Amazon has introduced its first color Kindle e-reader following years of effort to convey the extra immersive gadget to market.
The Kindle Colorsoft carries a US$280 price ticket that compares with comparable gadgets from different producers out there on Amazon within the vary of $149 to $330. The Colorsoft depends on LEDs and different applied sciences to realize the color show, based on an organization assertion.
Amazon had tried in prior years to develop color e-readers utilizing eInk — the know-how out there in its customary Kindles that requires minimal battery energy. The Colorsoft could have a roughly eight-week battery life, in contrast with as much as three months for its newest era Paperwhite e-reader.
The Seattle retailer additionally unveiled a brand new Paperwhite with a 7-inch display, measured diagonally, two-tenths of an inch bigger than the latest era’s. It additionally revealed an up to date Kindle Scribe e-reader, which permits customers to jot onto the display with a stylus and convert that into extra legible textual content.
Customers’ in-book notations may be summarised by synthetic intelligence software program that may convert pages of notes into bullet factors, the corporate stated.
Amazon remains to be the market chief in e-readers, commanding greater than three-quarters of the market, by some measures. The gadgets are constructed to final for years and the corporate has stated it sells them for near value, earning profits when folks buy books or different studying supplies.
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The Covid-19 pandemic fuelled a surge in e-reader use, as many libraries stayed closed to implement shelter-in-place insurance policies however nonetheless provided wi-fi downloads of e-books.
The Colorsoft will ship to prospects within the US on 30 October and the brand new Scribe will ship on 4 December. — Greg Bensinger, (c) 2024 Reuters
