10-16-2012, 04:03 AM | #511 | |
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10-16-2012, 08:59 AM | #512 | |
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10-16-2012, 09:04 AM | #513 |
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10-16-2012, 07:43 PM | #515 | |
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Updated review
My updated review:
Now that I've been using the Paperwhite for a couple of weeks, I am raising my rating to 4 stars (from 3 stars, on Amazon). Reading at night is still a bit strange, but in my case it does *not* cause eye fatigue. What you lose in book-like feel at night you gain back by being able to crank the light way down - it doesn't shine in your eyes (a la the dreadful Kindle Touch built-in cover light), nor does it bother your sleeping companion. For day use, I'm liking the Paperwhite more and more. The screen doesn't quite have that look of text being right on the surface but the contrast is good and the smaller sans-serif font sizes are crisp. I'm hoping they can tighten up the serif fonts in a firmware update. You can't be afraid of using the light during the day - you can dial in exactly the amount of contrast you want, even in bright rooms. I put it up just underneath the threshold of the blue hue which it takes one at high brightness (and is unavoidable at night). I kind of wish you could set it and forget it (like iPad brightness controls) but I'm OK with doing this manually. Also: the touch screen is an improvement over the last model in that it is more responsive and suffers from fewer accidental page turns. The new menu system works well. The size and weight seem ideal. The new optional cover is much higher quality than the last cover and, in my opinion, a must have. Love the fact that shutting and opening the cover takes the Kindle in and out of sleep. The wake up swipe is a good move too. Battery life is only OK if you're a heavy user; it is better than the Touch but not an order-of-magnitude improvement. The only thing in everyday use that drives me nuts is that they've buried the ability to turn wifi OFF a couple menus deep. That's a pain, because wifi still burns a lot of battery, so you want it off when not using it. Also hoping this is fixed in a software update. So, overall, despite my disappointment that the screen is not perfect, and some other quibbles that can be fixed in firmware, I'm happier now than when I initially used the product. Quote:
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10-16-2012, 07:51 PM | #516 |
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