Comments on: The New, Improved Kindle Paperwhite! http://casteluzzo.com/2013/02/02/the-new-improved-kindle-paperwhite/ in search of a dream to call home Sun, 12 May 2013 21:44:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Timothy http://casteluzzo.com/2013/02/02/the-new-improved-kindle-paperwhite/#comment-2398 Timothy Sun, 03 Feb 2013 02:21:15 +0000 http://casteluzzo.com/?p=4350#comment-2398 I'm really tempted to get the paperwhite, because I am also obsessed with my kindle. I had the kindle touch for a while, but I went back to the Kindle 4 (the one without the keyboard but with no touchscreen) because I liked buttons on the side so much more than touching the screen. But I there are so many benefits to a touchscreen (even things like X-ray, which they could have included but chose not to to make it as cheap as possible I suppose). When they put out a kindle that has buttons on the side and a touchscreen and is backlit (which seems like it would be simple), the kindle will be perfect, only improvable by higher contrast and faster operation, and then it will be hopeless for me to resist (luckily, it's not a huge investment either way). There is a nook that has all these features, but the buttons are so hard to press, they are useless. I'm glad someone else cares about kindles as much as me. Also, you might not want to even bother, but you might check out to see if your kindle 3 is still under warranty. I'm not sure when you came back from Tunisia, but when Amazon sent me a new kindle after my first 4 (yes, 4, the kindle 3 was overly fragile, even in a case) broke, they renewed the warranty each time, so even though the last break happened more than a year after I purchased my kindle originally, it was still under warranty. You'll never be able to go back to kindle 3, probably, but it might be nice to let your kids have the extra one. I’m really tempted to get the paperwhite, because I am also obsessed with my kindle. I had the kindle touch for a while, but I went back to the Kindle 4 (the one without the keyboard but with no touchscreen) because I liked buttons on the side so much more than touching the screen. But I there are so many benefits to a touchscreen (even things like X-ray, which they could have included but chose not to to make it as cheap as possible I suppose). When they put out a kindle that has buttons on the side and a touchscreen and is backlit (which seems like it would be simple), the kindle will be perfect, only improvable by higher contrast and faster operation, and then it will be hopeless for me to resist (luckily, it’s not a huge investment either way). There is a nook that has all these features, but the buttons are so hard to press, they are useless. I’m glad someone else cares about kindles as much as me.

Also, you might not want to even bother, but you might check out to see if your kindle 3 is still under warranty. I’m not sure when you came back from Tunisia, but when Amazon sent me a new kindle after my first 4 (yes, 4, the kindle 3 was overly fragile, even in a case) broke, they renewed the warranty each time, so even though the last break happened more than a year after I purchased my kindle originally, it was still under warranty. You’ll never be able to go back to kindle 3, probably, but it might be nice to let your kids have the extra one.

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