While in a book, if you execute a pinching movement with your fingers on the screen the font size will become smaller. You can also swipe (as opposed to tap) to the right to go backward and to the left to go forward. The top of the Kindle accesses the toolbar. The far left hand side is for tapping backward. The greatest portion of the Kindle is given over to the next page. Instead of allowing users to customize their own tapzones, the Kindle Paperwhite has three tap zones. The “Go To” feature is only available when you tap the toolbar. On the right side, the devices tells you your percentage completion or the pages.ĬON: I would like to be able to tap in the bottom info bar and move within the book. While in a book, if you swipe your finger across the bottom, the device will tell you what location you are at, how many minutes you have left in the chapter and how many minutes you have in the book. The only controls are accessible via touchscreen. It would have been nice to have an external button that could have provided context oriented tasks. There is no button other than the power button on the bottom: The back is made of a rubberized material while the front bezels feel like a warm metal. The Paperwhite is not too heavy for one handed reading unlike my iPad. The weight difference I am feeling may come from the fact that the Kindle 3G with keyboard is almost an inch longer than the Kindle Paperwhite, thus the weight is distributed over a larger area. The Kindle basic, for example, weighs 5.98 oz. The Kindle 3G with keyboard weighed in at 7.8 oz yet when you pick up the Kindle Paperwhite, it feels a little heavier, more solid. The Kindle Paperwhite weighs 7.5 ounces which is the exact weight of the Kindle Touch (and basically the same height and width). Your previous Kindle adapter will work with it. The device comes with a USB cable but NO power adapter. I purchased the 3G with Special Offers but feel like I could have easily gotten away with just purchasing the wifi version for $119.

There are two versions of the Kindle Paperwhite – one with wifi and one with 3G. But when the Kindle Paperwhite went on sale, I had to buy one. I’ve been reading mostly on my iPhone and iPad having sold my Kindle 3G on Craigslist this past spring.

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