Amazon just launched four new Kindles, including one full-color model. Here’s what’s new

Amazon only announced new Kindle product line, incl Kindle ColorsoftThe company’s first full-color e-reader. The announcement also includes a New Kindle Scribe, Kindle Paperwhiteand one Standard Kindle.

The Kindle Colorsoft is the most attractive model of the bunch, a 7-inch waterproof, full-color e-reading tablet with up to 8 weeks of battery life. This is Amazon’s first foray into color e-paper displays, something that competitors, like TCL, with Nxtpaper displayhave mastered. But unlike Nxtpaper, Kindle Colorsoft doesn’t switch from full color to black and white, giving Kindle users a more vivid alternative to viewing book covers and colored markers at all times.

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Amazon says the new Kindle Colorsoft “uses an oxide backplane with custom waveforms for fast performance and higher contrast on both color and black-and-white content.” The glare-free display features a new light guide with nitride LEDs for enhanced color and brightness settings. In addition, users can choose standard or vivid display style.

Kindle Colorsoft maintains the core purpose of an e-reader: it has no notifications or social media, giving readers an uninterrupted yet colorful escape. It also supports wireless charging, fast page turning, up to 32GB of storage, and has a front light that automatically adjusts for reading in dark and light settings.

Customers can buy new Kindle Colorsoft Priced at $280, orders will ship on October 30.

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Amazon also announced the new Kindle Scribe, featuring a redesigned 300 ppi front-facing display, white bezel, integrated artificial intelligence (AI) features, and Premium Pen. Kindle Scribe now gives you access to AI in notebook tools, automatically summarizing and refining notes into concise bullet points rendered in script fonts to blend seamlessly with your notes. handwritten note.

Kindle Scribe users can also take notes directly in books using Active Canvas. In doing so, their notes will look like part of the page, remaining visible regardless of formatting changes.

new one Kindle note taker is now available for pre-order, starting at $420. Orders will ship on October 30. It comes in two colors: Tungsten and Metallic Jade.

Amazon announced the new one Kindle Paperwhite has the highest contrast ratio of any Kindle thanks to an oxide film transistor used by the display. The 7-inch Kindle Paperwhite is waterproof, turns pages 25% faster, is more responsive, has 16GB of internal memory (or 32GB for the Signature edition), and can last up to three months on a single charge. .

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You can pre-order the new Kindle Paperwhite in Raspberry, Jade, and Black today for $160. Orders will ship on October 30. You can also pre-order Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition at $200 for Metallic Raspberry, Metallic Pearl, and Metallic Black.

Finally, Amazon announced the new standard Burnwhich the company claims is its lightest, most compact model ever. The 300ppii non-glare display provides faster navigation, 25% higher brightness, and weeks of battery life.