Yes, it’s final. WSJ broke the story that amazon will start taking pre-order for two new Kindles from Thursday. The WSJ quoted an interview with Jeff Bezos:
We developed this device for serious readers. At these price points, it may be much broader than that. People will buy them for their kids. People won’t share Kindles any more.
Even though amazon will start taking orders from Thursday, customers have to wait until August 27 when amazon will start shipping the new Kindles. It seems that the new Kindles do not have any surprise except better screen quality, and a new wifi-only kindle making it more affordable.
However, the new device will be 21% smaller, even though it will have the same six-inch screen. Secondly, to avoid potential distractions on the screen—like the bar at the top featuring the title of the book have been removed or minimized in the new Kindles.
Jeff also confirmed that amazon will be committed in developing Kindle rather than jumping on Tablet bandwagon:
There are going to be 100 companies making LCD [screen] tablets. Why would we want to be 101? I like building a purpose-built reading device. I think that is where we can make a real contribution.
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Updates:
- It will be 21 percent smaller and
- 15 percent lighter than the previous model
- It will be 20 percent faster refresh rate on its E Ink screen
- Like the new Kindle DX, screen offers 50 percent better contrast
- It will come in two colors (graphite, and the original white)
- Internal storage 4 GB
- The keyboard and five-way controls have been streamlined and altered slightly
- The rocker is now more compact and flush with the device
- The side buttons have been modified in length to emphasize the forward paddles, while the back buttons have been downsized
- The “experimental” browser will be now Webkit-based. Amazon says the updated web browser is “faster, easier to navigate, and provides a new ‘article mode‘ feature that simplifies web pages to just the main text-based content for easier reading.”
- Expanded text-speech options. New text-to-speech enabled menus allow to navigate the Kindle without having to read menu options. You can not only listen to books aloud (certain ones, anyway) but content listings on the home screen, item descriptions, and all menu options
- Amazon says the new Kindle uses an improved built-in PDF reader, with new dictionary lookup, notes and highlights, and support for password protected PDFs.
About a New Kindle Cover:
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The all-new Kindle cover features an integrated, retractable reading light that lets you read comfortably anytime, anywhere. The light is a permanent part of the cover, so it’s always with you, and hides away into the cover when not in use. The high-quality LED light illuminates Kindle’s entire paper-like display, adding brightness without adding glare. Amazon’s patent-pending hinge system secures Kindle in place and conducts electricity from Kindle’s battery to the reading light, eliminating the need for batteries.
The new cover that comes with a pull-out nightlightwill be available for $60.
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