ebook reader does not change lightly. If it becomes inadequate, if not lost, and if not damaged, it makes little sense to update the model from year to year. Proposals abound: manufacturers such as Kobo, Tolino, Pocketbook, have dissolved the numbness of Amazon with ereader proactive, different, aggressive even in the list, and this push has led the company that controls the category rediscover some enthusiasm in the development of its Edition .
But this is not enough to disprove: ebook reader indulges always unwillingly , and I can write it not bring up emotional issues, memories of the books read, loaded or bought at a certain time, just finished in another. Now, if we assume that a new e-reader will appeal mostly to those who have it an ereader already, why should you update your model with a Kindle Paperwhite 3 half of 2015?
It ‘a good question. In fact, because the technical innovations introduced can improve the yield of the pages so the ease of reading, the pleasure of watching the screen and then use the device with satisfaction – a satisfaction that can be better than that the older.
The technical innovations
With the eBook reader is easy to identify the modernity of panels: the more time passes and more are white , defined, similar to the press – logic and an ebook reader 2012 is necessarily less valuable than one out the other day. It not necessarily is better in all (for example: a time was integrated audio support, now extinct, and there were companies such as Sony and Samsung models specific to write or take notes) but certainly it is in the display.
In fact, the panel 300 PPI Kindle Paperwhite in 2015 reached a level of clarity and precision of the highest Paperwhite earlier.
And ‘the same screen 1440 x 1080 px of expensive Kindle Voyage, and has the same technology Glo HD – differences of touch (IR on Kobo) and light excluded. It improves the entire user interface, with icons, thumbnails, and of course also the rendering of characters that are now cleaner , the most pleasant. We speak of a panel with 16 gray levels so there is the effect of a wow iMac 5K, so to speak, but the comparison of UI with the ebook reader of the older generation, is merciless.
The question is: enough to justify the upgrade a Kindle Paperwhite 2013 a Kobo Aura or Tolino Vision 2? No, I think not, because between 212 and 300 PPI PPI of these new, the difference in the experience of reading and all that is not about the UI , is really tolerable. I think that inexperienced eye can completely ignore it. Different speech for those who come from a non-model Paperwhite, a Kobo Touch or a Kindle Touch 2014: then yes. Between 167 and 300 PPI PPI is a mountain of pixels.
What really makes the difference in 2015 is the Kindle Paperwhite New software for formatting text. Those who follow the industry know the criticism of Amazon for the lack of attention to the hyphenation and justification of the Kindle. The typography of its ebook reader is not considered poor for the small number of options, but for the approximation of certain choices.
The new engine layout
The new font Bookerly is the focus of this talk. The “first font designed for reading digital” is exclusive to this model; come on Voyage and PW 2013 in a few weeks, but do not yet know when. He designs with greater height and body shorter than the previous Caecilia, more condensed if I pass the time, and renders much better of all other screen 300 PPI of the new Paperwhite. Amazon advertises it as “native” for E-Ink, and I must admit that we see, especially here.
Bookerly is the first step. The second is the improved handling of the engine layout , from the hyphenation character spacing, through justification, kerning, ligature and support for drop caps.
In short, you do not form more those spaces randomici between a word and the other but there is a text block more compact , more homogeneous, if necessary with margins narrower or wider, then with more or fewer characters on the page . The result is a sheet less tiring for the reader: the eye gets tired it finds balance in the drafting of the text, when you have to jump between a word and the other without knowing where it is already the next. The system PW3 is the completely automatic and transparent for the user, and is an effect that increases with the number of words on the page: the smaller the font size, the greater the differences with the old system.
Kindle Paperwhite 2015 is the e-book reader with the best typography line Amazon , and could close the review with this sentence were it not for another 2 or 3 issues to be clarified. The first is that only certain ebook are able to take advantage of the new engine because it will take time to adapt all the catalog.
For the rest, it is Kindle ever , closed and binding in the software at the same time comfortable, mature, simple and effective. Browse the library in 3G under the umbrella, find something interesting, be sending the extract and then with one click buy it and receive it to start reading 30 seconds later, it is a pleasure exclusive yet . Similarly see synchronized notes, underlining, and PDF documents, but also pages, bookmarks and wish list – always ready, never timeout, never with synchronization errors and management we see on Kobo, Tolino and rival products.
In the rest of the Kindle is always
Actually, no, it’s not true, there was a problem and there is a problem: Send To Kindle is not reliable . Point. Pocket a better job. And the transition from 3G to WiFi is not flawless, occasionally remains in a limbo that does not lead anywhere.
Amazon changed some aspects of the UI of PW3. The most concrete, is the new tabbed interface (Dictionary, Wikipedia, translation) that appears automatically when you select a word or a period. It ‘a matter graphics, not practical, but pleasant. Also PDF handling is always faster and more responsive – however uncomfortable about 6 inches.
On the design and construction there ‘has a lot to say. The logo Kindle now black and robustness maintained over time are certainly positive things, but we can say that would need a redesign ? There is better around, even at the same price. Also because there is still a Kindle certified for resistance to liquids and dust? My tests at sea was a practical success, but I had to remove the grains of sand from inside frame with a brush. Kobo, Tolino and others do it, because the leader still not?
I close with the autonomy lasts no longer as before, and is the consequence of the lighting and resolution. Amazon claims 21 hours of reading, and 10 less than the previous generation. I had to charge my 3G model every few days, not weeks . Council to set Airplane mode if you do not want to take risks or if you do not have a battery bank at hand.
Final
Kindle Paperwhite 3 is recommended for everyone because it is fast, the right coast, has the practical advantages of being an ebook reader company that dominates the sector and has the best screen on the market. Its technology is no longer exclusive, but the software did, and after trying the yield of Bookerly and the new engine layout could be hard to go back.
But if you have a Paperwhite 2013 could also be superfluous, because until proven significant improvements are software – more than hardware. With the same firmware, the old and the new could approach. It ‘s impossible to know now but should definitely wait. And if you are among those who want the best E-Ink Paper at its best, why not aim a sacrosanct Kindle Voyage ? You’ve earned it!
Everything changes if you use an ebook reader with a 2/3 years ago, if you have not taken yet a Paperwhite or if you have not lit a model, if you went to Kobo and now You want to return, or maybe alongside a ereader Amazon model of your wife. So in all other contexts are well spent 129 euro 
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