I love my current kindle a lot and have not stopped using it since I go it a year or so ago.

I have always wanted colour to read reference books and manuals on. Looks like Amazon are releasing a colour kindle

"US only" YAY for me. In November. 

My question is does anybody know if it is backlit? I love my current kindle because of its E-Ink. Amazon have this new tech for colour called "7" Vibrant Color IPS"  whatever that means.

I am weighing up whether its worth setting my heart on.

I do not want "another tablet" with reflective problems. I want the same effect my current kindle has in colour.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/ref=pe_173950_21266660_pe_b3/?ASIN=B0051VVOB2

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AFAIK it will be an LCD or LED screen because, besides reading books in color, you will also be able to watch movies on it that you can download from the Amazon streaming service.

Looking good, and really cheap. More a tablet than a ebook. think this will outsell ipad for sure. i will be ordering as soon as i can.

Originally Posted By 0kult13

 

Looking good, and really cheap. More a tablet than a ebook. think this will outsell ipad for sure. i will be ordering as soon as i can.

Yep - really want one of these and cant believe what they will be selling for - although as ususal the uk will have to wait a hundred years for it and it will cost twice as much as anywhere else

From what I have heard on the Wall Street Journal News, Amazon is selling way under production costs, and figures they will make it up on the sale of content.

Looks like a backlit screen to me - as Destraex comments, this is a step backward as far as a pure e-reader is concerned, but maybe I'm wrong about the backlit thing??

How about this for an idea - a backlit screen on one side & an e-ink screen on the other - sounds like it would cost but I'm guessing 90% of the hardware inside would handle both screens, just leaving the additional screen as the extra cost - now that I'd buy!

Regards

Keith

Hardware specs look good but only 8 gig of internal storage? 

yeah, the point of difference with the kindle is the e-ink screen, and unless you've seen a kindle you might not appreciate this (I certainly didn't until I played around with my brother's one)

apparently a lot of work has been done on colour e-ink, but the next step is commercialising it to make it affordable - and this is probably some years away

it will be interesting to see if the tech develops in terms up how quickly it can dynamically update (ie get refresh rates that you get with lcds/leds) - it could be the new display tech of the future and revolutionise things just like lcds have done in the last 10 years and digital cameras a few years before that

as for another tablet/ipad device - meh

right now my smartphone (google nexus s) is about as versitile and powerful as an ipad - and it fits in my pocket

I'm not saying that tablet/ipad tech is a passing fad (it is amazing to see how quickly my 4 year old has picked up the basic navigational stuff on my phone), it is certainly revolutionary and here to stay, and will probably replace traditional laptops - but right now the devices are underpowered and still in their infancy

I suspect that Amazon's plan here is to break into the tablet market with their brand and have it established in time for display technology convergence - e-book readers are profitable right now as niche devices because of their unique display technology, but they will disappear overnight once that technology can be more widely applied

Originally Posted By Eyebiter

Hardware specs look good but only 8 gig of internal storage? 

The new Kindle is supposed to integrate seamlessly with the Amazon Cloud service so the 8Gig is just for immediate need only. In fact, the custom 'Silk' web browser

has some kind of cloud 'pre-cache' thingamabob that make Silk very fast when accessing familiar or related content.

I have to say I do not like the idea of being integrated with a cloud service. This makes me worry that I can store nothing locally and copy none of my own stuff to it directly from computer.

It's an Android OS and has 8GB of internal memory, what makes you think that they wont let you save anything from your own computer? Anyway, with the cloud you can access your data from ANYWHERE without worrying about a limit. Your buddy could upload his music library to your cloud and then you will have instant access to his library. You can upload to the cloud via your PC, the sky's the limit.

I agree that the 8Gb of internall is a turnoff. I also don't like the fact that it doesn't have a mic, that's a stupid design decision. Cameral I can do without. Still, it's a very attractive price considering you can download Android apps.

If the screen is not e-ink I would not bother.  Nothing beats e-ink at the moment.

What are the advantages over the Barnes and Noble Nook Color?  I didn't see any, but I may have missed something.

Its no sale for me. I like the Kindle because it is NOT backlit and it is as easy on my eyes as a regular book.  I look at a computer screen all day and I dont want to do it at home. I'll kep the one I have.

Originally Posted By Epee1

What are the advantages over the Barnes and Noble Nook Color?  I didn't see any, but I may have missed something.

Nook Color has a backlit color screen and uses a SDcard for additional memory expansion.  Right now it works as is just like a android tablet using the stock software.  You can root it to make it more customizable.  I have been using the stock software for the past year and the only think I would like is a lighter tablet.

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