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New Kindle Paperwhite: higher resolution, same price

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Amazon is trying to hit the sweet spot between fancy features and affordability with its new Kindle Paperwhite e-reader.</p><p>
The third-generation Paperwhite (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQVZDJM) has a 300-ppi display, up from 221 ppi on the previous model from late 2013. This resolution boost puts the Paperwhite on par with Amazon's $199  Kindle Voyage e-reader (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2837831/kindle-voyage-review-amazons-e-reader-is-too-good-to-be-merely-a-paperwhite-2.html), but at a much lower starting price of $119.</p><p>
The other big changes in the new Paperwhite appear to be software-based. There's a new font called Bookerly (http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=11624010011), which Amazon says it designed to reduce eyestrain. Amazon is also making improvements to hyphenation, spacing, and character placement, and it's adding support for drop caps (http://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&amp;node=11624010011#dropcaps) (those extra-large nested letters that sometimes appear at the start of a chapter). The Paperwhite will also do a better job of adapting its margins, borders, and other elements when the user selects a larger font size.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2937022/new-kindle-paperwhite-higher-resolution-same-price.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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