Amazon Kindle

My new Paperwhite arrived. Very nice it is too... bit of a fingerprint magnet though.

Will look forward to giving it a read this evening. Already though, the screen responds much quicker than my 3G keyboard model.

Mine haven't arrived yet, maybe tomorrow.

The screen is a cheat though. They only properly wipe it every 3rd or 4th page turn. You can change that in the settings

^for someone who lives in deptford you're not very good at the crime are you...

Just don't need to commit crime. There is a difference.

Just got my kindle, didn't realised the light stay on all the time.

what? even when its on standby?

surely you'd want it on all the time if you're a slow reader, not just when you're flipping pages no?

Sorry, not on standby, even when you set the option to the lowest brightness when you can't see the light, it become obvious in a pitch black room*

*read: power cut.

Ah I see... I quite fancy getting one. Too many other things I "need" though.

Dibs yours when you get bored of it.

Just don't need to commit crime. There is a difference.

bloody 1%er

@ed can you not hold down the power button to shut it off if you really need the light to go off?

Dibs yours when you get bored of it.

Can't imagine Scoble getting rid of his. I think he's kindles out live his bikes 3:1 so you'll be buying it this time next year.

This is the first kindle I've considered after my keyboard one. Mainly down to the light.

But as I'm going to be rather busy over the next few months I don't really want to buy one just yet.

I need to buy (any) one for my ma's birthday next month. Completely forgot I'd 'promised' her one.

FUUU...

Dibs yours when you get bored of it.

You can have my old one.

I've got a kindle. Lent it to my ma when she was ill.

She never gave it back, so I said I'd buy her one for her birthday, in order to get mine back. So I kind of need a new one. Any discounts about? Doesn't matter what model, as long as it's new / boxed etc.

Didn't tesco have something going where they'd give you £10 off plus you'll get cashback. If your a new user to tesco on line you also get £10 off.

Here;

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/amazon-kindle-wifi-plus-tdk-dvd-r-spindle-pack-25-65-50-tesco-direct-with-code-1325211

can't see how to get £10 off for being new (no emails or anything) and I added a torch to the order to allow me to have the £10 off, which now doesnt work, and the torch costs £3 to deliver, and I have to pick up the kindle.

I'll just go bloody buy one.

#firstworldproblems

Kindle paperwhite v Kindle fire HD

I'm thinking of buying a e-reader, and have fallen into the same trap a lot of halfwits will be falling into I guess. The paperwhite is a nice size, a nice weight, and has mega battery life. The fire HD has all the nice flashy features of a tablet. Both are so similar in price (at least for someone planning to own them for few couple years) that the chioce is a tricky one.

If my main use is reading, and I already own a 11" thinkpad laptop. Surely I want the paperwhite? If the reading experiance of the fire HD is notably less comfortable the deal will be sealed.

Grateful for any input from the sacred forum hive mind.

Can't compare directly, but paperwhite is so much nicer to read on than my iandipad

Can't compare directly, but paperwhite is so much nicer to read on than my iandipad

Amazon make a song'n'dance about the laminated screen on the Fire HD. But then dont say whether this is focused for colour video watching or reading. In fact I havent seen the screen in standard e-reader mode.

If the e-reader screen is the same as any other tablet. I'll definitely just get the paperwhite.

If it's just for reading I'd go with a kindle every time. Tablets are awesome but I've spent hours reading my kindle and can't imagine I'd want to do the same with an LCD screen.

Slowfurry, e-reader.

For one simple reason is that it's an e-reader, simply to read book in.

I find myself occasionally going online while reading books, or playing a games, a little more distracting on the tablet, whether an e-reader is much more relaxing to sit down and read a book.

What I do miss is the small home button on the bottom of the Kindle, which the new one doesn't have any physical button.

E-ink display make it easier to read than an LCD for a longer period of time, much more relaxing than a tablet.

Cheers. Paperwhite it is.

E-ink display make it easier to read than an LCD for a longer period of time, much more relaxing than a tablet.

I thought maybe the Fire HD had an E-ink setting or something.

Would make sense if its doable.

That would be great if it had an e ink setting.