Amazon Kindle Travel: new design and new screen for this reading light … – Clubic

Amazon announced that night the full renewal of its Kindle range, starting with his reading lights. The number one bookseller has launched a high-end travel Kindle and Kindle 7th Generation

Kindle Travel. New design, new screen

Amazon has especially launched the Kindle Travel, players upscale eBooks including inaugurating a new, more sophisticated design.

162 x 115 x 7.6 mm for 180-188 g (Wi-Fi or 3G)

This new model actually has a thinner shell magnesium, 7.6 mm thick, but above a front now completely covered with a glass plate. This glass is happily treated against scratches, and satin preserves at least some reflections

This panel houses the main component of a reading lamp. Electronic ink screen. Journey adopts the new generation of E Ink screen Carta, showing in this case a definition of 1440 x 1080 pixels and 16 gray levels on a diagonal of 6 inches, a record resolution of 300 pixels per inch, and offering . contrast ratio also record

The side lighting has also been improved: it is brighter than 39% and is now automatically adjusts to the ambient light or acclimatization User in the dark (the brightness is reduced progressively for 30 minutes). Finally the unit remains Touch, Amazon unfortunately did not restore buttons for page turning. He inaugurated a new PagePress in return process, which relies on a pressure sensor (adjustable) and is to tighten the edges of the device, a vibration indicating when the change is taken into account.

The Amazon Kindle top travel range will be available at least in the United States in October. There will be sold for $ 200 Wi-Fi version with ads, $ 220 without. The model includes a 3G modem and a lifetime subscription will in turn sold 270 and 290 dollars with and without advertisements. Unlike the model below, this model has not been announced in France, it could be that there is not marketed in the first place.

Touch screen for the new Kindle prize

Amazon also announced yet another “new Kindle” entry level, the 7th of the name. This new model first prize goes to a touch screen, but it remains devoid of side lighting. This screen E Ink Pearl legacy displays 800 x 600 pixels of 6 inches or 167 pixels per inch. It embeds also a more powerful processor 20% and twice the internal memory is 4GB.

Kindle tout court will also be available in October, including France, for 60 or 80 euros with or without commercials.

169 x 119 x 10.2 mm 191 g

Note to conclude that Kindle Paperwhite launched a year ago is kept in the catalog, for 120 or 190 dollars in Wi-Fi version or 3G, and for $ 20 more free advertising