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New Kindle Day 2024
Scott McNulty, on Blankbaby:
Amazon has announced a stack of new Kindles today, and that’s always fun for me!
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And there’s a new family on the Kindle block today. Which means I’m not just going to buy them all. But will I be buying any of them?
Great fresh overview from Scott on the new Kindle’s released today. I’m happy he’s excited. Although for me, it seems like a very boring update. There’s no model with buttons — the old Kindle Oasis was completely discontinued.
If I had to choose, I’d probably go with the plain Kindle. Although for the life of me, I don’t understand why they don’t have a flush screen for it.
The Kindle Paperwhite gets a slightly bigger screen and it’s a bit thinner, which is a welcome addition. However, I still feel that it’s too thick and a bit on the heavy side.
The color version has one of the worst names I can think of — Colorsoft? Really?. And in reality, since I don’t read much comics (and when I do, I prefer the iPad mini) I don’t see the benefit of the color screen other than having prettier book covers.
The Kindle Scribe update is nice, especially because it signals that they’re not abandoning it. However, unless you are a heavy Kindle user, I’d look at other options — it’s just too thick.
I’m happy with my Boox Leaf2 for now1 — but sure would have loved an updated Kindle Voyage2 in the lineup alongside the Paperwhite. That would have me thinking twice. For now, I’m looking forward to that phone-sized category of ereaders will bring.
Although I did consider for a second Jason Snell’s Kobo recomendation.↩︎
Which BTW, I still use on trips.↩︎