![]() However, the light is uneven as you can see in the un-doctored photo below. When you hear gushing about "Paperwhite" and "our best screen ever" your expectation is high. I highly recommend this cover and if you get a Paperwhite you should absolutely pick up a cover as well.īlame the name, perhaps. It's not something you'll want to take off.it really becomes part of the device. The Paperwhite has its sides, corners and black completely covered, protected and snug in this cover. It feels more "book-like" with this small feature. The magnet clasp also turns device on and off which is brilliant. This is an improvement over the rubber band cover I used with the Kindle 3G. More importantly this specific cover adds width to the bezel which gives my thumbs a place to be. The cover adds just the right amount of bulk to the device to make it feel more substantial while still being easy to hold in one hand. The Paperwhite is small and the bezels on the side are thin. It doesn't fix everything, but I like the Paperwhite a LOT more now and it's specifically the cover that improves it.įirst, the grip. I bought the Kindle Paperwhite Leather Cover in Black and I have to say that it changes my opinion of this whole experience in a significant way. In regular light it's the same newsprint gray that we've seen before. Unfortunately it only looks whiter the darker the room is. Turns out, if you're in the dark and the backlight (actually a side-light) is on, then the screen looks whiter. For some reason I assumed (and it's my fault) that the screen was whiter, like paper. It's supposed to be 25% better but that's hard to see. I don't really see it but I believe them. They say that they've increased contrast. It's small, it's light, it's pretty, it's sturdy, it's got a good screen. I have a small lamp and the wife isn't bothered by the nightstand's 7W LED light. The whole reading-on-a-totally-dark-plane thing just doesn't do it for me. I gave up all these features for a backlit screen. It has physical buttons for turning pages. It's larger, it's easier to hold, it has a physical keyboard, it has an audio jack for headphones, it has text-to-speech, it supports MP3s and audiobooks. I'm confused why others haven't said as much. I regret my purchase of a Kindle Paperwhite and I will mourn the death (when it happens.has it happened?) of the superior Kindle 3G. If you want gushing, go read Gizvergmashgadget. They're saying this is the e-reader to end all e-readers. ![]() Every technology site is gushing about this device. OK, it's "fine." But let's be serious for a second. I recently "upgraded" my gray Kindle 3G to the new Kindle Paperwhite. My mom got a Kindle Fire and is generally thrilled with this, although she thinks it's getting slower. I've talked about the Sony Reader as well in Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle - Will eBooks happen this time? but ended up going all Kindle and I haven't regretted it yet. Let's just say I'm a sucker for small devices with gray screens. It could be said that my love of e-reading started with my ill-fated purchase of an Apple Newton in 1993 and then my even more ill-fated second purchase of an Apple Newton MessagePad 2000 in 2007.
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