New Kindle said to be due end September

[DuckieTigger]

Originally Posted by Geralt

I don't care how many new kindles Amazon comes up with. As long as my Paperwhite 2 is in working condition I'm not updating. There's no reason and the damn thing is awesome already.

That is what I thought too, except with the PW1. The selling point why my wife had to have one (and then of course one for me too) was the flush screen. No more cat hair stuck between screen and bezel. Maybe I will skip this year and see what the 3rd incarnation of Voyage has to offer over #1.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

That is what I thought too, except with the PW1. The selling point why my wife had to have one (and then of course one for me too) was the flush screen. No more cat hair stuck between screen and bezel. Maybe I will skip this year and see what the 3rd incarnation of Voyage has to offer over #1.

I agree: the flush screen is much easier to keep clean.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Let's see, how many slippery slopes can we fall down today?

Somehow, these "new Kindle expected" threads always devolve into the same group of people insisting that what Kindles Really Need is bigger size/adjustable fonts/hobby horse of the day.
Also, the obligatory mention by Jon about never putting your Kindle in your pocket.

This despite that none of these have anything to do with the "new Kindle expected" -- or at least, no one actually suggested they do.
Also, the topic has been .

What these folks really want is for Kobo's store to be as good as Kindle's.
Since that ain't happening, they keep hoping Kindles turn into (less buggy) Kobos.

Which would take away any reason for people to buy Kobo and put them out of business. Not exactly good.

[joblack]

Rumors are they will release new Kindle Fire tablets with 10 inch. In that case I can save my money.

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by joblack

Rumors are they will release new Kindle Fire tablets with 10 inch. In that case I can save my money.

Latest rumors are 8 & 10 in tablets.
New Fire TV.
All with Alexa.
Plus a cheapie 6in tablet, probably without.

They're staking out a home automation stronghold before the other big players even get started.

Edit: The pics and specs are out:
http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/0...how-up-online/

They're going low end, apparently.
With the tablet market under pressure from convertible WinTabs it is probably safer.

I'm a tad skeptical about the GUI in the pics.
Looks like a photoshop job; a generic android launcher with no icons for Silk or the proprietary
Apps.

[WT Sharpe]

Originally Posted by Geralt

I don't care how many new kindles Amazon comes up with. As long as my Paperwhite 2 is in working condition I'm not updating. There's no reason and the damn thing is awesome already.

Originally Posted by DuckieTigger

That is what I thought too, except with the PW1. The selling point why my wife had to have one (and then of course one for me too) was the flush screen. No more cat hair stuck between screen and bezel. Maybe I will skip this year and see what the 3rd incarnation of Voyage has to offer over #1.

That's pretty much how I feel about my Paperwhite, which is as 1st generation. The only thing that tempts me is the haptic page turns, which I imagine would make one-handed reading easier. But then again...

Originally Posted by Branch Delay

Slightly off topic, but I couldn't stand the haptic page turns. Hard to see and use in the dark. Ending up just swiping paperwhite style, and eventually returned the voyage.

...I could find after that expensive purchase that I might be in the same boat as Branch Delay. No, I'll wait until the price for devices with haptic page turns comes down to a more reasonable level before taking the plunge.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

The only thing that tempts me is the haptic page turns, which I imagine would make one-handed reading easier. But then again...

I very much like the haptic sensors, although it took a little while to find the optimum level of sensitivity and haptic feedback to suit me (adding a case meant that I had to increase the feedback level - the case absorbs a lot of the vibration).

[fjtorres]

Word is Amazon is announcing the new Fire TV (and the tablets, most likely) tomorrow. Delivery by Sept 30.
Via:http://www.aftvnews.com/new-amazon-f...eptember-30th/

[johnnyb]

Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

Little OT, but has anyone bought a completely decked-out Kindle Voyage? The addition of Wi-Fi plus 3G is $70 and getting rid of the ads will set you back another $20 for a grand total of $289.00! I can live without 3G, but $219 is still a rather righteous chunk of change. The only truly meaningful advantage I can see is the haptic page turns, which does make it very tempting.

I did (went back to Kindle mostly for 3G, since the hotspot is a battery killer on my phone) and it felt great (also got the grey Origami cover for that 89 Gameboy look and feel...)

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

I would disagree that waterproof would be boring.
It would be great to read in the tub.

I read in the tub all the time. No dunking here.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by Phogg

Waterproof sells.
It largely drives H2O sales.

It may be boring to you, but to people who commute using public transportation it is a great feature.
It's also good for reading at the pool or beach, but those are niche activities whereas waiting for the bus or train are not.
Plus the aforementioned bathtub.

I disagree. Its the 6.8" (carta) screen, the nice front-light and awesome typography options. It might be a big deal to you, but to a lot of people it's no big deal.

And public transport? Do you swim to work? Are you a fish?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Rizla

I disagree. Its the 6.8" (carta) screen, the nice front-light and awesome typography options. It might be a big deal to you, but to a lot of people it's no big deal.

And public transport? Do you swim to work? Are you a fish?

Can we not simply accept that different features are important to different people? It's not wrong to have different priorities to somebody else.

[Rizla]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Can we not simply accept that different features are important to different people? It's not wrong to have different priorities to somebody else.

Sure: http://www.amazon.com/Umbrellas/b?ie=UTF8&node=15744111

Who stands around in the rain reading a book anyway?

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Rizla

Here you go: http://www.amazon.com/Umbrellas/b?ie=UTF8&node=15744111

Perhaps not too effective if one wishes to read (for example) alongside a swimming pool?

Personally I have no need whatsoever for a waterproof reader, but I've no problem with someone else having that need.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Rizla

I read in the tub all the time. No dunking here.

Can I recommend you not read about rainbow unicorn tattoos and guns as foreplay in the tub. Silly Kindle decided to swim. Unfortunately it sank.
Not sure if it was the water or the temperature of the water but it could not be revived.
So yes accidents do happen.