Thursday, March 27, 2014

Amazon Kindle 5W USB Power Adapter

7:53 PM Koomhoo


The specs of ‘Amazon Kindle 5W USB Power Adapter’ are:


  • Manufacturer: Amazon Digital Services, Inc

  • Product Dimensions: 4.5x3x0.4 inches

  • Shipping Weight: 0.1 pounds

  • Official Amazon 5W, 1A power adapter works in US, Canada, Mexico, Taiwan and Japan

  • Power adapter’s prongs conveniently fold for storage and travel

  • Charges Kindle Paperwhite in less than 5 hours

  • Also approved to work with Kindle Fire HD 7″, Kindle Fire, Kindle Touch, Kindle Keyboard, and Kindle DX

  • For use with the micro USB cable included with your Kindle and replacements sold in the Kindle Store

I just purchased a new Kindle Paperwhite second generation and I did not purchase this charger. Why? Because I own multiple USB chargers and there is nothing special about this unit except it is expensive. You get a discount when you buy the charger at the same time as the Paperwhite but you probably don’t need it. You can charge your Paperwhite with your computer, your external battery pack, if you have one, and with any USB AC wall charger you own that outputs 5VDC and roughly 1 amp


$19.99? Really, just save the money and buy an off-brand iphone usb plug and save yourself 15 dollars. There is no reason whatsoever that Amazon did not include one of these with the units. Save yourself money and use an alternative adapter. I love Amazon e-readers and own two of them


 



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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Kindle Fire HDX 7,HDX Display Wi-Fi, 16 GB - Includes Special Offers

9:26 PM Koomhoo



The Good Amazon’s Kindle Fire HDX 7 is a performance monster that speeds through Web sites and UI pages at a frantic pace. The screen is impressively sharp and the small light design is comfy for reading books. Mayday is personal and near-instant customer service. Some small but smart UI changes lead to an overall more pleasant experience.


The Bad The remote video viewing feature isn’t ready at launch and ad removal still costs an extra $15. 16GB is too small for 1080p movies and there’s no built-in storage expansion. The screen is tarnished by a yellowish tint and the buttons on the back are sometimes hard to find. No Google Play access means many apps still aren’t available.


The Bottom Line Armed with a powerful processor and Amazon’s exhaustive content library, the Kindle Fire HDX delivers incredible value for its price, especially for Amazon Prime members.


Not since free shipping has there been a better reason to become an Amazon Prime member than the Kindle Fire HDX 7. The new tablet is affordable, powerful, comfortable, and it boasts enough new and refined features to more than earn its $229 (starting) asking price.


With prices like that it’s no wonder that as PC sales decline tablets have been on the rise. However, tablets are just as commoditized now as PCs were in their heyday. Apple arguably created the tablet market, and the iPad still rules the high end; an endless array of Android clones fight it out at the low end, with both sides squeezing the middle.


Enter Amazon and its new Kindle Fire HDX tablets. The new HDX tablets — the third generation of the Kindle Fire brand — shoot toward the top of the tablet hierarchy thanks to three notable features: excellent pricing that’s competitive with the best premium tablets on the market; an awesome content ecosystem (especially for Amazon Prime members) that goes toe-to-toe with iTunes; and real-time customer service with the new Mayday button, which brings a live Amazon rep on a video screen within seconds — for free.


Unfortunately, the video sling feature — you can “kick” video from your HDX to a compatible device or Smart TV — isn’t ready at launch. And neither is Goodreads integration. Also, 16GB is fast becoming too small to store HD content, and without access to the Google Play store, HDX owners are still missing out on plenty of Android apps.


Still, the HDX is the strongest evolution of the Kindle Fire brand yet; however, you’ll want make sure you’re a card-carrying citizen of the Amazon Prime eco-verse to get the most out of the tablet’s offerings.


Design

Last year’s Kindle Fire tablets were bulky, substantial, and seemed to prioritize durability over comfort. The Fire HDX 7 is much more thoughtfully designed. Its corners aren’t as rounded as I usually like, but it’s well-balanced and really comfortable to hold in one hand. It’s light without feeling too airy.




There’s an obviously higher degree of specificity to the HDX’s design compared with last year’s Fires.

Both the power button and volume rocker have been moved to the back, and while they’re easier to find and press compared with the old Fire HD, I’m not sure it’s the best solution. It’s fine when held in landscape mode — the rear edges can be used as a tactile guide — but it’s annoying when I want to quickly wake it from sleep, but have to pick it up first to reach the back instead of just tapping a button on its side.


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Tested specAmazon Kindle Fire HDX 7Amazon Kindle Fire HDGoogle Nexus 7 (2013)Apple iPad Mini
Weight in pounds0.660.860.660.68
Width in inches (landscape)7.37.77.87.9
Height in inches5.05.44.55.3
Depth in inches0.350.400.340.28
Side bezel width in inches (landscape)0.60.91.00.8

There’s a Micro-USB port on the left edge and a headphone jack on the right. The Micro-HDMI port from last year’s Fire has been exorcised in favor of a new video fling feature we’ll get to later. The front-facing camera returns along with an actual camera app this time, but there’s no rear camera.




While the power button is now much more tactile compared with last year’s Fire HDs, it’s also now located on the back, which presents its own set of issues

Mojito

The new version of the Kindle Fire OS — dubbed Mojito — is based on Android Jelly Bean and is more of a refinement over last year’s OS rather than something completely new.


The carousel returns, allowing you to swipe through a lineup of your content, but now swiping up from the home screen reveals an array of your installed apps. And thanks to the higher-resolution screen, all menu items are visible at once from the top of the home screen.




Both the carousel and the app array are now accessible from the same page.

Swiping down from the the top still brings up the shortcuts menu and the settings button. The menu now includes new entries Quiet Time, which turns off all notifications — this needed its own button? — and Mayday, which we’ll delve into shortly.


The Silk browser finally feels like a useful, welcoming tool for accessing the Web and not a clunky, low-rent app struggling to keep up with my Web-based proclivities. Pages loaded quickly and whizzed by when swiped.


Taps also are much more accurate now. Not only when tapping links, but it was especially impressive when typing. I’m usually one to make plenty of mistakes when typing on a touchscreen, but either I’m finally and suddenly getting much better or Amazon’s engineers have put in a lot of work in this area. My bet’s on the latter.


I’m probably a bit overly excited about just how trouble-free the Web experience was, but there’s really nothing special about it. It simply works with little issue, which, compared with previous Fire tablets, I guess maybe is pretty special.




Silk is finally a fast competent browser and the Fire HDX’s pinpoint-accurate screen makes the whole experience far more pleasurable than ever before.

Amazon also took a critical eye toward other native apps like e-mail and calendar as well as adding a new contacts app. E-mail has been redesigned to require fewer steps to set up and is now compatible with threaded conversations, so instead seeing a single e-mail from each person in the conversation, you now see a message from the last person to contribute to the thread.


Calendar includes a number of sensible improvements that for the most part makes the interface a more efficient and gratifying experience.


Managing your storage is now a lot easier, as items can be located by type and each deleted on the fly.




16GB is fast becoming too small for storing HD content. Thankfully, managing your storage on the Kindle Fire has never been easier.

While the vast majority of the changes work, there’s also a missed opportunity here to add more customization. Samsung does this to great success on its latest version of the TouchWiz UI, last seen on the Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. Samsung’s shortcut array behaves in much the same way as Amazon’s, but also scrolls to the left to include more options and can even be customized to add more choices.


It’s difficult to talk about how great the new OS is without mentioning the Snapdragon 800 processor, whose inclusion makes it clear that Amazon finally got the horsepower-to-interface overhead balance just about right. Accessing different sections of the interface feels much more immediate and it’s an all around a less stressful and frustrating experience.




Sing along with your favorite songs or just listen to them. You know, whatever you prefer.

X-Ray for music is karaoke on your Fire. Sort of. The Fire displays lyrics onscreen while compatible songs play. Lyrics are timed to appear as they play in the song, and the feature’s quite a bit more engaging than I thought it would be. That may be strictly due to the excitement of learning the actual lyrics to some of my favorite songs.


And X-Ray trivia with its handy “jump to scene” button is a pretty effective way to learn more about your favorite movies or TV shows.


What I’ve always liked about the Kindle Fire interface is how the content is organized. Instead of pages and pages of app icons like other OSes, on the Fire, each type of content is siloed into its respective section. When I tap Audiobooks, I know I’m seeing all the audiobooks I own and by tapping Store I can easily add more. There’s just something comforting about having all your content automatically organized for you.



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Certified Refurbished Kindle Paperwhite

7:19 PM Koomhoo



I have loved and used my Kindle Keyboard for years now but I missed not being able to read it in a room with low lighting or in the dark. I purchased a Kindle Fire and I also use an iPad 3 but for ease of reading on my eyes I prefer the Kindle Keyboard. I wanted to get a Kindle Paperwhite e-Reader but I held off until this new generation was released before I spent my money. I got this because I wanted to reduce my eyestrain from reading in the evening and I just love this new tablet. It offers the perfect balance of a lit screen with reduced eyestrain and high clarity and contrast of the text.


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I love that the text on the screen is crisp and clear. I use the Kindle because my declining vision caused me to stop reading books. Reading was my number one hobby my entire life and I just loved it. The Kindle has brought back that reading experience and now with the crisper text and lit screen I can enjoy my reading in every type of environment. I laid my Kindle Keyboard and the New Kindle Paperwhite side by side and the comparison of the quality of text and clarity is amazingly in favor of the new Paperwhite. The new lighting system and screen clarity is where this Paperwhite design really is outstanding. With better contrast, lighting and custom designed fonts, the text just pops out of the screen like you have not seen in an e-Reader before. With 221 PPI (Pixels Per Inch) this screen provides a 768 by 1024 pixel screen that just makes the old Kindle Keyboard look old fashioned. Technology certainly does move quickly on.


My favorite time to read is the last two hours of the evening before bedtime. Unfortunately that is the worst time to use a non-lit screen e-Reader. I went to using the Kindle Fire and the iPad 3. Unfortunately I noticed eyestrain that limited my reading time and I did not get the full enjoyment of spending my time reading. This new soft lit screen is unobtrusive and for me my eyes do not get tired of reading like they do on the Kindle Fire and on the iPad. After reading on the other backlit tablets I feel like I have that 1000 yard stare with dry and tired eyes. This lighting effect is softer and easier to read without the tired eyes and blurry vision. I am glad that I finally made the investment to get an updated Kindle Paperwhite.


There are 8 font sizes and I recently learned from one of the brilliant people who added a comment to this review that you can pinch and zoom on the Kindle Paperwhite to expand the font size or decrease it like you do on a powerful tablet, this is a great feature. There are 6 different font styles and they are Baskerville, Futura, Caecilia, Helvetica, Caecilia Condensed and Palatino. The fonts have been fine tuned to offer additional sharpness and clarity which is great for reducing eyestrain and fatigue. I love the new dictionary feature that creates a Vocabulary Builder which is a list of the words that you looked up and you can review the list and use flashcards to enhance your vocabulary and reading skills.


I thought that I would have trouble making the transition from the Kindle Keyboard to the New Kindle Paperwhite but it was a breeze. I think that using a touch screen and using finger swipes to turn pages and emulated keyboards like on the Kindle Fire and iPad made it a natural transition to this new Kindle. There is a minor learning curve of learning where to touch the screen but the changeover was fast and easy. The capacitive touch response of the screen is very nice. It makes the New Paperwhite respond quickly to finger touches, menu changes and page turns and the faster CPU helps there also.


What I like about the Kindle Paperwhite is that it is a dedicated e-Reader and it combines the best features of the Kindle e-ink and the iPad/Kindle Fire.


* Ultra lightweight at 7.3 ounces and easily held for hours with one hand. I love the size and weight as it is comfortable to hold for long periods of time and you don’t find yourself laying down the Paperwhite like I would be doing with my iPad 3.

* Lit screen for reading in poorly lighted areas like the iPad and Kindle Fire but without the eyestrain. The lighting level is adjustable.

* High clarity of the text and contrast for easy reading

* Fast charging time in 4 hours

* Ability to be easily read in the sunlight with no screen glare.

* WIFI connectability

* Battery life of 28 hours (of reading time) depending on the WIFI usage and screen brightness used.

* Touch screen control

* Easy page turning and access to the onboard dictionary, access to Wikipedia and X-Ray.

* Easy to access menu and setup was a breeze

* 25% faster response for loading books and page turning thanks to a faster microprocessor.

* Small, thin and highly portable

* Able to carry 1,100 books

* My favorite feature is the adjustable text size and font style!

* Custom tuned fonts add clarity and crispness to the quality of the displayed text

* Since I review a lot of books I love to highlight sections and text as well as take notes on the screen.

* Translation of foreign language that is used in the book

* Web surfing is possible but still slower than a good tablet. Who cares, this is my portable ebook reader with 1,100 books in it. I have other devices to browse the web and read my email.

* I like the rubberized feel of the back and it is similar to my Kindle Fire. It makes the Kindle Paperwhite easy to grip and hold with one hand and just have it lay in the palm of my hand without a case.


This tablet gives me the best reading conditions in the daytime and also in the night. It has a lot of great features but I wanted to post a review that provides a strong comparison between the new Kindle Paperwhite, the Kindle Keyboard and the Kindle Fire when used as purely a reading device.


SIZE: It’s the same size as the original Paperwhite – 6.7″x4.6″x0.36″. The weight has been reduced slightly from 7.8 ounces to 7.3 ounces. The Paperwhite is very comfortable to hold in one hand, which is how I usually read. The really good news is that if you have a case for the original Paperwhite, it will also fit the new one (thank you, Amazon). If you buy a case, I highly recommend that the case include the magnetic AutoWake function. It’s much easier to turn the Kindle on and off without fumbling for the small power switch.


LIGHTING: The front-lighting is noticeably improved over the original Paperwhite, which had slightly visible shadows coming from the bottom edge where the LED lights were located. (It didn’t bother me, but some readers were annoyed by that.) I couldn’t see any shadows in the new Paperwhite, where the lighting appears brighter and more uniform. With the Paperwhite’s front lighting, you’ll never need a clip-on light, even in total darkness.


TOUCH SCREEN: The text appears a bit crisper with more contrast, even though the 212 ppi resolution is the same as the original Paperwhite (but it’s much better than the 169 ppi of the earlier Kindles). Unlike backlit tablets and phones, which wash out badly in sunlight, the Paperwhite is very readable in any lighting condition from total darkness to bright sunshine, simply by adjusting the lighting level. The touch screen’s responsiveness has been noticeably improved. Swiping the page with a finger or touching the left or right sides of a page turns it immediately. With my old Paperwhite, I sometimes had to swipe or touch twice. The new Paperwhite is definitely more responsive with faster-turning pages.


BATTERY: According to Amazon, “A single charge can last up to eight weeks (based on a half hour of reading per day with wireless off and the light setting at ten).” Certainly not all Kindle readers fit this profile. As much as I read, and because I download so many books that I leave the wireless turned on, I routinely recharge it about once every week or so just to bring the battery to full charge. In any case, the battery life is several times that of backlit tablets and phones. With the high-speed chargers that are available now, battery life shouldn’t be an issue with the new Paperwhite.


OTHER COMMENTS: As a touch screen e-book reader, the Paperwhite has no physical I/O, aside from a power button and a recharging/data port. Unlike earlier e-ink Kindles, there’s no provision for audio output, so you won’t be reading audiobooks on the Paperwhite.


NEW OR IMPROVED FEATURES: The X-Ray feature from the original Paperwhite has been retained and improved to be more context sensitive. The new in-line footnotes that can be read without losing your place will make footnoted nonfiction books a more enjoyable experience, as will be the new navigation feature that lets you scroll forward and backward without leaving the page you’re on. I haven’t had a chance to play around with those very much, but what I’ve seen so far looks very promising. The new Paperwhite does not include FreeTime for kids or the built-in version of Goodreads (now owned by Amazon), but these features are expected to be added in a software update by the end of this year.


SPECIAL OFFERS: It’s $20 more if you want to eliminate the special offers. You can do this at the time you buy the Paperwhite, or you can do it later online. Honestly, you get used to the special offers very quickly, and in my opinion, it’s not worth the money to do away with them. Also, they don’t interfere with your reading – you only see them when you turn on the Kindle, and after swiping the screen with your finger, they go away.


THE VERDICT: The new Paperwhite is the state-of-the-art e-ink ebook reader. With improved screen contrast for better readability, a more sensitive touch screen with faster page turns, and some new or improved features that enhance the reading experience, it was worth upgrading from the original Paperwhite.


Hope this review has been helpful and given you useful information for your decision. One thing I didn’t include is a comparison to other brands. Personally, and I hate to say this, but I don’t see a future for many of them. What Apple did to Virgin Music and other record stores, Amazon is on the verge of doing to bookstores and retailers.




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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Kindle Fire HD 7", HD Display, Wi-Fi, 8 GB - Includes Special Offers

10:41 PM Koomhoo

The new Kindle Fire HD is a full-featured HD tablet at an SD price. There’s more to enjoy than ever before with a stunning HD display, faster performance, longer battery life, and lighter design. With a light, durable design, plus easy to use parental controls and Kindle FreeTime, Kindle Fire HD is easy to share with anyone in your family

1280×800 high definition LCD display with over one million pixels

Fast 1.5GHz dual-core processor

Ultra-fast web browsing over built-in Wi-Fi

Robust e-mail and calendar support for Gmail, Outlook, and more

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Friday, August 30, 2013

Amazon Launches Mexico Kindle Store

2:36 AM Koomhoo

Amazon on Thursday expanded its Kindle Store to yet another country — Mexico.


The Mexico Kindle Store offers more than 2 million titles, hundreds of thousands of which are exclusives, Amazon said. The store is home to “the most Spanish-language best-sellers,” including titles from authors such as Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, Isabel Allende, and Paulo Coelho.


Overall, the store offers more than 70,000 Spanish-language titles, including books written in Nahuatl and other Mexican indigenous languages. For the launch, Amazon is offering more than 1,000 e-books with special prices starting at MXN$9 (less than $1). There’s also more than 1,500 free books in Spanish.


“The vast majority of Mexicans do not have access to a bookstore in their town, so we’re happy to launch the Mexico Kindle Store today and bring a huge bookstore with over 2 million titles to anyone with an Internet connection,” Pedro Huerta, director of Kindle content for Latin America, said in a statement.


Besides the Kindle Store launch, Amazon also announced that its Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite devices are now on sale locally in Mexico at Gandhi stores. The Kindle is priced at MXN$1,399 ($105) while the Kindle Paperwhite will set you back MXN$2,399 ($180) and the Kindle Paperwhite Wi-Fi + 3G runs MXN$3,499 ($263).


In addition, independent authors and publishers can now make their books available in the Mexico e-book store using Kindle Direct Publishing.


Meanwhile, Amazon last year launched a Spanish-language Kindle Store. The store, “eBooks Kindle en Español” was designed for U.S. Spanish-speaking users and includes more than 30,000 titles. U.S. users can set their Kindle store to Spanish on any Kindle device.




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Friday, August 23, 2013

Test Post from Amazon Kindle

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