CPU and 512MB ram. That is double the ram of the Kobo H2O, which also has 1GHz cpu. I've seen the Kobo HD/H2O handle complex PDFs with just 256MB ram, so I wonder if the Voyage can do better or if it needs that extra ram for other reasons.

[Barty]

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...-kobo-aura-h20

According to above article h2o also has 512mb ram.

If you search YouTube you can get some ideas of how the kobo handles PDF . I suspect it's slightly less agonizing because of marginally better software and bigger screen. If you really need to read PDF and don't to spring for an expensive large e ink device, buy any decent tablet.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I think the interface on the nook is the most of B&N's problems as far as the device goes. The nook works with ePub from other places so if the interface had been good and the memory not fragmented, it might have sold better.

I know you do -- I just don't share your opinion. And I definitely don't think the Nook Simple Touch sold badly -- at least not until B&N seemingly stopped trying with their whole Nook division.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Barty

http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...-kobo-aura-h20

According to above article h2o also has 512mb ram.

I stopped watching and reading GoodEReader a long time ago. In this revie they say the two most popular formats for ebooks are EPUB and PDF.

PDF... ??!!

WTF...