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Amazon Launches Kindle Paperwhite & Lending Library in UK

Posted on the 17 October 2012 by Anna Peterson

The new Amazon reader, Kindle Paperwhite, can be pre-ordered now with a limit of two per customer. Two versions of Kindle Paperwhite are available – WiFi (£109) and WiFi + 3G (£169). British customers should expect their device sooner than in other European countries, as shipments will begin on October 25 in the U.K. and on November 22 elsewhere.

Kindle Paperwhite Display – incredible reading experience

Compared with the previous version

Kindle PaperWhite – compared with the previous version

With dimensions of 169 mm x 117 mm x 9.1 mm and 213 grams, Kindle Paperwhite comes with a capacitive 6-inch touch screen, E Ink. This screen is patented, with 212 ppi and 16 levels of gray. The “E Ink” display does not direct the light directly into your eyes, giving you much more comfortable reading experience than the previous version of the Amazon e-reader. Integrated lighting system based on technology similar to the optical fiber will enable you to read at night.

New technology E-Ink Display – Paperwhite

New technology E-Ink Display - Paperwhite

E-Ink Display – New Technology

Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite e-reader is the first to have a built-in front light as opposed to a backlight, to “evenly illuminate the screen”. Users are now enabled to do something they couldn’t do with traditional Kindle models – read in the dark. Its brightness is adjustable depending on the environment, but you can always adjust it to your requirements. It is also easy and comfortable to use Paperwhite during the day and night – white is “whiter” and more similar to the white sheet of paper (hence the name of the reading light).

Specifications

Kindle Paperwhite dimensions

Kindle Paperwhite Dimensions

The Paperwhite has a battery life of 8 weeks (without Wi-Fi turned on and the brightness setting at 10), but this varies depending on the use of lighting and wireless connection. The supported formats are: Kindle Format 8 (AZW3) Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively, HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP converted. The USB charging cable is provided and it will take about 4 hours to recharge the Paperwhite completely from your computer.

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