![]() ![]() Moreover, you seem to get a performance boost, though Amazon's official charge times have tended not to match my real real-world experiences (you can typically charge to near 100% but the last bit of charging is the slowest part). Practically speaking, because the majority of newer devices use USB-C these days, it's convenient to carry around fewer cables, and it's also slightly easier to plug in a USB-C cable than a micro-USB cable. David Carnoy/CNET Yay for USB-CĪfter Amazon's Fire tablets were upgraded with USB-C charging, a lot of folks have been waiting for USB-C to come to the Kindle line. The new Paperwhite is fully waterproof like the previous Paperwhite. Most people, including me, like the redesign, as it makes it easier to access the Kindle's most useful - and used - features and settings. It's also worth noting that Amazon recently redesigned the Kindle interface for the first time in five years (that redesign is available for legacy Kindles). Although E Ink is inherently sluggish compared to the responsiveness of an iPad, I did find the device zippier overall than the previous Paperwhite. That also makes it a good choice if you like to read in the bathtub.Īlong with improved battery life, Amazon says it's equipped the new Paperwhite with a more powerful processor and that page turns are 20% faster. And speaking of washing out in the wet sense, this Paperwhite, like the previous model, is fully waterproof (IPX8 certified) and can survive a dunk underwater. Of course, the nice thing about E Ink e-readers is that unlike the LCDs on phones and tablets, they're made to be viewed in direct sunlight: You can take them to the beach or pool and not worry about having your screen washed out. And a step-up model, the Paperwhite Signature Edition, adds wireless charging and additional storage - 32GB instead of 8GB - as well an auto-adjusting light sensor for $190 (£180, AU$289). The new version costs $10 more than the previous Paperwhite. Though we can give Amazon credit for enhancing it with new features - namely, a larger 6.8-inch display with an upgraded lighting scheme and USB-C charging - that offer just enough improvements to tempt you into buying one, whether you're an existing Paperwhite owner or not. Not surprisingly, then, the new 11th-generation Kindle Paperwhite (2021) ($140, £130, AU$239) isn't a huge upgrade over the Kindle Paperwhite 2018. But with an e-reader, you're dealing with a limited feature set and a core technology, E Ink, that seems pretty stuck in neutral. ![]() The same might be said for Apple's iPhones and plenty of other devices. Clearly they feel that it belongs to them, not you.One of the problems with having a sophisticated, already excellent e-reader like the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite is that it's hard to make it much better. But when you add this to the fact that Amazon won’t let you use replacement home screens, hides competitor’s reading apps, and won’t let you do anything about the lock screen ads, it’s a pretty good sign of where Amazon plans to take this tablet. So I wouldn’t get too discouraged at today’s news. That merely slowed down the hacking it didn’t stop it, and the same goes for a number of other Android tablets and smartphones. Note that this problem with the locked bootloader is not uncommon in Android and in fact the Nook Tablet has one. That’s an issue they didn’t face with the original Kindle Fire. Rather than simply start cobbling together an Android firmware to install, the first step the hackers will need to undertake will be to figure out how to get around Amazon’s restrictions. A locked bootloader won’t make hacking the KFHD impossible but it will make it harder to do. It is what launches all the other parts of the OS, and often times the easiest way to load a different or hacked version of Android is to tell the bootloader to load a different set of files. The bootloader is the first bit of code that runs each time you turn on your Android device. Hackers have already been looking at the update released Friday and from what they can tell Amazon has locked down the KFHD.įor those who don’t follow the intricacies of Android hardware, this is not good news. There are early reports coming in from the XDA Forums and elsewhere that the new KFHD and the 2nd gen Kindle Fire both have locked bootloaders. Yesterday I reported on the KFHD’s omnipresent ads, and today I have even worse news. The 7″ Kindle Fire HD Has a Locked Bootloader ![]()
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