Amazon Introduces Two All-New Kindles
Amazon on Thursday introduced the 7th generation of its Kindle dedicated e-reader device: Kindle Voyage, its top-of-the-line e-reader, and the new $79 Kindle, with a 20% faster processor, twice the storage, and a new touch interface.
“Our mission with Kindle is to make the device disappear, so you can lose yourself in the authors world,” says Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com Founder and CEO. “Kindle Voyage is the next big step in this mission. With the thinnest design, highest resolution and highest contrast display, reimagined page turns, and all of the features that readers love about Kindlebooks in seconds, no eyestrain or glare, readability in bright sunlight, and battery life measured in weeks, not hoursKindle Voyage is crafted from the ground up for readers.”
Kindle Voyage – $199
The thinnest Kindle ever, Kindle Voyage features an all-new design, with a flush glass front and a magnesium back, so it is strong, thin, and light. At just 7.6 mm thick and weighing less than 6.4 ounces, Kindle Voyage is even easier to hold with one hand and read for hours.
Next Generation Paperwhite Display
Kindle Voyage uses a brand new Paperwhite display, with the highest resolution, highest contrast, and highest brightness of any Kindle. With 300 pixels per inch, the new Paperwhite display delivers crisp text and images. The flush-front display stack uses specially strengthened glass, designed to resist scratches. Since regular glass would create glare, the cover glass on Kindle Voyage is micro-etched in order to diffuse light, ensuring you can read easily in bright light without glare. The etching pattern on the glass also serves to match the feel of paper.
Adaptive ‘Smart’ Front Light
In addition to being Kindle’s brightest front light ever (39% brighter) the new adaptive front light automatically adjusts the brightness of the display based on surrounding light, and can be fine-tuned to your personal preference. Also, since the human eye adjusts to darkness over time, the light you need when you start reading in the dark will seem too bright 30 minutes later the adaptive front light slowly lowers the displays brightness over time to match the way the eye responds to darkness.
PagePress – Reimagined Page Turns
Kindle Voyage introduces PagePress, a new way to turn pages. PagePress uses a custom-designed force sensor that sits directly under the bezel. You rest your thumb on the bezel and turn the page by lightly pressing. When you turn the page, Kindle Voyage delivers tactile feedback from a haptic actuator. The actuator delivers just enough vibration to let you know you turned the page, but is subtle enough that you wont be distracted from your reading. You can personalize both the pressure level needed to trigger a page turn and the haptic feedback level.
Free 3G
Kindle Voyage is available with free 3G, which means you never have to hunt for or pay for a Wi-Fi hotspotsimply download and read books anytime, anywhere, in over 100 countries around the world. Amazon pays for the 3G connection, so you pay no monthly fees and sign no annual contracts.
New Origami Cover
The new origami-style cover design is inspired by the best-selling Origami covers for Fire tablets, and provides a stand for both portrait and landscape positions. Origami covers attach magnetically so they are easy to take on and off, and automatically turn your Kindle Voyage on and off when you open and close the cover. The cover is available starting at $44.99learn more at:
http://www.amazon.com/kindle-origami
Kindle – Now With Touch, $79
The new entry-level Kindle includes a 20% faster processor, twice the storage, and now features a touch interface and all of the latest features users love about Kindle, including Kindle FreeTime, Goodreads, and Smart Lookup. The new Kindle is small, light, and portabletoss it in a beach bag or put it in a pocket to always have your reading with you.
KIndle is easy to read on, with no glare even in bright sunlight, and weeks of battery life, and features like instant dictionary look-up, adjustable font sizes, and X-Ray, which lets them quickly look up character information.
Parents can give their kids a purpose-built e-reader with an easy-to-navigate touch interface, plus features that help kids learn — Kindle FreeTime, Vocabulary Builder, and more — for $79.
The New Kindle Family: Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Voyage
All Kindle e-readers feature displays that are easy to read with no glare, even in bright sunlight, have battery life measured in weeks rather than hours, and are lightweight and easy to hold and read on for hours. You can now choose from three different Kindle e-readers to find the one that is best for you:
The new $79 Kindle, with a 20% faster processor, twice the storage, plus touch
Kindle Paperwhite, the best-selling Kindle since its introduction, now with twice the storage so you never have to worry about being without a favorite title – $119
Kindle Voyage, with the brightest, highest contrast, and highest resolution display ever on a Kindle, for $199
New Reading Features for Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Voyage
Kindle Unlimited – Enjoy unlimited reading of over 700,000 books and unlimited listening to a selection of thousands of audiobooks for $9.99 a month.
Kindle FreeTime Unlimited – Amazon’s all-you-can-eat subscription service built from the ground up just for kids, helps kids make the transition from picture books to chapter books. For as little as $2.99 per month, kids get unlimited access to hundreds of hand-picked chapter books and early readers, all curated for age-appropriateness, so parents dont have to spend time and money guessing what their kids will enjoy. Includes favorites such as the Harry Potter series, The Borrowers by Mary Norton, Big Nate and Friends by Lincoln Peirce, and Newberry Medal and Honor winning books such as The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare, and Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell.
Word Wise – For readers learning English and kids learning to read, Word Wise, available on many titles, makes it easier to understand more challenging books more quickly. Short and simple definitions automatically appear above difficult words, so you can keep reading without having to stop and look up a word. To learn more or to see the various meanings the same word can have in different contexts, just tap on the word to bring up a simple card with definitions, synonyms, and more. You can adjust the number of hints you see with a simple slider, dialing them up or down as you learn and grow. See a screenshot:
http://www.amazon.com/wordwise
Family Library – For the first time, you can access not only your own Kindle books, but also books from the Amazon account of a spouse or partner. See a screenshot: www.amazon.com/family-library.
Expanded X-Ray for BooksX-Ray now makes it easier to explore as you readquickly flip through all the images in a book, and use the new timeline view to easily browse the most notable passages. See a screenshot:
http://www.amazon.com/x-ray-for-books
Deeper Goodreads Integration – Goodreads on Kindle makes it quicker to access and update your reading status and adds the ability to preview and purchase books without leaving Goodreads. See a screenshot: www.amazon.com/goodreads-integration.
Enhanced SearchMakes it even easier to find what you are looking for by combining and previewing results from your Library, Goodreads and the Kindle Store on the same page. See a screenshot:
http://www.amazon.com/kindle-search
About the Book- See information about the book as you start to read, including its place in a series and author information, plus mark it as Currently Reading on Goodreads. See a screenshot:
http://www.amazon.com/about-the-book
The features above will be delivered as part of a free, over-the-air software update starting later this fall.
Customer-Favorite Features
Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Voyage include all of the features that have made the Kindle family the best-selling e-reader in the world for seven years running:
- Weeks of Battery Life – Kindle e-readers have battery life that is measured in weeks, not hours.
- No set up required – Kindle arrives pre-registered so you can start reading immediately.
- Whispersync – Saves and synchronizes your last page read, bookmarks, and annotations across all of your devices and Kindle apps, so you can always pick up where you left off.
- Worry-Free Archive – Automatically backs up your Kindle books in the cloud, so you never need to worry about losing your booksre-download your books wirelessly anytime for free.
- Goodreads – Combines the worlds largest e-reading community and the worlds largest community of book lovers.
- Smart Lookup – Integrates a full dictionary definition with other reference information via X-Ray and Wikipedia.
- Kindle FreeTime – Gives parents a simple, engaging way to encourage kids to spend more time reading. Hand-select books for your kids to read, and achievement badges are earned when they hit reading milestones. A progress report keeps parents updated on total time spent reading, number of words looked up, badges earned, and books finished.
- Time to Read – Tells you how much time it will take to finish a chapter or a book based on your personalized reading speed.
- Kindle Page Flip – Skim page-by-page, scan by chapter, or jump to anywhere in your book all without losing your place.
- Vocabulary Builder – Compiles words you look up in the dictionary into an easy-to-access list. Use these lists to quiz yourself with flashcards and instantly see words in context.
- Facebook and Twitter – Share book recommendations, highlighted sections, and meaningful quotes with friends.
Kindle e-readers come with instant access to the Kindle Store, which includes:
Massive selection – Millions of books, newspapers and magazines, including the latest best sellers, Kindle Singles, and more.
Kindle exclusives – Over 600,000 books are exclusive to the Kindle Store.
Lowest book prices – Over a million titles are $4.99 or less, over 2 million are $9.99 or less.
Kindle Owners Lending Library – Prime members who own a Kindle can choose from hundreds of thousands of books to borrow for free, as frequently as a book a month, with no waiting and no due dates.
Kindle First – Access new Kindle books a month in advance of their official release date. Customers can choose one of the featured books each month for $1.99, and Prime members can make their selection for freeadding yet another benefit of Prime membership.
The new Kindle is available for pre-order today for $79 at http://www.amazon.com/kindle and will start shipping in October. The new Kindle Voyage is $199 and is available for pre-order today at http://www.amazon.com/kindle-voyage
It will start shipping in October.
For more information, visit:
http://www.amazon.com/