Amazon releases first Kindle with color screen
Kindle Colorsoft uses an oxide base plate with tailored waveforms to provide greater contrast in both color and black and white. The new Kindle Scribe has a paper-like texture, and the Paperwhite is now faster and thinner.
October 17, 2024 . Updated at 6:16 p.m.
Amazon introduced a completely new line of devices Kindleincluding the first color Kindle, the updated Kindle Scribe, the fastest Kindle Paperwhite, and the new Kindle available in matcha green. “Customers are reading more than ever on these devices. “Last year, global sales reached their highest level in a decade, and the majority of purchases were made by first-time Kindle buyers,” he said. Eric SaarnioVice President of Amazon Devices International. For my part, Emma Gilmartindirector of Kindle Europe, emphasized that “the first color Kindle will bring photos to life, and the updated Kindle Scribe will transform writing in books and notes.”
He Kindle Colorsoft It delivers high contrast, smooth page turns, auto-adjusting front lighting, and weeks of battery life, as well as vibrant, eye-pleasing colors. Users will be able to browse color covers in their library or Kindle Store, view photos and images of books in color, or highlight in color so they can easily find what they’ve highlighted later.
Kindle Colorsoft delivers rich, paper-like colors. It uses an oxide motherboard with tailored waveforms to provide high performance and higher contrast in both color and black and white modes. Its screen features a new nitride LED light guide that, combined with custom algorithms, enhances color and brightness without sacrificing detail. You can enlarge images without pixelation and choose between standard or vibrant color styles. The device is equipped with wireless charging, provides up to 8 weeks of battery life and is waterproof. It will go on sale from October 30th and can now be reserved for €299.99.
For its part, the new Kindle the scribe It has a screen with a white frame and a smooth, paper-like texture that makes it feel like we’re writing on a piece of paper. With 300 dpi (dots per inch) resolution, text appears crisp and clear when writing or reading. The stylus is precisely designed to provide just the right weight and balance so it feels like you’re holding a real pen, and the new soft-tip eraser looks like a pencil: “You’ll think you need to clean the screen after removing it.” “says Amazon.
With Active Canvas, the user can write down their ideas directly in the book; The note is integrated into the page and the book text adapts automatically, so that if you increase the font size, change the font style or change the book layout, the note will remain visible exactly where we want it without losing its meaning. or context. Kindle Scribe goes on sale on December 4th and can be reserved for €429.99.
Since its launch in 2012 Kindle Paperwhite became e-book best-selling brand, and its new generation is the fastest to date. Scrolling through your library or Kindle Store is faster, and page turns are 25% smoother. The display uses Thin Film Oxide Transistor which provides the highest contrast ratio of any Paperwhite display. At 7 inches diagonally, it’s the thinnest Paperwhite ever and has a battery life of up to three months. Waterproof, with 16GB of storage, it can store thousands of books and is available in crimson, jade green and black. The Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition includes 32GB of internal storage, optional wireless charging and self-dimming front lighting, and comes in metallic crimson, metallic jade green and metallic black. Its price is 199.99 euros, which is 30 euros more than the standard model.
Finally, the new one weighs only 158 grams. Kindle It’s (just) small enough to carry in your back pants pocket. It has a 300ppi glare-free display, a smoother display, a better contrast ratio, and a 25% brighter front-light at maximum intensity (it’s as powerful as the Kindle Paperwhite). In addition to the new matcha green color, it offers weeks of battery life on a single charge and has 16GB of built-in storage to store thousands of books. It is currently available starting at €119.99.
All Kindle devices come with a three-month subscription to Kindle Unlimited, which offers an extensive library of e-books, audiobooks, comics and magazines in a variety of genres, including popular TV series and bestsellers. Packaging is on average 99% made from wood fiber-based materials sourced from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources.