Also, if you highlight a name it will automatically open the X-Ray description instead of the dictionary. They basically just changed the menus so then when you highlight a word, tabs for Wikipedia and X-Ray get added to the dictionary window. The second new software feature is called Smart Lookup. The first new feature is called Kindle Page Flip, which opens a window on the screen where you can scan through pages of the book using fast page-turning, jump from chapter to chapter, and skip around pages without leaving the initial page you started from. Otherwise the two devices look identical and are the exact same shape and size.įrom a software perspective, the new Kindle Paperwhite basically has three new features, with two more, Goodreads integration and Kindle FreeTime, coming at a later date.

The only other two hardware upgrades include a faster processor, which does make the device a little bit quicker to respond, and a slightly tighter capacitive touchscreen grid, which I’m sure helps but I can’t tell any difference. I already posted an article about how the new Kindle Paperwhite has a much-improved frontlight, along with some thoughts on the new E Ink Carta screen tech. I’ll cover the new features in this review, and I’ve put together an updated video walkthrough below, but for everything else please refer to the Kindle Paperwhite review from last year-just skip down past the video and the rest of the review still applies to the 2nd gen model just as much as the first, except the section about the frontlight. Like with my recent review of the Kobo Aura, I’ve decided not to do a super-long detailed review for the 2nd gen Kindle Paperwhite because it’s 90% the same as the original Kindle Paperwhite from last year. Review Date: October 2013 – Review unit purchased from Kindle Paperwhite 2 Review

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