Kindle Oasis (2017) battery dying

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Not everyone wants to read on a big and heavy device. I sure don't want anything bigger than 8''.

I thought this until I got a Scribe. Have not read anything on my smaller Kindles since then. Most of the time I'm not holding it, it's resting on something or other. And the Amazon Folio cover is pretty light, and I usually have it holding up one end on said something, to give it a good viewing angle.

But (Notebook and 'PDF' use cases excepted), 8" is probably optimal, and I read on iPad mini a lot. But Amazon doesn't make one that size (yet: I think one will come later this year).

Optimizing on size and weight, I would read on my iPhone's lovely OLED screen. But I don't.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by tomsem

But Amazon doesn't make one that size (yet: I think one will come later this year).

Interesting - that's the first I've heard about it. Why do you think that?

(I might be interested in a 8'' Oasis-like Kindle device, if it had a superb screen and ergonomics, and physical buttons.)

[johnnyb]

Originally Posted by Strether

If you're not interested in DRM-ing your books and want to stay with a kindle, the latest Paperwhite is the way to go. Very responsive screen and the battery life is incredible. Especially if you compare it to the battery life of the Oasis that you're used to.

Jim

The latest PW has much more glossy screen though. I went back to the Oasis 3.

[Frogm4n]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Interesting - that's the first I've heard about it. Why do you think that?

(I might be interested in a 8'' Oasis-like Kindle device, if it had a superb screen and ergonomics, and physical buttons.)

The VP of Devices said that Amazon will be having an event in Sept. They either need to kill the Oasis or replace it. It's the last Micro-B device in their lineup.

[shalym]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What would most want to do with a jailbroken Kindle that cannot be done with a Kobo?

Whispersync. I don't care about anything else. I want the ability to upload books I've bought from other stores to my account so that I can download and read them on any of my devices, anytime, anywhere that has cell service or wifi. (I use my phone as a hotspot if there is no wifi available)

I know that this is not a priority for others, but for me, it is. I understand that this seems like a privacy concern to some, but not for me...I'm not worried about Amazon knowing what books I buy from other places, or when/how fast I read them.

The best thing is that I don't even have to jailbreak in order for Whispersync to work on any of my Kindles...my favorite feature comes stock.

Shari

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by shalym

Whispersync. I don't care about anything else. I want the ability to upload books I've bought from other stores to my account so that I can download and read them on any of my devices, anytime, anywhere that has cell service or wifi. (I use my phone as a hotspot if there is no wifi available)

I know that this is not a priority for others, but for me, it is. I understand that this seems like a privacy concern to some, but not for me...I'm not worried about Amazon knowing what books I buy from other places, or when/how fast I read them.

The best thing is that I don't even have to jailbreak in order for Whispersync to work on any of my Kindles...my favorite feature comes stock.

Shari

Interesting what people consider important. I used only Kindles for many years and usually had more than one in active use; you'd think whispersync was a priority for me too. But nope. As I kept my Kindles offline for most of the time (battery life), using whispersync was a chore for me - I had to switch wifi on, download a book if it was not on the device, wait for it to sync, switch wifi off... I found my place faster manually.

So I gave up on using the Kindle cloud and sideloaded everything from Calibre. That way I could be sure I had the same books on my Kindles and didn't have to wait for the download to finish, to say nothing of the various server problems (often enough downloading didn't work because the Amazon server was down or something; I have no idea if those problems have gone away or still happen). So when I switched to Kobos I was already used to reading on more than one device without using whispersync.

[rguion]

WhisperSync is very important for me as well. Especially if I have the Audible book as well as the Kindle ebook.