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| Kindle Paperwhite 3G | Kindle Paperwhite | Kindle | Kindle Fire HD 8.9" | Kindle Fire HD | |||||
| CDN$ 199 | CDN$ 129 | CDN$ 79 | from CDN$ 284 | from CDN$ 214 | |||||
| Screen size | 6" | 6" | 8.9" | 7" | |||||
| Display Technology | Paperwhite Built-in light | E Ink Pearl | HD LCD | HD LCD | |||||
| Resolution/ Pixel density | 212 PPI | 167 PPI | 1920x1200 up to 1080p HD |
1280x800, up to 720p HD |
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| Audio | - | - | Dolby Audio, dual stereo speakers |
Dolby Audio dual-driver stereo speakers |
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| Connectivity | Free 3G + Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi | Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi |
Dual-band, dual antenna Wi-Fi | ||||
| Storage | 2 GB on device Plus free Cloud storage for all Amazon content |
2 GB on device Plus free Cloud storage for all Amazon content |
16GB or 32GB on device Plus free Cloud storage for all Amazon content |
16 GB or 32 GB on device Plus free Cloud storage for all Amazon content |
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| Dimensions | 16.9 cm x 11.7 cm x 0.91 cm |
16.5 cm x 11.4 cm x 0.87 cm |
24 cm x 16.4 cm x 0.88 cm |
19.3 cm x 13.7 cm x 1.03 cm |
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| Weight | 222 g | 213 g | 170 g | 567 g | 395 g | ||||
| Processor | - | - | Dual-core, 1.5GHz OMAP4470 |
Dual-core, 1.2GHz OMAP 4460 |
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| Battery life (wireless off) | 8 weeks | Up to 1 month | Over 10 hours' continuous use |
Over 11 hours' continuous use |
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| Web | Experimental browser |
Experimental browser |
Cloud-accelerated browsing using Amazon Silk |
Cloud-accelerated browsing using Amazon Silk |
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| Interface |  2-point multi-touch |
 5-way controller |
 10-point multi-touch |
10-point multi-touch |
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Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By The Wickster
Amazon Verified Purchase
Firstly I would like to commend the customer service representatives...excellent customer service! I felt taken care of and listened to...all of my concerns were addressed and they were friendly and informative. Hats off to them.
Secondly, my 2nd Generation Keyboard Kindle had untimely demise...it fell out of my hand and onto the pavement...I called the Amazon Customer Service line and because it was outside of my warranty period they could not fix it but offered me a variety of options to replace it at a discounted price. I appreciated that but could not afford at the time to replace it. My sister-in-law had recently acquired a tablet and offered me her e-reader (I call it a Bozo, I am sure you can figure out which one it is) and I thought this would be a sufficient replacement for my Kindle. Boy was I wrong. The Kindle is a far superior product in so many ways I do not want to list them all but I do want to highlight two significant requirements for me...one is battery life and the second it how quickly the page refreshes (turns) when you come to the end of it. The "Bozo" is terrible in both regards...3 day battery life and I was constantly waiting for the page to turn...small but important things like that make a difference.
I re-ordered my Kindle months later (the initial offer still remained) and I am so much happier for it. I love reading and I find that I have read more books in one year on a Kindle then I did in a 3 year period with paperback/hardcover books.
The convenience of the Kindle is wonderful and I would highly recommend it to anybody considering any of the e-reader products out there. Just forego the search and get a Kindle already! This is the best, bar none. Plus they have an amazing selection of books and their customer service has set the bar of excellence in my opinion.
Enjoy your Kindle you will not regret it.
BTW - if there was more stars to give I would have given them!
Kindle, 6" E Ink Display, Wi-Fi
Secondly, my 2nd Generation Keyboard Kindle had untimely demise...it fell out of my hand and onto the pavement...I called the Amazon Customer Service line and because it was outside of my warranty period they could not fix it but offered me a variety of options to replace it at a discounted price. I appreciated that but could not afford at the time to replace it. My sister-in-law had recently acquired a tablet and offered me her e-reader (I call it a Bozo, I am sure you can figure out which one it is) and I thought this would be a sufficient replacement for my Kindle. Boy was I wrong. The Kindle is a far superior product in so many ways I do not want to list them all but I do want to highlight two significant requirements for me...one is battery life and the second it how quickly the page refreshes (turns) when you come to the end of it. The "Bozo" is terrible in both regards...3 day battery life and I was constantly waiting for the page to turn...small but important things like that make a difference.
I re-ordered my Kindle months later (the initial offer still remained) and I am so much happier for it. I love reading and I find that I have read more books in one year on a Kindle then I did in a 3 year period with paperback/hardcover books.
The convenience of the Kindle is wonderful and I would highly recommend it to anybody considering any of the e-reader products out there. Just forego the search and get a Kindle already! This is the best, bar none. Plus they have an amazing selection of books and their customer service has set the bar of excellence in my opinion.
Enjoy your Kindle you will not regret it.
BTW - if there was more stars to give I would have given them!
Kindle, 6" E Ink Display, Wi-Fi
338 of 356 people found the following review helpful
By Lynne
TOP 500 REVIEWER
I have just received a basic Kindle ereader and, after opening it & trying it out, have learned NO KINDLES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH CANADIAN LIBRARIES. They can be used only with U.S. libraries.
This is shocking to me. I have searched through the advertisements on Amazon to see if this is mentioned - even briefly - anywhere, and cannot find any information on this sad fact...a fact which was confirmed by my local library.
C'mon Amazon: get with the program! I will probably return my Kindle, as the main reason I wanted it was to download library books.
This is shocking to me. I have searched through the advertisements on Amazon to see if this is mentioned - even briefly - anywhere, and cannot find any information on this sad fact...a fact which was confirmed by my local library.
C'mon Amazon: get with the program! I will probably return my Kindle, as the main reason I wanted it was to download library books.
138 of 148 people found the following review helpful
By M. Yakiwchuk
TOP 100 REVIEWER
Before owning this Kindle, my first ebook reader was the Kindle Keyboard. I really liked the Keyboard, and upgrading to a new Kindle was a very difficult decision. The first thing I noticed after unboxing the new Kindle is its light weight and spectacular display. Reading the product specifications, I wasn't sure I would be able to tell the difference from my Kindle Keyboard, which also uses the eInk Pearl display technology. However, I find the new display whiter and the new hand-tuned fonts easier to read than on the Kindle Keyboard.
In terms of weight and size, I am blown away by how thin and how light the new Kindle is. Amazon wisely preserved the physical buttons on this version of the Kindle which makes turning pages easier and more natural than a finicky touch-screen. Also, you don't have to worry about leaving fingerprints on the glass (an important consideration as I regularly moisturize).
Amazon fixed several of the issues that bugged me with the Kindle Keyboard. Specifically:
- Using the dictionary precisely preserves your reading location. With the Kindle Keyboard, the page formatting always changed if I looked up a full definition in the built-in dictionary. Words always got shifted up or down following the search With the 6th Generation Kindle, page formatting is exactly as I left it before the word look-up. This preserves that idea that I am reading a book, and not a constantly evolving manuscript or draft. How would you like it if you put down your paper book to look up a word in the dictionary and found the pages altered? I don't like it, and I'm glad Amazon made this change to make ebooks more like paper books.
- A French dictionary is now built-in, so you can look up words without having to leave the book you are reading.
- Page refreshes. With the Kindle Keyboard, every page must be refreshed. As a result, I learned to time my blinks with this page refresh to avoid eye strain. With the new Kindle, I have it set (this is the default setting) to do a full page refresh only when required. This means fewer page refreshes, and a reading experience that's easier on the eyes. Having read about 300 pages of my book on the new Kindle, I like the new refresh system better.
- The keyboard. While I didn't mind the keyboard on the Kindle Keyboard, I used it only infrequently. The lack of a keyboard was one of my biggest worries with this Kindle... until I used it. The on-screen keyboard is very snappy, probably owing to improved processing and memory performance on the new Kindle. Typing words is easier than expected, thanks to a unique keyboard layout. I'm still surprised that a keyboard layout that is not QWERTY could be so intuitive and useful, yet it is. Despite having used a QWERTY keyboard all my life, I have latched on to the new keyboard layout right away. In a nutshell, Amazon has made it easier to type words, and you spend less time looking for letters. Commonly used letters are located centrally so you don't have to scroll far to find them. Well done!
Overall, I am very happy with my decision to buy the base model Kindle rather than one of the other more expensive models currently available. For one thing, I have never found this device lacking: It has 2GB memory, a better display, and a sprightly user interface compared with my old Kindle Keyboard. Also, Amazon preserved the main screen layout and simplified the settings screen (Airplane Mode, for instance, can be turned off with a single button press). Also, I like the 4-way controller for navigation.
All-in-all, the new Kindle is a perfect example of "less is more", and it's just plain fun to use. Whether you are new to ebook readers or have owned one before, if you love books you will love the new Kindle. Recommended.
In terms of weight and size, I am blown away by how thin and how light the new Kindle is. Amazon wisely preserved the physical buttons on this version of the Kindle which makes turning pages easier and more natural than a finicky touch-screen. Also, you don't have to worry about leaving fingerprints on the glass (an important consideration as I regularly moisturize).
Amazon fixed several of the issues that bugged me with the Kindle Keyboard. Specifically:
- Using the dictionary precisely preserves your reading location. With the Kindle Keyboard, the page formatting always changed if I looked up a full definition in the built-in dictionary. Words always got shifted up or down following the search With the 6th Generation Kindle, page formatting is exactly as I left it before the word look-up. This preserves that idea that I am reading a book, and not a constantly evolving manuscript or draft. How would you like it if you put down your paper book to look up a word in the dictionary and found the pages altered? I don't like it, and I'm glad Amazon made this change to make ebooks more like paper books.
- A French dictionary is now built-in, so you can look up words without having to leave the book you are reading.
- Page refreshes. With the Kindle Keyboard, every page must be refreshed. As a result, I learned to time my blinks with this page refresh to avoid eye strain. With the new Kindle, I have it set (this is the default setting) to do a full page refresh only when required. This means fewer page refreshes, and a reading experience that's easier on the eyes. Having read about 300 pages of my book on the new Kindle, I like the new refresh system better.
- The keyboard. While I didn't mind the keyboard on the Kindle Keyboard, I used it only infrequently. The lack of a keyboard was one of my biggest worries with this Kindle... until I used it. The on-screen keyboard is very snappy, probably owing to improved processing and memory performance on the new Kindle. Typing words is easier than expected, thanks to a unique keyboard layout. I'm still surprised that a keyboard layout that is not QWERTY could be so intuitive and useful, yet it is. Despite having used a QWERTY keyboard all my life, I have latched on to the new keyboard layout right away. In a nutshell, Amazon has made it easier to type words, and you spend less time looking for letters. Commonly used letters are located centrally so you don't have to scroll far to find them. Well done!
Overall, I am very happy with my decision to buy the base model Kindle rather than one of the other more expensive models currently available. For one thing, I have never found this device lacking: It has 2GB memory, a better display, and a sprightly user interface compared with my old Kindle Keyboard. Also, Amazon preserved the main screen layout and simplified the settings screen (Airplane Mode, for instance, can be turned off with a single button press). Also, I like the 4-way controller for navigation.
All-in-all, the new Kindle is a perfect example of "less is more", and it's just plain fun to use. Whether you are new to ebook readers or have owned one before, if you love books you will love the new Kindle. Recommended.
Most recent customer reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
It works great!
This is the first e-reader than I have, and I bought it a couple weeks ago. With the cute e-reader, I have gotten rid of the heavy books at night. Really nice.
Published 2 days ago by RONGCHUN GE
3.0 out of 5 stars
Kindle crases in middle of book
I am on my second kindle and it is only slightly over1.5 yrs old. I was in the middle of my book and the kindle quit working. Crashed. Read more
Published 3 days ago by Lorraine Carroll
4.0 out of 5 stars
kindle ereader
It is a good gadget but the only thing that I am missing is it doesn't have a light so you can read at night
Published 3 days ago by time nowrobert keddy
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful replacement for my Kindle Keyboard!
I received a Kindle Keyboard for my birthday a couple of years ago, and I absolutely loved it! Unfortunately, it died and I had to replace it. Read more
Published 4 days ago by Ambur (Burning.x.Impossibly.x.Bright)
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entry Level Product But Does The Job
I thought far and long before buying my first Kindle. I like paper books and always have done, but I was beginning to feel I was being left behind by technology! Read more
Published 5 days ago by Brett H
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good e-reader
I use it primarily on my commute to work. Easy to read, functional. Only thing that's a little crummy is the most recent version has no audio input for listening to audio books,... Read more
Published 6 days ago by quandrei
4.0 out of 5 stars
Too small
This is my second Kindle. I loved my first one with Keybord and 3G, but it developed a blank spot in the upper left corner of the screen about 2"x2" big after only a year... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Bachatera
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Reading Device
Really good device for reading. I got it for a friend that loves to read and they loved it and use it all the time. Read more
Published 6 days ago by John Mcdonald
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best ereader
I had previously owned a Kobo ereader and later on, added a Sony ereader. The Kobo was okay but I wanted to upgrade to a touch screen. The Sony ereader has a poor performance. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Mary
4.0 out of 5 stars
It's Okay for what it is intended for
Had a bit of difficult time finding where all the stuff is, it would have been nice had the company included a more complete user manual. Read more
Published 8 days ago by Pandora
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