The all-new Kindle Fire wasn’t the only new reader on the menu for today. Amazon also brought out two new Kindles for people who just want to read on-the-go. Unlike the Kindle Fire, the new Kindle and Kindle Touch packs the line’s traditional E Ink display that’s both eye-friendly and power efficient. The best “feature” on both models? The price. Both are priced below $100.
Both models are very basic readers; they don’t offer much in terms of high-tech bells and whistles, but they should be enough to do the job (display books for your brain to munch on) well enough. The $79 Kindle takes up the lowest end of Amazon’s Kindle family, featuring a six-inch E Ink screen, a Wi-Fi connection, and only 2GB of on-device storage. The integrated storage might sound a little slim, but 2GB should be good enough for 1,400 books – probably more books than you have time to read, but if that’s still not enough, Amazon also offers unlimited cloud storage for saving Amazon content.
Controls are also kept to a minimum, with a single 5-way controller below the screen that can be used for going through pages, highlighting text or looking up word definitions. The Kindle also packs in a comparatively small battery, but Amazon rates it to still be enough to last up to a month (with Wi-fi disabled). The advantage of all that spec-trimming? This is the lightest, most-compact Kindle ever at 5.98 ounces, 0.34-inches thick and 6.5-inches long. Also, it only costs $79.
The Kindle Touch shares a number of the $79’s basic features, such as the 6-inch screen (600 x 800 resolution), but comes with additional goodies for those who don’t mind forking over $20 more. Like the name says, the Kindle Touch is highlighted by a simple touchscreen that can be used to turn pages, search, shop and jot down notes with. It’s still pretty basic touch technology, but again, it’s good enough for what it does.
Called EasyReach, the new touch interface will let you tap on the majority of the screen to turn to the next page and the left edge to go back a page, while tapping on the top part of the screen pulls down a toolbar for settings and options. The Kindle Touch also sports a new “X-Ray” feature that lets you pull up all the instances of relevant content in a book, such as names and places, as well as details and definitions from Wikipedia or a dictionary.
The standard Kindle Touch costs $99, but adds on to the Kindle’s basic spec with 4GB of memory (also with unlimited cloud storage for Amazon content) and a two-month battery for $99. An upgraded Kindle Touch 3G will also be offered, adding 3G connectivity (via AT&T) for $149.
The $79 Kindle is available now, while the Kindle Touch (Wi-fi and 3G versions) is currently available for pre-order with a November 21 ship date.
Tags: Amazon, ebook reader, Kindle, Kindle Touch
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