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Amazon Kindle 2011 video review

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The new Kindle is here. And while it's not categorically better in every respect than the Kindle 3, it's different in a rather brilliant way. It's more portable and the new intermittent screen refresh eradicates the sluggish page turning of other ereaders. The screen quality has been given a slight upgrade too, darker text offering better contrast. It misses out on a handful of periphery features, like MP3 playback, but as a device to simply read books and newspapers on, it can't be beaten for under £100. Or at any price, in fact. Read full review

Overall

9/10

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Andrew Williams

By Andrew Williams
Reviewed 12 October 2011
Updated 17 October 2011

Price as reviewed

£89.00

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Amazon Kindle 2011 details

Design
9/10
Features
7/10
Usability
9/10
Value
9/10
Overall
9/10

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Great screen
  • Faster-than-ever operation
  • Slim and light
  • Great value
  • Improved build quality

Cons

  • New page turning leaves screen residue
  • Lacks MP3 playback

Price as reviewed

£89.00

Manufacturer

Amazon

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8:02 PM on 12 October, 2011

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Great review, and thanks for the helpful graphics.

I think I'll keep my Kindle 3 for now though, at least until the Touch becomes available here...

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7:57 AM on 13 October, 2011

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Yet more evidence of US companies ripping off British consumers. In the US this costs $79 (using an ex-rate of 1.57) so that should be a UK price of around £50!!!! And the touch screen version costs $99 (not sold in the UK!) that's around £58. Avoid until they lower the price.

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12:26 PM on 13 October, 2011

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I really wanted to like this Kindle, but (a) the D-Pad based keyboard makes even annotation impossible (b) their PDF reader remains poor (when compared to the Sony).

I guess this device makes sense if you principally want to buy into the Amazon ecosystem and read the books they sell. If you want a device where you can store and read other content (e.g. technical papers), shelling out the additional £50 for the Sony Touch Wi-Fi still seems the way to go.

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@ToRJS99

The $79 one is ad supported, the one without ads is $109:
http://www.amazon.com/Kindle-eReader-eBook-Reader-e-Reader-Special-Offers/dp/B0051QVESA

This works out at £70. Factor in the VAT and you will see that the price is fair enough.

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My wish list. Improve the pdf reader, better handling of footnotes, add in folders in the file system for books/paper and for music (or playlists). Removing the keyboard - not so much though I don't use it.

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