Amazon has finally put the Kindle Colorsoft on sale for the first time since it was released last October—it’s the last new Kindle to go on sale—but it’s one of those deals that’s exclusively for Amazon Prime members. If you have an active Prime membership you can get the Kindle Colorsoft for $229 right now […]
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Has Amazon Really Fixed the Kindle Colorsoft’s Screen Issue?
Right after Amazon released the Kindle Colorsoft, people started reporting an issue with a weird yellow band at the bottom of the screen caused by the frontlight. Amazon acknowledged the problem and promised to fix it, but have they really done anything about it? Amazon still has the “We Want You To Know” disclaimer on […]
Kindle Colorsoft Sales Figures are Surprising
There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the Kindle Colorsoft since it was released about 7 weeks ago. The reviews at Amazon are scathing. It currently has a 2.8-star rating, and over 50% of reviews are only 1 and 2 stars. Despite that, the Kindle Colorsoft appears to be selling pretty well. Amazon never reveals […]
Kindle Colorsoft Back In Stock, Now Arrives Before Christmas
The Kindle Colorsoft started shipping at the end of October, but soon after it was released the shipping date got pushed back to 3-5 weeks because of the well-publicized frontlight issue. A few days ago shipping was still several weeks out, but now all of the sudden the Kindle Colorsoft is back in stock at […]
This Kindle Colorsoft Picture Makes No Sense
I don’t know why it took me this long to realize it, but one of the main pictures that Amazon uses to advertise the Kindle Colorsoft completely misrepresents the device in a number of ways. First off, the picture (shown above) shows nine book covers in bright color. It looks like an LCD screen, not […]
Kobo Libra Colour vs Kindle Colorsoft Comparison Review (Video)
The time has come for a comparison review between the Kindle Colorsoft and the Kobo Libra Colour. Both have 7″ color E Ink screens with 300 ppi for BW and 150 ppi for color, but the two devices are dissimilar in a number of ways. In general, there are a lot of differences between Kindles […]
Kindle Colorsoft Review – Is It Really That Bad?
Review Date: November 2024 – Review unit purchased from Amazon Overview The Kindle Colorsoft was released on October 30th, 2024. It’s the first Kindle to use a color E Ink screen, but other companies have been using similar color E Ink screens since 2020; Amazon is one of the last ereader companies to jump on […]
Kindle Colorsoft Doesn’t Support Color on Sideloaded PDFs
Here’s something that’s going to bring out some more criticism about the Kindle Colorsoft. I was testing different PDF files and it turns out the Kindle Colorsoft doesn’t support color on PDFs that are sideloaded via USB. If you use Amazon’s Send to Kindle to send PDFs to the Kindle Colorsoft wirelessly they will show […]