![]() ![]() 3 inches thick, and lighter than the other Kindles, at under seven ounces. It also packs a 6” display that’s still e-ink but high-enough resolution for things like comics and manga-all into a frame with a thinner bezel that’s actually smaller than the other Kindle models in its family. It’s also Amazon’s priciest Kindle model, coming in Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/3G models starting at $200 for the ad-supported model and $219 for the ad-free model. The Kindle Voyage is Amazon’s new flagship ereader, with the highest-resolution, highest-contrast display they’ve ever built, adaptive lighting (like you see in smartphones, that gets dimmer and brightens up when necessary) a touch-sensitive display that lets you turn pages one-handed with a tap, or swipe pages away like you would a real book, a built-in backlight, and a battery that lasts for weeks on end, even considering that super-bright screen. ![]() Tablets are pretty great, but their backlit screens can cause insomnia, and they're impossible to… Read more Turn Your Rooted Nook Into the Ultimate Ereader with These 10 Apps The Simple Touch has a 6” e-ink display with soft buttons on the bezels designed for one-handed use, a battery that lasts for weeks, expandable storage, and more-all in a package that’s about seven ounces. It’s been a while since we put together our guides on the topic, but people are still rooting their Nooks, using them as B&N ereaders when they want and Android tablets-complete with Wi-Fi internet access, other ereading or comic book apps, email, books from Google Play Books and even the Kindle app for Android, and more whenever they want to. Once you’ve done that, the possibilities are endless. B&N has moved on to the Nook Glowlight as their primary e-ink ereader, but the Simple Touch is an Android-powered tablet with great software, access to B&N’s catalog of books, and perhaps most importantly, the ability to be rooted and transformed into a full-fledged Android tablet for free. The Barnes and Noble Nook Simple Touch may not technically be for sale anymore (although it’s easily available-you can buy one for about $52 at Amazon and even less elsewhere) it’s still a popular option for those people looking for the most bang for their ereader buck. You can read the entire (massive) nomination thread here. Plus, many of you noted the price is right as well, as it’s been on sale for as low as $99 in the past, and its around-$100 price point is generally a good place for an ereader. Some of you bemoaned Amazon and its DRM-laden books, but you also noted that the Paperwhite supports DRM-free titles from other bookstores (with the notable exception of ePub files), as long as you can get them onto the ereader to view. It’s the perfect size for one-handed, on the go reading, small enough to be comfortable on the train or a plane but still hefty enough to enjoy holding and using. Those of you who nominated the Kindle Paperwhite specifically noted that it’s probably the ereader against which all others are judged-even other Kindle models. Of course, it’s also wafer thin-less than a half-inch thick, and only about seven ounces heavy. Like any Kindle, you can take notes and make annotations in the virtual margins of your book, look up words on the fly, adjust text size and font to make reading easier on your eyes, read footnotes and references with a tap, and more. The e-ink display is great in bright sunlight, and just bright enough to read by at night without keeping anyone else in the vicinity awake-and you can still adjust it if you want. It comes in Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/3G versions, with and without ad support ($119 with ads, $139 without.) It’s light, easy to use one-handed, syncs wirelessly with your Amazon account, and allows you to track your reading place and your book collection on multiple devices. It’s a simple 6” e-ink tablet with a built-in backlight, a battery that lasts for weeks on end, and enough capacity to hold thousands of books. Whether you prefer an ebook reader that’s tied to an expansive store full of books or one that… Read more Kindle PaperwhiteĪmazon’s Kindle Paperwhite is perhaps Amazon’s most popular Kindle model. ![]()
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