Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2013 - My First eBook Reader
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- The Kindle Paperwhite and eBook readers in general aren't exactly new but this is my first time really trying to use one, and while there are things I didn't exactly like, the experience won me over.
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I expected overclocking. Dissapointed.
LOL
Yeah me too. LOL
I hoped I could get rgb on it and see if it improved my reading skills.
I want water-cooling
I was one of those who laughed at the idea of the Kindle, it was physical books always until I used a Kindle. One of the best pieces of tech I've owned.
Macho Fantastico can I use audible on a kindle? Considering purchasing but I listen to quite a bit of audible.
@@merediths2cents the latest gen models do support audible, through bluetooth though. so you would need some bluetooth headphones or a speaker
@@merediths2cents yes, you need headphones though. If you are planning on most of your library on audiobooks, choose the biggest storage.
Had the Kindle about a month and returned it. Tried to sit and read.. I would rather spend an hour listening to audible and get things done. Even if it’s just sewing. Inconvenient having audible on two devices. I listen to books while playing golf and would have to sync and it didn’t always work.
Zero point in a Kindle if you’re only using it for audible.
@@merediths2cents yeah kindle is only good for reading. If you want to only use audible just use it on your phone
I understand, I love paper books, but there are many old and rare books I can't afford on paper.
+Tak Wolf
I know , if only books weren't so expensive .
I know you'll never see this Linus, but I just want to say I appreciate how you actually went into detail about the actual GRIPES you had about this product, instead of just an equivocal promotion for the item by dancing around the issues.
Haha, "I call bollocks on that!"
Great Review, I was Not much of a book reader before my Paperwhite, now i rread every nigh tbefore i go to sleep for about an hour. I think it was more for the convenience and the lighting, typically i read in bed with my wife sleeping so this made it really great for that, I keep my backlight on 4 and it's a perfect lighting level. Thanks for the awesome Reviews Linus. :D
I have the older, non-touch screen Kindle and I have no issues holding it one handed cos I can let my grip extend to the edge of the screen without bringing up a menu. The addition of a back light was nice, but the touch screen wasn't needed and possibly hinders functionality.
Regarding keeping your finger in the page of a real book and refering back, the paperwhite has a feature which lets you do this. Just bookmark the page you're reading, then swipe up from the bottom and a 'pop up' appears which allows you to flip through the book while staying on the page you're currently reading. If you really want to examine any page you find, tap on the pop up and it will expand to be full page. When finished looking at the map or whatever, touch the top of the screen and click the back button on the menu bar which will return you to the page you were reading (which you've bookmarked just in case).
ebook are often cheaper then real books. at least the books i used
But libraries are free :)
Echo453 not all
***** what do you mean by that ??
2nd hand amazon books are cheaper.
Echo453 In my country there isn't "really" a library that have books that you guys would have been reading or read.
I've got so many books at home I've actually started donating to libraries to save space. Once I realized you can just as well store all of them on Paperwhite, I got myself one and I can say when you really dive into the book, you kind of lose the idea that it's a screen, not paper. And the best thing is that it's only a reader, so no social media or youtube to distract you from your reading. And it made me read more. The free sample thing makes it even more good. Definitel one of better investments I made in years.
I'm also a paper lover, but I was impressed by the readability and the ease of use of my kindle keyboard when I bought it a few years back. It also saved me quite a few pounds of books when I went at sea.
Now I'm just waiting for them to put back those great page changing buttons on a paperwhite.
This is the first review I've seen where negatives were realistically brought up - kudos!
I just got my Kindle 2 days ago and I love it. I've only used my phone and Kindle app to read before that. There are a lot of pros and cons though. I love the feel & smell of a book and physically owning it but with Kindle, you can take so many books with you. Plus there are a lot of indie authors or exclusive titles only available for Kindle. And if you want to read a really thick and heavy book, I'm sure you can't read it while lying down on your bed. Oh the front light is a major plus. So I guess I love Kindle more, but I still buy real books for collection.
ebooks I like to read while laying down in bed. Trying to hold up a 500+ page book gets tiring. Since I got a nook glowlight, I started reading much more than before just because of the added convenience.
I love the way you talk. very condescend information thanks man
Finally a sincere review, all the others seemed like advertisements. Thank you Linus!
wow i can't believe tbere is this much level of quality even when ltt was just in its early stages. I remember when I was watching nigahiga and chilling in grade school back in 2014 and meanwhile ltt was sitting here the whole time waiting to blow up.
Can't believe it
I have mine for around a year now and I just love it. I've found myself reading much more than I did ever before. Shopping for some new books is as easy as it could be and most of the time the stuff that I'm reading costs almost nothing (for example, the H.P. Lovecraft collection was only 1,50€). The on top of that, if you have amazon prime you can read a book per month for free... This thing is just amazing
Is it possible to download books on this ebook reader, or you only allowed to buy those books you read? Please help me out I want to buy one of this.
Hey Linus, could you review the new Radeon R7 265?
Linus, get the amazon branded case. It fixes the issue of it being hard to hold, makes it WAY more durable, and has the wonderful feature of auto on/off when opening/closing the case by sensing the magnet in the lid.
I love my paperwhite.
i have the amazon case, honestly i hate it bc of the weight it adds. i much prefer the kindle alone, and i find that i can hold it pretty comfortably with 1 hand and read.
No Linus, you're not the only techie who still loves reading from paper books.
I did exactly the same "How do I get this sticker off the screen?" action when I got my first Kindle.
Can you view full color pictures/photos on this device?
is there a kind of kindle that if you highlight a part of the book it will read it out load to you?
I love reading and I have soooo much books that I have to put some under my bed.
And thats why yesterday I got a kindle and am waiting for it to arrive,I agree that is not as good as a physical book but,you know were would I store all my book.
I just brought it a few weeks ago and I can't stop reading it!!!
can you please do an update on this linus? as its almost 2020 it would be interesting to get your updated perspective and future outlook for these devices going into the 2020's. I am considering to purchase the new waterproof Paperwhite4 however I have heard rumors of some new E-INK tech that will enable color displays. Do you see a color enabled ebook reader coming in the 2020s? Thanks Linus!
Could you compare sd and hd ereaders text quality? it is realy hard to diside what to buy, is it worth buying hd e reader?
I love the screen on this thing. If i read I would so buy this
Informative review, thank you! I'm an avid reader, but still an old-fashioned page-turnin-gal and a hold out for the Kindle, but starting to consider purchasing one. Glad I found your helpful review, things to ponder....
Books. I love being able to mark things up with a pencil and i know you can do that on ebook but it doesn't have any feel but i do like the fact that i can easily find meanings of words when reading an ebook.
the thing is im a slow reader and maybe read 2 books a year but i read books that are hard to find so idk if its worth buying on as the cost is too high but on the other hand it would save on book space and i would be able to read older books. but for me over $100 is a lot to read 2 books. what do people think? i have used devices such as blood glucose mechanism that use eink and i like eink. can anyone tell me if the range of books is greater then a book store and how book prices stack up
i can't believe you prefer holding a book to the kindle. the fact that it was so much easier to hold the kindle whatever way i was sitting/lying down was pretty much the best thing about it apart from the ink screen, i kinda thought everyone must have had that but i guess i was wrong.
Good timing, I was on the verge of getting this thing but I'm hesitating.
GIVE ME your opinions Linus!
How about a nexus 7? Any thoughts?
Can you do a vid for the oasis 2 pls. Just bought it and really love it
Apologies if I missed the answer to this in the video but would you recommend buying the kindle if you already own other devices suitable for use as an ebook reader (such as a phone/tablet), is it worth the extra cost?
You got a new watch? Whats the name of it? (sry f my bad english :DDD)
Is there any update on this?
There's a strange spring-like sound in the background audio. What is that?
I love both ^^ although the feeling of thick cover and paper has an advantage.
In the beginning of your video, I could hear a coil vibrating...or something.
IDK it sounds off.
2014 Linus complaining about thin bessels
2019 Linus complaining about large bessels...
What an irony
This device meed large bessels to hold it properly.
7 years later this device is still great
That was a really nice review. I'm debating on buying it because what if they have something new and better in the future.
I recently bought a kindle for school and I already have like 30 books on it for my own reading and my school textbooks and i am loving it :) i have so much space i can even put all of my music on it if I wanted to but I am being select and picking my favorites. Owning a kindle is honestly one of the best tech purchases i have ever made its great :)
but....what did it score on geekbench? :P
I read sometime eBooks but nothing is better than the feeling of a heavy, massive book in your hands :D
I love my kindle touch. It's my best purchase ever. Since I read about 50 books a year, having all those books around was a pain in the ass. Now I have all my books in one device that I can take with me everywhere. These days I only buy paper copies of books that I really want to have in my "collection" after I've read them on my kindle. A bit more money spent, but a whole lot more space in my shelf, that together with the convinces far outweighs some negatives.
Also, nowadays when I open a real book, it's an experience. It's hard to describe and it might sound silly, but now it's a special moment to read one of my paper books.
Recommendation brought me this old gem
I have the regular kindle (without touchscreen) so it is easy to hold it with one hand! Ever since I started using them, I just can't go back to regular books. With normal books, I always damage them somehow in my backpack.
NOTHING can replace a good hard Cover book!
Thanks for this review! I'm buying a Kindle for my dad, who's vision is failing, but he needs something that's a little more user-friendly than my Nextbook. I think he will like the Kindle Paperwhite, especially the one-button feature and the backlight. I like both physical books and eBooks. I'm reading more eBooks now because it saves trees and I don't have the space anymore for physical books. But I still buy used books - I'm all for recycling used items rather than tossing them in a landfill. The only downside I see to eBooks is that when the electricity goes out and your eReader doesn't have a charge, you're stuck.
Ebooks... Got myself a paper white, a couple months after a grey line appeared, not due to the brightness, was because of the eink. But that still doesn't bother me due to the ability to read it at night, and also have all the books I could want in one place. The dictionary is beyond convenient, and the battery life I can find myself not charging between weeks when I have wifi turned off.
was that a qualcomm toq smartwatch he was wearing?
I own the previous model (which is basically the same thing) and it is an amazing device in my opinion. Sure, there are obviously drawbacks but the positives far outweigh them. Also, the books are extremely cheap on the store.
Loved the kindle, first ebook reader ever for me. Got it yesterday as a gift from a student and it works great for me cuz I can buy the books I'm lacking (luckily for us in Chile $10 for a book is still cheap - got the Shining for $1.99 which was awesome). I still do prefer paper books (sucks for the planet but what are you gonna do?) because of the classic feeling you get from reading one which is unique, seeing how little you have left when you're 3/4 done with one, the smell, editions, autographed books... the list goes on and on. Pros with the kindle, the space (specially travelling, saves a lot of hustle of carrying a real book), all those books in one device, battery life, the screen brightness, the feeling of touching the screen (IDK if it's just me but if feels a little like paper).
Can I transfer ebooks downloaded from piratebay or any other torrent site to a kindle paperwhite?
Yeah, you can as long as they are in the right format... most decent kindle books will have been put up on a torrent site by somebody, so you'll be fine.
I have the normal Kindle and I love it, the battery life is like a month and I have it under my pillow since it gives off no heat.
hi linus great review is it posible to load ebooks from other sources then amazon on to the kindle ?
Best regards
Peter
Peter Skovgaard Yes, it's possible.
Peter Skovgaard Absolutely!
If you read stuff that's free or etc. and it doesn't come in the correct format, then I recommend a thing called Calibre. I use it a LOT. Works great, super fast, and can change whatever input format into whatever output format!
My mom has had a couple kindles and then switched to an ipad for overall use/e-books. I can't stand reading on any of them but if I had to choose one I'd go with the ipad.
Love the kindle!
Doesn't the blinking/ twitching (how do you call it) each time you touch it bother anyone?
Kinnda want to try out eBook. Seems awesome
can you load up books that arent from amazon?
yes
5:08 Do ebooks cost the same as physical books now? what the heck. this ruins everything
yes.. it is stupid, we need steam for books :D
Pretty much & why shouldn't they? After all the actual printing & distribution is actually one of the cheapest aspects of old school book production.
If it was worth the cover price when it was a book, why would it not be worth the same cover price as a digital product? Does it somehow contain less words when its in digital format?
***** I don't think transportation costs are that negligible, but ok. it's not like we can do anything, if prices really are going up.
Amy Ji They are: That's why you the purchaser absorb the cost of transport separately from the RRP (recommended retail price).
vi jonh Wow Vi John is an interesting name for an advertising bot.
I got one of these... let me say, they're pretty dope. Reading The Shining right now, amazing device
I have the gen 1 paperwhite, which has a few less features, but as a person who is also a die hard paper book lover, I love mine. I have younger siblings who don't understand my rules for caring for my paper books and I live in an over crowded house that barely has enough room for the books I have now.
I honestly find it much easier to hold than a physical book, since I got my paerwhite I haven't looked back
i know im late and this is a stupid question but does anyone know the stand he use in this video xD
I have both a Nook simple touch light, and an Asus 11.6 inch wacom tablet... which I use mainly for reading comics and strategy guides. While both are awesome at what they do...Nothing will ever replace the feeling of the books and guides themselves in my hands. I usually buy both the book (used from a local bookstore like booknook) and the ebook if I like the series enough.
Nice shirt, Linus!
Well Amazon does a really cool integration, where you get a discount on Audioble on books you already own, and if you hear, say half of chapter 3, then when you pick up the Kindle, it asks you whether you want to continue reading where the audiobook left off... That is cool, and I wish you'd given your thoughts on that Linus
This video intro is a million times better than the currant one.
Due to the gripes with the nook that you had with the kindle is the reason why I have a nook instead. I find the nook a little easier to use and enjoy. Plus B&N has a discount on sales if you are buying through the nook. And magazines (which I currently have 2 subscriptions) are very cheap, $12.98 per year for 2 magazines.
There are two big reasons e readers are great. When you have maxed out your storage space for bookshelves you can fill up the e reader with hundreds more. The ebook is light enough that holding one is much easier then a physical book when you have arthritis in your hands. This is my third e reader, I use the nook ones. The paperwhite readers are very limited in use so I have upgraded to a nook hd which is really a small tablet.
I never thought i would enjoy reading a book on kindle/tablet/phone. But after i read my first book from m ipad i actually liked it. It was convenient and it didnt demand a good reading light/outdoor light. Although i read it on my ipad mini (no retina) and the pixel density annoyed me and was irritating for my eyes so i bought a kindle paperwhite 2013. And omg what a screen technology the e-ink is. In daylight it looks just like real paper, amazing. So now i read all my book on my kindle paperwhite and i will never switch back to "normal" books. I think though that the price (as you said) should be lower on kindle then the actual book it self. But still, a great experience.
Though I don't have a paperwhite I do have a kindle. I have found it extremely nice for traveling, especially by plane. Where as b4 I had to bring half a dozen books with me now I only need my kindle.
book books. the feel and smell. omg the smell of a new book gets me sooo har..... excited
Linus, i noticed you're not wearing your pebble. What watch is that?
e books because im dyslexic and it realy helps to be able to change the txt size and look up definitions of words
Linus, is that a Toq on your wrist?
For what it's worth, I read my Kindle on my way too and from work every day standing on the train and I almost always have to use it one-handed. The trick is you pretty much rest it on your hand and you only really use your thumb to for navigation and further stabilization, but mostly it's just your hand. I usually had my pinky along the bottom edge so... yeah. Never had a problem one-handing my Kindle.
Why isn't there a streaming like spotify but for books? So pay like 10 euros a month to acces unlimited number of books?
depends on a number of factors for me...i really love books, but if the price is right or i'm not going to be jumping around in the book then ebook is nice due to the size vs hard back...i say if it gets you reading then thats the best!
I hate the idea of getting an ereader of any kind. I love my paper books but ive blown this months, last months budgets for entertainment and then some on books just in the last 2 weeks so everyone keeps telling me to get one of these. did you find that you read more/less with this or was it about the same?
Same issue here.
I've had a kindle keyboard for a few years, and while it's not the easiest thing to hold, it's much better than a book for me. I've always had a lot of difficulty holding books and keeping my place and just generally being clumsy with books, getting food and greasy fingerprints on the pages, bending and tearing pages, etc. I can at least wipe my kindle off, it's a lot easier to keep my place, and not as easy to do small amounts of damage to, but if you're not careful you'd be surprised how little force is needed to crack the screen. I dunno if they're still making it with the glass filament, but there are more durable ones made with just plastic available elsewhere.
Uhhh Linus, why do you still have an iPad 2?
Linus, mind getting a iPad Air?
Enjoyed your review of the Kindle Paperwhite. You bring up good observations that I do not see anyone else bring up. In answer to your question do I like books or an e-reader better. Short answer is paper books. If it is a book that I treasure then I will have the paper book in hardback and have it on the Kindle. I consider my e-reader an excellent compliment to my paperbook library. What a pleasure to have a huge library of books in my bag when I travel. The content of what is read is more important than the medium. By the way my 13 year old daughter has a Kindle but prefers paper books. She likes to buy used books. So many that we have gotten her tall book case to hold them.
As much as I love the convenience of having a kindle, nothing beats a paperback book
I much prefer ebooks to physical ones. After I got my Nook Simple Touch, I have found it convenient enough to carry around and I am now ready far more than I was before. There are things I dislike about it, particularly the drm for books, but I live with my gripes for now because I truly appreciate ebooks.
Oh, another point, I agree about the pricing (though digital goods pricing tends to be insane by default) but if you're like me and like having both a physical copy for your shelf and a digital copy to carry around, a lot of books you can down get discounted if you buy the physical copy first. Then the digital is only a few bucks. This is a thing Amazon is doing, though not others.
someone said kindle paperwhite doesn't have SD expansion slot. What? waiting for mine to confirm. Also I heard you can't store your own converted books/pdfs (that you didn't buy from amazon) to the "cloud" (everyone is so into those clouds). So it would be nice to have either SD card expansion or cloud storage for ANY book format. But that's only what I heard from video reviews. I could have heard wrong.
omg the old intro
I know its 2022, but still I recently wanted to try out a reader for cheap and I was considering that model. Fortunately I got the older one Kindle Keyboard. Not only it has a free 3G, but also it has a physical page turner buttons and all screen orientations, also although I have slightl tiny thicker bezels I dont have to care about them I can rest my thumb on the middle of the screen as I do on books, because the screen is not touch sensitive. It has a little less resolution and you can see a tiny text distortions if you look closely and have a small font set, and it does not have a backlight(you definetely have to invest in a small attachable led if you read after dark, and the internet browser is experimental and due to intenret changing security measures 60% of websites wont load), but I think despite all the caveats Kindle Keyboard is the best bang for a buck ebook reader still after 13 years.
(did I mention it has a physical keyboard for making notes and searching the net?)
great video!
I don't know about the books he has read, but most books I have bought in the Kindlestore have had a significant discount over their paper counterparts, from anywhere between 25-50% off. That might not be true for all titles though, but quite a few has discounts, in my experience.
I got my first kindle today as a birthday gift, and I could not believe this review after use. It is amazing! I totally agree the price of books is unreasonable but the idea it cant be used one handed is nonsense. I was on the train for 3 hours on the way home and held it in one hand reading the Sherlock Holmes collection with no discomfort at all (in portrait and I have really big thumbs). I have always found books to be a hassle to hold comfortably and I think kindle makes the whole experience so much more pleasurable. I do question the longevity of the device since my girlfriend, mother and father are all on their second or third kindle device, and I also don't like their new advertising on the background but am not willing to pay £10 to remove it.