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Amazing to see this reach #4 rank. Good luck with the affiliate profit.
I just got a paperwhite a month ago as a present, having owned the last pre-paperwhite model - it's fabulous. This "All New" model seems to be... almost exactly the same? Anyone know how software updates tend to apply to older kindles? as a lot of the "Features" seem to be minor software tweaks....
Sadly Amazon is notorious for not updating older models. (Owner of a paperwhite and original kindle fire). I guess that is a motivating force to upgrade (new purchase). I'm indifferent on the new hardware, but the software tweaks are really compelling...
I 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…
Otherwise I find I prefer my paper white to my past kindles.
A referral link, interesting.
Showstoppers: - Only 1.25GB of storage for books. I have many more than this on my K3. - As others have observed, the lack of mechanical buttons for page flipping. Oh well. I'll just keep replacing batteries on my K3s as long as I can.
I do agree with the mechanical buttons. I love my PW, but miss the buttons.
I was counting for epub support... kobo aura it is then.
Amazing to see this reach #4 rank. Good luck with the affiliate profit.
I'm a little bit surprised the HN software doesn't have rules to automatically scrub the links. Also there's no evidence the OP meant to post the affiliate link. He could have just got it off Twitter (or wherever) and pasted it into HN.
I 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…
My only issue with not having buttons is with links. I don't like to 'watch' where I'm pressing to change the page, but I am often reading a technical book that will link to footnotes and I accidentaly hit a footnote link and the book jumps to god knows where. Now I can't get back to the page I was on (no back button) and spend a bunch of time finding my way back to where I was reading. I've even given up on a book b…
If Amazon lowered it to that over the next few days, I would actually consider purchasing the (3+ year-old) DX.
The actual product page still says $239.
Do any HNers have recommendations for large eInk readers suitable for viewing pdfs/textbooks? I mostly read textbooks these days.
Hmm, do you think the new pricing of the Kindle DX on this page is just a typo ($139 as of visiting)? http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000739811 If Amazon lowered it to that over the next few days, I would actually consider purchasing the (3+ year-old) DX. The actual product page still says $239. Do any HNers have recommendations for large eInk readers suitable for viewing pdfs/textbooks? I mostly read t…