The company is refreshing its entire e-reader lineup, launching four new Kindle devices.

I still have an old Kindle and it still gets months of battery life. I occasionally read comics so this may get me to upgrade.

  • Everett@reddthat.comEnglish
    1284·
    9 days ago

    I’d recommend everyone to buy a Kobo over these, its much easier to read your own .pdf and .epub files than on a Kindle.

    • Pacmanlives@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      I would agree at this point. I love my Kindle but if I am buying a new one that’s they way I would go

    • firepenny@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      9 days ago

      Thanks for this. Was in the market for an e-reader and didn’t really feel like jumping through Amazon bullshit

    • forgotaboutlaye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      9 days ago

      I also love my Kobo. I’ve heard you can unlock it and flash a community supported OS, which might be another true benefit over Kindle depending on your needs.

    • ALilOff@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      9 days ago

      I recommend Boox, I don’t know about their dedicated e-reader, but I have the Onyx Boox Air C it’s a little pricier, but it’s an E-Ink tablet so I take all my notes there. (The C versions are color)

      As someone who takes a lot of notes during their work, I can’t recommend enough. Gone are the days I’ve bought paper notebooks.

    • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      115·
      9 days ago

      Amazon also bought up a comic distributor a while back which may make this easier to get the content I want.

      I’ve never had issues emailing PDFs and epubs to my kindle address to read them.

      I’ll need to check out kobu though, they have a color one that’s $100 cheaper.

      • ben_dover@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        9 days ago

        interesting, my mum’s kindle used to regularly wipe all ebooks i’ve sideloaded with calibre, only keeping it in airplane mode helped so far

    • TheRealKuni@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      8 days ago

      Biggest draw to Kindle for me is whispersync. Having my progress synchronized between Audible and Kindle is fantastic.

    • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      Did a quick google and the first review that came up shows that’s not true at all, it’s the exact same process on a kindle as it is a Kobo, though you and this review are both really over-selling it:

      Getting ebooks from other stores onto the device is also a hassle. You have to plug the e-reader into your computer and drag and drop files (though Calibre, the ebook management app, does make it a scootch easier). But that problem isn’t unique to Kobo. Amazon and Barnes & Noble also insist you sideload books.

      The real reason seems to be that the Kobo is cheaper, honestly, don’t see why the kindle is that much more

    • kitnaht@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      9 days ago

      Where’s the one with unlimited internet connectivity for the lifetime of the device…I’m not seeing it.

      My wife has the oasis that has cellular connectivity so she can read newspapers, rss feeds, etc. But I don’t see a Kobu with that feature.

      • Troy@lemmy.caEnglish
        5·
        9 days ago

        I don’t think Kobo has that option. I just toggle on my wifi hotspot on my phone though and that works just fine.

        • kitnaht@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          8 days ago

          Public wifi? Almost everywhere because security protocols changed, and captive portals don’t work on a lot of modern hardware due to DNSSEC