We are just a big rotation away from Amazon’s huge devices, where we expect it to deliver updates about everything from Echo Smart speakers to four TV sticks and tablets, Kindles and more. Of all Amazon’s gadgets is the only one I use almost every day my Kindle Paperwhite Ereader.
It’s my bedtime buddy, the last gadget I touch before nodding from the middle of the pieces, and apart from my partner, the one thing I spend hours with during a vacation. Said in another way I’ve used an Amazon Kindle for over a decade and got to know it intimately. That’s why I feel qualified to point out a few aspects that Amazon could adapt in this latest, expected upgrade of one of the best eraders.
Move on / off button
Let’s start with my biggest Kindle Pet Peeve: Power/Sleep button location.
I should foresee this by saying that I mostly love Kindle’s minimalist design. Each version from Basic Kindle to PaperWhite Signature Edition is thin and light. The screens, typically 300 PPI, are clear, bright and sharp. You can buy a Kindle Colorsoft model that adds a number of shades to support readings such as graphic novels, but the monochrome models are still my preference, especially since I mainly use these ereaders to ordained novels.
I like the touch screens and embedded lights that cascade brightness over the surface, and I am never happier than when I’m on the beach where sunlight is the only lighting I need, or in bed reading for minutes or hours of joy.
During a recent cross -country flight without WiFi, my Jade Kindle Paperwhite was my only source of distraction. I rested Kindle on my lap and read away until the screen unexpectedly flashed out. I hadn’t run out of the battery, just leaned a little too hard on the tablet and printed inadvertently on / off the button in my lap.
This happens more often than you might think, and there is a simple solution: Move the Power on / off button on the back of the device or alternatively to one side. My hope is that the new Kindles, which we all expect this week from Amazon, contains this one change.
Add a kicking stand
As I read at night, I make a pretty complicated pile of the tires on my chest to try to support my Amazon Kindle. It usually doesn’t work and at some point Kindle pours forward on my face or back on my stomach. I don’t want to awkwardly keep it all the time, I read, and instead I prefer to have my hand rest next to the eerader so I can reach out to press the screen with my index finger.
Yes, I’m a little lazy.
Do you know what would immediately solve this problem? An integrated kicking stand; It just had to jump out from behind and be wide enough to keep the Kindle stable. I understand that a case can solve this problem, but I don’t keep my Kindle in a case because I don’t like the extra weight and Kindle is hard enough (even waterproof) to survive without one.
I bet that anyone who loves their Kindle would appreciate it just a little more with a simple kicking stand made of the same material as the chassis.
Give me Touch Sensitivity Control
Another pet Kindle Peeve I have is when I accidentally highlight text on the page or turn a page apparently because I was breathing on it. Obviously, it’s an exaggeration, but I’m not alone in complaining that the Kindle screen may be too sensitive and that there is no way to adjust this sensitivity (there are Reddit threads set aside for the problem).
So that’s my simple question: a small software update that lets me adjust the touch sensitivity. Instead of that, I would like Amazon to add a rocker contact so I can turn off highlighting. Do you know how many times I have highlighted in the hundreds of Kindle books I have read? NEVER. NEVER.
X -ray all the time
Sometimes I read a book and a character is mentioned that I can’t remember. Amazon’s X -ray offers quick access to information about all the book’s players.
However, I have found that if a character is not mentioned with their full name, or the book introduces another way of mentioning them, X -ray may not be useful. Sometimes I just start sitting back in search of the first publicity. I think that if Amazon made a light redesign and offered the opportunity to make x -rays, it could help with more complicated, character -filled Tomes.
Basically, the lower quarter of the page would be devoted to X -ray and characters would be added as they look. The list can be rolled and always puts the characters that are currently on the page at the top. If you press a character, it immediately shows their first mention in the book.
Add Alexa+
This feature may work smoothly with another feature I request: Alexa+ AI synopsis.
Now that Alexa+ got its big AI upgrade, it’s high time for Kindle integration. Maybe Amazon adds an Alexa+ button. You press it and a context -conscious synopsis appears. It allows you to know who the characters who are currently at play are what they have done and leads you in any relevant subtitle and events that are relevant to the moment of history. It could even go ahead and explain references both inside and outside the book.
Maybe it also works as an integrated, virtual book club to discuss with you the actions and themes until that moment. It can be text and/or sound -based.
Such an integration could mark the end of confusion for even the most complex stories. There may be a matter of treatment power and local models. I prefer that the functional work locally, but would understand if this was a function of aircraft mode-off-off-off-off.
There you have it. I do not ask for the world, and will certainly not be crushed if all these Kindle features do not happen. However, I am sure that at least some of them can or will. When that happens, I will fortunately upgrade to my next, beloved Kindle Ereader.
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