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Amazon announces first Kindle ever with color screen, retailing for $279 (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

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[–] [email protected] 129 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (30 children)

I'd recommend everyone to buy a Kobo over these, its much easier to read your own .pdf and .epub files than on a Kindle.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I also love my Kobo. I've heard you can unlock it and flash a community supported OS, which might be another true benefit over Kindle depending on your needs.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

I would agree at this point. I love my Kindle but if I am buying a new one that’s they way I would go

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Thanks for this. Was in the market for an e-reader and didn't really feel like jumping through Amazon bullshit

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kobo is the way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

How's their store? I'm kind of ashamed at how often I'll finish a book and then instantly buy and start another, but I also love being able to do that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Kobo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I recommend Boox, I don’t know about their dedicated e-reader, but I have the Onyx Boox Air C it’s a little pricier, but it’s an E-Ink tablet so I take all my notes there. (The C versions are color)

As someone who takes a lot of notes during their work, I can’t recommend enough. Gone are the days I’ve bought paper notebooks.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

The only reason I never bought into Boox is their flagrant violation of GPL.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I just got a boox e ink tablet. It runs android. I have a sideloaded manga reading app and Google books installed. epub books (found easily on Yandex) can be uploaded to Google books from my phone.

I love it.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

I've had two kindles so far, but my next e-reader won't be from Amazon.

I'm trying to move my tech life away from closed ecosystems as much as possible, So I'll probably go for a kobo or boox.

For me the dream would be a really large colour ereader around 10 inches, where you can view even the densest manga or comics comfortably without zooming or scrolling. I think that's what I'm holding out for.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I don't understand what the point is with having an e-reader with a colour screen when the screen is so small. Anything I read that would benefit from a colour screen is either a PDF or a comic, and those suffer from tiny letters on a screen under 10 inches.

Or is there a lot of newer books that have images and such that aren't PDF/CBR based?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

pdfs don't have a hard-set text size, and cbr/cbz is just a bunch of jpegs in a rar or zip file, respectively. the first one is a non-issue if you reflow and the second one can be zoomed in to. granted, neither is ideal, but it's workable.

personally i've kept it to comics in pocket format.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

Only if you live in the US or UK. Lol I didn't realize Amazon's international kneecapping of their products moved to include hardware along with software.

For context if you are Canadian you don't get access to overdrive or audiobooks on Kindle. Fun fact this also includes their fire tablets.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

There were already multiple such devices from competitors on the market last year.

Personal fazit: they lose in almost every area against a cheap tablet.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (18 children)

Except for the screen

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Uhh... What was the Kindle Fire? Wasn't that color, it was basically a very dumb tablet instead of a smart eReader?

Paperwhite is awesome, anyway. Great battery life. Perfect format. USB-C for charging, unlike the Oasis, seriously fuck you guys so hard for giving the Oasis microUSB, fuck you fuck you fuck you. Sometimes...you just need to know your lane & stay in it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

The Kindle Fire was an Android tablet, not an e-reader. Completely different products.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I have an older kindle. The micro USB is the only thing that really bothers me about it. It hasn't bothered me enough to upgrade, but it almost did the other day if they hadn't sold out and now jacked the price.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Anyone know of a color ereader that I can get a custom Linux distro on? Maybe Pine64 will do one eventually.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

The remarkable 2 is apparently good for this if you know what you are doing.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RemarkableTablet/comments/lzuxti/experience_using_the_remarkable_2_as_a_linux/

I have one and I'm very happy with it, but I use it exclusively for todo lists and taking notes, so I have no need to tinker with it.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago

Still, I won't give in to their monopoly

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I’ve often wondered why e-ink displays are so expensive

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

IIRC licensing monopolies and capitalist bullshit.

old link but still : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26143407

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (12 children)

I’m super torn between not wanting more Amazon in my life and wanting a convenient way to binge a lot of comics and manga