For those that have the original, does it have a black background option? I find that in the dark the white screen hurts to read after a while (iPad Mini) so I switch between dark and light for night/dim and day outside.
All-New Kindle Paperwhite
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#12I have owned the original Paperwhite since it came out, and I love it - can't recommend it highly enough. The frontlighting is wonderful. However, I really wish that this newer one had physical buttons on the side for turning the pages, like some of the other Kindle models. I find the touchscreen rather irritating when reading. It's much easier to have buttons on the side that you can press without moving your hand/f…
Apart from Nook, is there any other "glowing" alternative with buttons? Kobo Glo doesn't have them either AFAIK...
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#14Got a DX size? Nope? Not interested. Seriously. It's 2013. Make something that feels and has the space of a full-sized book. It's not that hard. Hell, use it as a loss-leader if you can't make the numbers work.
What makes you think it isn't hard?
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#15I see this product having multiple life cycles. In about five years it can easily be re-branded into the Paperweight.
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#16I'll be testing this out tomorrow... but personally, I'm holding out for a larger device with higher resolution. The Kobo Aura HD is calling my name, actually.
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#17How is this different from the last Paperwhite model? I see "improved screen" and "faster processor". It seems like there's also some new software features, but that's just software. Is that all that's new?
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#18I was counting for epub support... kobo aura it is then.
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#19Got a DX size? Nope? Not interested. Seriously. It's 2013. Make something that feels and has the space of a full-sized book. It's not that hard. Hell, use it as a loss-leader if you can't make the numbers work.
> Got a DX size? Nope? Not interested.
Wrong.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002GYWHSQ/ref=fs_dx
It isn't Paperwhite, as far as I know, but then again, people are mostly reading novels with them.
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#20For those that have the original, does it have a black background option? I find that in the dark the white screen hurts to read after a while (iPad Mini) so I switch between dark and light for night/dim and day outside.
Not AFAIK, but reading on a front-lit Paperwhite is a totally different experience from reading on an actively-lit tablet. I regularly read in the dark in bed, and I have no problem with it at all. When I read on my Nexus 7, I use the inverted scheme, but on the Paperwhite I just set the lighting to a comfortable level and off I go.