I don't really see the point of the charging cover. I have a 2 year old paperwhite and I charge it about once every two months.
That being said, I really like the new design. Glad they're embracing physical buttons.
That being said, I really like the new design. Glad they're embracing physical buttons.
I have to charge so infrequently, I'm never prepared to do so.
Thankfully people tend to forget chargers and (so far) I haven't had a problem dumpster diving at hotel's lost and found :)
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Rebooting it seemed to help, although I'd say she still has to charge it about once a week.
Their spec days are 30 minutes a day on WiFi with the light up, I believe (iow, they model reading in bed), so what you should actually be hearing is something more like "21 hours for the old one, 7 hours for the new one but 30 hours with the charging cover on." It's a pretty big step down.
That said, I've still pre-ordered an Oasis even though I have a Voyage already. The ergos on this look much more suited to my reading style.
The Voyage is by no means heavy, out of the case at least (the official leather case is a brick, unfortunately) but the thin bezel means I either put fingerprints on the screen or can't really get a solid grip on it without cramping my hand and causing some shake.
The Oasis looks like it's taken a page in ergonomic design in particular from cameras and will be much more steady and sure to hold. That has to translate into a better reading experience. I'll probably end up using the cover as what amounts to a leather charging dock.
Re-embracing, more like it. I forget how old mine is, but it's from before the basic Kindles went to touchscreen. The side-mounted page flipping buttons are just about perfect. Throw in battery life of like six months of hard use on airplane mode and the non-glare screen that you can read outside on the beach in full sun, and it is just about a perfect e-reader.
I just wish they would resurrect the DX concept. I'd like to have a thin, light Kindle that was approximately letter-sized, for textbooks, programming books, etc. It'd probably also be a great fit for somebody like my dad, who's eyes are going bad - you can crank up the font size on 6" kindles, but then you only get a handful of words on a line.
If you ask me, half the point of ebooks is that you can turn pages with your hands under a blanket or a cat flopped on your wrist.
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I completely agree. I've had a Kindle 3 keyboard with the physical page-turn buttons for nearly five years and although the new models might have sharper screens, the lack of physical buttons is an deal killer for me.
They also seem to have gone backwards with the form factor. The 3 screen is nearly flush with the bezel, which slopes away to the buttons at the edge and feels great in the hand. I've handled the newer versions and they're thicker and feel more clunky and cheap.
When you can replace the screen for $20 (replaced once) and the motherboard for $4 (replaced twice), it's kind of hard to justify upgrading, even after you break both by sitting on it.
I'll pick up a used one someday.