My Kindle Colorsoft arrived last week, and the first thing I noticed during the setup process was a weird yellow strip of light along the bottom of the screen. I usually don’t pay attention to reviews or other people’s comments when a new device gets released because I don’t want to be influenced by outside […]
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How to Connect Kindles to Macs to Transfer Connect via USB
One of the differences with the new Kindles for 2024, including the new basic Kindle, the 12th gen Paperwhite, and the Kindle Colorsoft is the fact that they now use MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) instead of USB mass storage when connecting them to a computer to transfer content using a USB cable. The Kindle Scribe […]
Amazon is Shutting Down Kindle Vella
Amazon has announced they’ve started winding down Kindle Vella, and they plan to put an end to it entirely in February of 2025. If you’re wondering what Kindle Vella is, you’re not alone. Amazon first rolled out Kindle Vella in July of 2021, and the serialized platform has failed to catch on. Not unsurprisingly, most […]
2024 Kindle Review and Video Demo – 11th Gen Matcha Green
Review Date: October 2024 – Review unit purchased from Best Buy Overview The latest new basic Kindle was released on October 16th, 2024, alongside the new Kindle Paperwhite 6. Amazon always refers to their base model as “Kindle”; they’ve been reusing the name ever since the first Kindle came out in 2007, so it gets […]
2024 Kindle Paperwhite Review and Video Walkthrough
Review Date: October 2024 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview The latest Kindle Paperwhite was released on October 16th, 2024. It’s the sixth Paperwhite model that Amazon has released since 2012, and it’s considered a 12th generation Kindle. The last Paperwhite, the Paperwhite 5, introduced a lot of changes from the previous model, but […]
Kindle Paperwhite vs Kindle Comparison Review – 2024 Edition
Now that Amazon has released new Kindle Paperwhite and basic Kindle models for 2024, it’s time for an updated comparison review between the two new Kindles. Both models are largely the same as the previous models that they’re replacing, so most of the key difference are more or less the same as before. In fact, […]
Kindle Paperwhite 6 Comparison Video – 12th Gen vs 11th Gen
After UPS delivered the new 12th gen Kindle Paperwhite last week, the first thing I wanted to do was compare it to the 11th gen Kindle Paperwhite 5 from 2021 to see if Amazon’s claims of improved contrast and the new Paperwhite being the fastest Kindle ever were true. After getting the rather annoying setup […]
Kindle Software Update Version 5.17.1 Released
Amazon has been releasing software updates for Kindles more frequently lately, and they’ve just released another one for 10th and 11th generation Kindles, and they even updated the release notes for a change (they still got the month wrong, but we’ll give them a break on that). The new software version is 5.17.1, and it […]