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Old 09-18-2014, 07:47 AM   #166
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Does anyone know why the Kindle Voyage is more expensive than their tablets?
Not for long. I bet they raise prices for the new Fires.
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Old 09-18-2014, 07:52 AM   #167
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(Now I wonder what B&N is going to do in response.)
Apparently delete my ability to download the ebooks I've purchased to my computer.

But back to the topic at hand...I skipped the PW2 last year because I was perfectly happy with my first-edition PW. In the past few months, as I've added more and more books to it, it seems like the device is getting slower and slower and a tad on the cranky side. And since the date they said the Voyage would arrive just happens to be my birthday, well...

How could I resist?? I pre-ordered it and discovered, as someone else did, the "deferred payment" promotion. Happy birthday to me!
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Old 09-18-2014, 07:59 AM   #168
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Is e-ink more expensive than LCD?
A new, high-resolution screen is probably going to have a low initial production yield, hence high unit cost.

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Also, I see from the webpage that there's been absolutely no change to the reading settings. Same 6 fonts and margin settings. For an extra $80 can't we get a few more fonts?
Not the slightest concern for me, personally. I've never switched away from the default font (whatever that is) on any reading device in recent years. Of course I appreciate that it may be a concern for other people.
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Old 09-18-2014, 08:04 AM   #169
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Old 09-18-2014, 08:10 AM   #170
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Mine's ordered, just depends when I either get back to pick it up or find someone to bring it to me! Either way it's going to be a late birthday present for me.
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For those who have used them before, what do people think of the origami cases, I have liked the hard shell of the current paperwhite case even if I haven't tended to break one anyway.
I have the Origami case in purple for my Fire and I love it. It'll prop up in both portrait and landscape mode (propping up in portrait mode was the selling point for me). The cover also folds all the way back making one handed reading easy and pretty comfortable. Some folks on Amazon report having their Kindle turn off when the cover is folded all the way back, but I haven't had any problems with it.

My only complaint is the price.
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Old 09-18-2014, 08:17 AM   #172
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I have the Origami case in purple for my Fire and I love it. It'll prop up in both portrait and landscape mode (propping up in portrait mode was the selling point for me). The cover also folds all the way back making one handed reading easy and pretty comfortable. Some folks on Amazon report having their Kindle turn off when the cover is folded all the way back, but I haven't had any problems with it.

My only complaint is the price.
The price doesn't seem too unreasonable. It's the same, I believe, as the price of the official Amazon PW case.
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Old 09-18-2014, 08:21 AM   #173
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The price doesn't seem too unreasonable. It's the same, I believe, as the price of the official Amazon PW case.
To each his own, I suppose. Fifty bucks for a case is a lot for me, but this is only my humble opinion.
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Old 09-18-2014, 08:24 AM   #175
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To each his own, I suppose. Fifty bucks for a case is a lot for me, but this is only my humble opinion.
I'm sure that there will shortly be a whole raft of cheaper cases available on eBay.
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Old 09-18-2014, 08:31 AM   #176
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The only thing that the voyage adds in my opinion woth considering is the light sensor and I am not willing to pay that much of a price premium for the sensor.
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I pre-ordered one but after thinking it over I came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth more than twice the price I paid for my PW2 four months ago. Had it been about the same price though I would probably been sucked in by the draught.
I paid $19 for my PW2 - it was a lightning deal. So I figure the money I saved on that makes up for the cost of the Voyage.
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Not for me, yet. Not at that price point.

I am still enjoying my 1st Gen Kindle Paperwhite.

I am sure the new HD display looks amazing, but for a premium device, at a premium price, it needed more premium features.

No audio? No one is asking for a speaker, just give us a head jack. Give us an excuse to take it with us instead of leaving it and listening to the audio version on our phones.

How about a real, "non experimental" web browser? I don't need to watch YouTube on the thing, but how about viewing RSS feeds in article mode on a beautiful e-ink screen without it crashing every 5 minutes.

I don't understand why they can't devote at least some development to that.

And, if I am expected to pay $200, you have to increase the screen size, at least an inch larger.
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So based on the earlier German leak, I guess the international rollout is November 4? That means I have to wait.

Oh well, just in time for
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So based on the earlier German leak, I guess the international rollout is November 4? That means I have to wait.

Oh well, just in time for
It's shipping on 4th Nov, which is only about a week after the US shipping date. You can pre-order it (on Amazon UK, at least) now.
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