Amazon updates the 90 Kindle with a front light TechCrunch

Cost has continually been a large a part of the Kindle line’s attraction at the low cease. Amazon’s very good at undercutting the opposition, while nonetheless dealing with to offer a workhorse e-reader in the process. Of direction, paying $90 for the tool comes with a number of reduce corners, now not the least of which has been the tool’s stubborn refusal to undertake the front-lighting fixtures located on the relaxation of the road.

Amazon’s simply amended that oversight with the ultra-modern version of the standard Kindle. The tool now capabilities an adjustable front mild, coupled with a capacitive contact 167 PPI display. That rate consists of Special Offers (i.E. The ones display screen saver ads the agency has been serving up for maximum of the lifestyles of the product).

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The tool will slot below the prier Kindle Paperwhite, which functions a higher res (300 PPI) screen, a flush design and waterproofing, beginning at $130. The highest end Oasis, in the meantime, rounds things out, starting at $230.

The line can be getting a simple new function that marks books as read throughout gadgets, together with extra tips primarily based on studying records. Those features can be arriving on existing models as an over the air update.

The new Kindle is up for preorder beginning today and could start shipping April 10. It’s to be had in either black or white. 

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2019-03-20 13:00:43Z
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