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Old 04-16-2016, 05:03 PM   #1081
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Oops should have followed the link 1st my bad.
This link shows you Amazon's official names for their Fire and Kindle devices.
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Old 04-16-2016, 05:13 PM   #1082
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This link shows you Amazon's official names for their Fire and Kindle devices.
I heard this one also advertised as Basic ... http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200774090

So Whats the TV Stick called a Banana ?? [not in the list]

Link is helpful as long as everyone is on the same page so to speak I use wiki to keep them straight. But its behind in information.
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Old 04-16-2016, 05:29 PM   #1083
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I heard this one also advertised as Basic ... http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200774090

So Whats the TV Stick called a Banana ?? [not in the list]

Link is helpful as long as everyone is on the same page so to speak I use wiki to keep them straight. But its behind in information.
That just took me to the help page.
That is the touch screen kindle with the physical home button.
All except K1, K2 and K3 have been called the basic kindle because they have no special features like lights.
Basic as in Not Premium. Not Basic as a name.
Oh and on the other question, it is the Fire Stick. There is also a Fire Tv. They will not be on the kindle page.
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I am wondering why it would be explicitly mentioned.
If I recall, the Oasis comes with the Oasis, the Charging Cover and a USB cable.
My thinking is the word Charging in the cover says it all.
I do not know of a charger that ever says it has a USB port.
It is implied.
I guess we all interpret their text differently. My interpretation is that the Oasis has a USB port, and the cover attached to the Oasis with magnets. The connection between device and cover is a QI wireless charging connection. Hence, when cover and device is attached and charging the cover battery gets is charge and then when detached the device uses its own battery, when reattaching the cover the battery in the device will be topped off from the cover.

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Cover on -- you lose that special grip. I believe most people will use it with the cover off to get that grip. Advertised battery life is now a lie.
That's a stretch. You're introducing conditions Amazon doesn't claim.

But if you're right, we'll see a lot of outcry about it in in a few weeks. Keep your ears open.
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Old 04-16-2016, 06:16 PM   #1086
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That's a stretch. You're introducing conditions Amazon doesn't claim.

But if you're right, we'll see a lot of outcry about it in in a few weeks. Keep your ears open.
How else can you get that special grip? The only way is with the cover off.
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Old 04-16-2016, 07:18 PM   #1088
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How else can you get that special grip? The only way is with the cover off.
You're insisting on treating them differently from Amazon.
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Old 04-16-2016, 08:06 PM   #1089
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How else can you get that special grip? The only way is with the cover off.
There are a couple shots floating around that show the Oasis in profile with the cover attached. It does still provide some grip as it still comes out a bit from the cover. But it isn't as much as without the cover of you have larger hands.
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Old 04-16-2016, 08:07 PM   #1090
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Dual-battery charging system delivers months of battery life—our longest ever
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Which is it? It can't be both! Those statements contradict each other. If you leave the cover off, then it's their thinnest and lightest Kindle; but it no longer has the longest battery life. Leave the cover on and it has the longest battery life; but it's no longer their thinnest and lightest Kindle.
It can be both! Amazon states that they base their battery life estimates on a half hour a day of reading. (I think that part is misleading, but it appllies to their other Kindle devices too.) You get the longer battery life as long as you put the main unit back into the cover for a significant portion of the remaining 23.5 hours of each day. That doesn't seem very difficult.

ETA: You should be able to prorate the battery time for increased usage as long as you don't exceed about six hours of reading in a single session, which seems very reasonable to me.
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ETA: You should be able to prorate the battery time for increased usage as long as you don't exceed about six hours of reading in a single session, which seems very reasonable to me.
Also, not always is it necessary to leave the cover off. When I read in bed I usually lay on my side with Voyage propped up like a tent with the cover (I have an bookstyle cover). My head is sideways already, so why not have the book do the same.
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I really like the Oasis concept, but I feel they messed up badly on 3 details.

1. 250 mAh battery. As someone pointed out earlier in the thread, the constant charging/draining is going to cause the battery to fail sooner than it should.

2. No usb port on the case? What are they thinking! The case needs to charge independently. Maybe adapters for the magnet connection will appear, but then it's one more thing to carry, keep track of and eventually misplace.

3. A cover that's only 3/4 of a cover. I've got a serious hate thing going on about scuffed up expensive electronic devices.

Maybe someday a third party will make a cover the right way and A. will sell the Oasis without their cover.
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I know quite a few of you are concerned whether the case could be charged on its own. I was able to locate a picture of the back of the oasis that verifies the case accepts its own power cord. See attached picture:
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I know quite a few of you are concerned whether the case could be charged on its own. I was able to locate a picture of the back of the oasis that verifies the case accepts its own power cord. See attached picture:
Uhm. That shows it will power something else.
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