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Thank you, but if the ability to read in the dark is the only difference, then I think I'd save the $$ and get the basic version instead. 
Yeah, I wasn't looking for those fire type thingies anyways as they're not true e-book readers.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Yeah I'm not sure whether there's sufficient difference in the quality of the two monochrome displays to be worth a price difference.
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I'm sure there are lighting conditions where a Kindle might be able to provide a better reading experience, but I simply use a pad and run the Kindle app. These days I twitch at the thought of buying hardware that can do one and only one thing.
As an aside, a year or so ago I owned an e-ink Kindle for all of 24 hours. Each time you change the page, the screen flashes solid black and then displays the new page. I'm told that's just the way the technology works. Holy crap, if I developed software that did that, I'd never hear the end of it.
But then, Bezos is rich and I don't have a private jet just yet, so what do I know?
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I originally had a Kindle keyboard, and I ended up with the paperwhite because lenghty explanation that really doesn't matter for your question.
Display-wise, I prefer the truly passive over the paperwhite.
Even when I was tired of looking at a monitor, the passive Kindle was ok. Paperwhite is somewhere inbetween - much less "intense" than a monitor, but not as "easy on the eyes" either.
Reading in the dark, backlit, loses exactly that aspect for me, so I strongly prefer still having a night lamp.
The backlight can't be turned off completely, it is somewhat uneven it (acording to the reviews, this was way way worse for the first batches).
Primary: If you are like me and there's a big difference between reading on a "normal" tablet and reading on a passive display, skip the paperwhite. Consider a clip-on light instead. (the keyboard generation had clip on lights powered by the internal battery, not sure if they still exist for the Touch).
Otherwise, pick a paperwhite if any of the following reasons click with you:
- you have no better idea how to spend the extra money
- you plan on reading during your daily commute, which goes through a dark-ish tunnel
- reading under the sheets is important
- you plan on saving money by charging your kindle at work, and turning the lights off when reading at home
Otherwise, go with the touch.
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Thanks very much, I've dropped the paperwhite out of my equation now.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I have such a strong dislike for anything Amazon or iTunes I have never considered a kindle and use a Note 1 for reading, have done for years.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I thought you'd written "Kindle vs Kindle Paperweight" and thought "That's a bit harsh - surely they aren't that bad..."
Need sleep.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Get some rest.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Chris Maunder wrote: Kindle Paperweight
When it came out, I also read the same on 'The Verge' article, I thought they were trying to make fun of the old kindle lineup.
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I have a kindle keyboard version and decided not to upgrade to a backlit screen as the point of the kindle is to be close to reading a book, the e-ink is very close to reading a book, and a book is not backlit.
A bedside lamp works perfectly and have found the basic kindle to be great for reading.
Bear in mind that the backlight is going to shorten battery life too - I have had no need for a backlight on my 3 year old kindle.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I liked the author's introduction about himself:
My unit tests don't always come first...and sometimes they don’t even exist. I make off-by-one errors every so often. The type inference section of the C# specification still confuses me, and there are some uses of Java wildcards that make me want to have a little lie-down. I’m a deeply flawed programmer.
That’s the way it should be. For the next few hundred pages, I’ll try to pretend otherwise: I’ll espouse best practices as if I always followed them myself, and frown on dirty shortcuts as if I’d never dream of taking them. Don’t believe a word of it. The truth of the matter is, I’m probably just like you. I happen to know a bit more about how C# works, that’s all...and even that state of affairs will only last until you've finished the book.
Although I'd go to bed in a few minutes, I think I'll pick up this book tomorrow, and I'll definitely enjoy reading it.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote: The truth of the matter is, I’m probably just like you.
The very truth of the matter: I've no hope of being like him.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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I agree. Your sense of humour stinks! 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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That's just freakin' brilliant. I love people who can write like that.
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Hi Rajesh-ji,
I think Skeet is the top-guru for C#, and the man can write clean expository prose made vivid by his wry sense of humor. I think he has a remarkable, rare, gift for sensing when the reader might be confused by content and speaking "out of the book" directly to the reader.
I read, and re-read, the new version of "C# in Depth," learning something new every time.
After Skeet, I like Andrew Troelsen.
bill
Google CEO, Erich Schmidt: "I keep asking for a product called Serendipity. This product would have access to everything ever written or recorded, know everything the user ever worked on and saved to his or her personal hard drive, and know a whole lot about the user's tastes, friends and predilections." 2004, USA Today interview
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Thanks, Bill-Ji. I'll look up books from Andrew Trolsen too and add it to my to read list.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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#7 means nothing to me. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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WTE were they smoking when they compiled that list?
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Don't know, but I'll bet you can find it in Mexico
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Charleston, SC??? I live not far from there and a couple of weeks had to make a trip there and I couldn't wait to get out of there. I though it was a real shithole but maybe I was in the non-tourist section.
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Why Luton is missing?
Veni, vidi, vici.
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'cos they were not *that* drunk while compiling the list.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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Okay I've been to Luton and I've been that drunk. Hell, I've been that drunk in Luton, but it still won't make the list...
speramus in juniperus
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