E-books of the American manufacturer Amazon have long occupied a leading position among similar devices. Today we will consider a new product from Amazon. E-book Amazon Kindle, or as it is called in our country - Amazon Kindle 4.
Contents of delivery.
As with the previous readers, the delivery set is rather modest: a cardboard box, a USB cable and a short instruction. Nothing extra.
Appearance.
The dream of e-book lovers has finally come true. Amazon got rid of the full keyboard. This makes the book much smaller and lighter. Its dimensions are 166 x 114 x 8.7 mm, weight is 170 grams. Now the book can be put in the pocket of your outerwear, or in the back pocket of your jeans. The book is made of gray plastic, very high quality, rubberized. It fits very comfortably in your hand. On the bottom there is a microUSB connector and an indicator light that lights up when the cable is connected to the computer. The power button is also located there. On the front panel there is a six-inch screen, paging buttons and reader control buttons. The screen is made using E-Ink Pearl technology with a resolution of 600 x 800 pixels.
Control.
Amazon Kindle 4 is controlled using hardware keys located at the bottom of the front panel.
These are the Home keys, the button for calling the menu, turning on the keyboard and returning to the item back. In the middle is a five-way joystick. To the right and to the left of the display are the scrolling buttons. The edges of the buttons are slightly beveled, which adds convenience when turning pages. The keys are very easy to press, so it is a pleasure to operate the reader.
Memory and nutrition.
The e-book is equipped with 2 GB of internal memory, about 1.25 GB is available to the user. There is no room for expansion, but this is quite enough to store several thousand books. Battery life with Wi-Fi on is about three weeks, with off - about a month. The book is charged for about three hours using a USB cable.
Functions.
The gadget is for reading only. Therefore, there is no MP3 player and all kinds of games. For the price offered by the manufacturer, there is no better option for a reader. The book has a built-in browser. According to the manufacturer's idea, it is intended for the purchase of e-books in the Amazon branded store. But also for checking mail, it is quite suitable. The Internet works using WI-FI technology. When using this reader for the first time, you can register it on the official website amazon.com. This will allow you to enjoy some additional features. For example, create collections of books. It is worth noting that after registration you will be shown ads. It is visible only in sleep mode, and does not interfere with reading at all. Although without registration, the book works fine too.
Reading.
The book supports the following formats: Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, PRC, HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and of course MOBI. MOBI and TXT are fully functional. HTML, DOC and DOCX can only be used after converting to Kindle (AZW). PDF work is not very convenient, because the screen is small. But if necessary, individual sections of the text can be increased. When reading, there are several font sizes, line spacing and four screen orientations available. You can search by text using the virtual keyboard. The keyboard is only in English, so this function is not relevant when reading Russian-language literature. The books have the ability to leave bookmarks and notes.
Conclusions.
The Amazon Kindle 4 e-book is exactly a book. It's meant to be read, and it does a great job of implementing this feature. Of course, not many formats are supported, but converting books to MOBI will not be difficult. There are also many books in this format on the Internet. The reader is very high quality. If you are looking for a book, then this is the best choice in terms of price-quality ratio.
