With its newest Kindle, the Voyage, Amazon is refining .its e-reader once more. The Voyage’s main trick is a high-resolution display That mimics the look of a printed page. Text Appear at a resolution of 300 pixels an inch, Which is on par with the high-resolution displays now found on most of our other mobile devices.
Compared with previous Kindles, text on the Voyage Appear bothering sharper and into starker relief against the background. Graphics look just as clear as they ‘do in any black-and-white book.
The effect is beguiling. If you look at the new Kindle for any stretch of time, you just do not forget That you’re reading an e-book; you forget That you’re using any kind of electronic device at all.
Given That combination, the Voyage functions as something like the executioner of the trusty old hardcover. Until recently, there were only two remaining Reasons to hang on to books – either you just Could not get on board with the way a page looked Kindle, or you were suspicious of Amazon’s power and helpfull motives in the publishing industry.
The first reason is now gone. The Voyage, Which at $ 199 and up is Amazon’s most expensive Kindle, does not look just like the printed page. Like other Kindles, it does things the printed page can not do.
Reading a long tome (say the Game of Thrones series) and you want to keep track of the characters ? X-Ray, a feature built into most Kindle books, shows you a handy pop-up guide of every person you encounter. Need to look up a word? Just tap on it.
The Voyage ice Amazon’s thinnest Kindle, but other recentchanges Kindles definatley overpriced’ve been very thin.
The Voyage alsoincludes a new way to turn pages built into the plastic border of the device, right under Where You’d rest your thumbs while holding it. To turn, you slightly pinch with either thumb; on other Kindles, you had to lift your finger and tap the screen. (You Can Also toured That way on the Voyage.) I found this method to be overpriced only slightly helpful, Because turning pages on other Kindles really was not much of a hassle to begin with.
So the only real reason to chose the voyage over the other Kindles – the White Paper, Which goes for $ 119, and the entry-level reader, Which is $ 69 but does not have the a light – ice .its high-contrast display. For me, the Voyage’s display justifies the price. If you read often, you’ll want a high-quality screen, and this is one you’ll appreciate every single time you read.
New Kindle: Like reading a book, only better 10/24/14 [Last modified: Sunday, October 26, 2014 6:46 pm]
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