Schools and colleges have started to experiment the education process with the digital environment. Various electronic gadgets are being introduced in the academic field, and one such tech product is an e-reader. Last week, Amazon debuted a new e-reader called Kindle Voyage with the price tag of $199. Let’s discuss in detail about the specifications and features of this educational tech gadget through this post.
Before getting into the details of Amazon’s Kindle Voyage, I would like to tell the basics of e-reader.
What is an e-reader?
The e-reader is a portable, high-resolution electronic gadget specially designed to read the digital versions of books, newspapers, websites and so on. It uses the display technology, E-ink which offers the same resolution as newsprint and allows storing enormous e-books on it.
Benefits of e-reader
Below are the reasons that would nudge the students to use the e-reader for their educational tasks.
1. Well-designed portable device with an inbuilt library.
2. Possible to download and store an enormous collection of e-books.
3. Easy to take notes with highlight option for better reading.
4. Travelling expenses and time can be saved by borrowing the books from the online library.
5. Some e-readers have an ecological sound option to provide text-to-speech function.
Kindle Voyage e-reader from Amazon
Kindle E-readers are known in the market for their high precision and great features. The earlier models of Kindle have gained a great popularity among many people. Amazon has been able to outdo their previous versions with the latest version of Kindle Voyage e-reader.
Compared to any other Kindle versions, Kindle Voyage e-reader is slimmer like a piece of paper, which makes it easy to carry. Owing to its ambient light sensor, the device can adjust the brightness as per your settings that will give you a pleasurable reading experience even after reading for five hours. This feature is even smarter than you can think of as it can easily adjust the light setting on the device as per the light present in the surrounding area. This has given the Kindle Voyage a sure shot edge over the other versions of Kindle e-readers.
The single flat panel glass screen provides an incredible viewing experience. Amazon has used a glass screen instead of a plastic one to ensure the much-needed satisfaction of the customers. This screen has specially been “micro-etched”, which has given it a matted texture. This ensures that you can view different documents on the e-reader even in bright sunlight. This will also give you the impression of reading on paper rather than on an e-reader.
Specifications
Some of the tech freaks would want to go through the different specifications of this device. The table below should suffice.
| Category | Details |
| Screen | 6-inch display with Carta e-paper technology |
| Dimension | 6.4″ x 4.5″ x 0.30″(162 x 115 x 7.6)mm |
| Weight | Wi-Fi – 180g, Wi-Fi + 3G – 188g |
| Resolution | 300 ppi |
| Battery Life | Lasts weeks on single charging (depending on usage and light setting) |
| Built-in Light | Yes + Adaptive light sensor |
| Storage capacity | 4 GB (Thousands of books) |
| Page Turns | Touchscreen + PagePress |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi + Free 3G |
| System Requirements | None |
| Cloud Storage | Free cloud storage specially for Amazon content |
| Charge Time | Fully charged in approximately 3 hours |
| Content Formats Supported | Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML, DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP through conversion |
Things that make Kindle Voyage e-reader the best
There are many things that set apart this Kindle Voyage e-reader from the other Kindle devices launched by Amazon. Some of its amazing new features are:
* Owing to Amazon’s excellent technology called “PagePress”, turning pages are a piece of cake on this device. You will only need to apply gentle pressure on the bezel to turn the page.
* As mentioned earlier that Kindle Voyage E-reader is one of the thinnest e-readers available in the market. It’s 7.6 cm thin design makes it lighter, which ensures easy and convenient reading experience even with one hand.
* It uses next generation Paperwhite display with scratch resistant to offer high-resolution, laser-quality images & texts. Its cover glass is micro-etched to scatter light, and thus you could read without glare even in bright light. Thus the display of this device is excellent, which makes the reader think that he is reading on paper and not on an electronic device.
Price and Availability
The most advanced e-reader, Kindle Voyage is available for order now on Amazon for $199 and shipping will start by next month (October 2014).
Final words
E-reader creates a new reading environment for students, and they don’t need to carry heavy books or crowd printed materials on their backpack. A recent study proved that the students are more engaging in reading and hopefully improving their reading comprehension skills with the e-reader.
The E-commerce leader, Amazon had released Kindle Paperwhite e-reader last September (2013) and now unveiled its slimmest e-reader, Kindle Voyage for heavy readers. It is the thinnest device Amazon has even made which boasts the PagePress sensors with haptics. Its durable design, unparalleled display, distraction-less study medium and its adaptive front light are some of the features which makes the Kindle Voyage more suitable for students to carry out their learning process.
What do you say about Kindle Voyage e-reader? Do you want to buy this gadget to enrich your education? Share your views through comment.
Very informative post about Amazon Kindle Voyage..Nirmala it is definitely going to be a useful gadget for those who love reading e-books and newspapers online..It may definitely get good success worldwide and the most impressive thing is that Kindle Voyage looks very thin..
Yes Mohit, this awesome tech gadget is for heavy readers and its finest feature is Slimness. Thanks for reading this post, stay tuned 🙂
Hi Nirmala
Good specification about amazon kindle not yet tried them out and guess its an advance one people love to hangout with this kindle..
Hi Shameem,
Nice to get your comment on this Kindle post. This tech gadget is not yet released but you can pre-order to buy this device. It will be shipping at the end of this month. Thanks for your comment, keep visiting.
Hi Nirmala,
I own the Kindle Paperwhite, bought it late last year. I’m not quite sure how I like it still, I find it kind of confusing to use if you must know the truth. I just love holding a book in my hands and can clip to the pages easily but I think I just need to spend more time figuring out how to use it.
I bought it for trips so I wouldn’t have to carry a lot of stuff so I’m not that great using it yet. I like the size of it though but I’m sure they’ll just keep improving them as with this latest addition.
Thanks for updating us on this new release.
~Adrienne
Amazon Kindle is Quite Weird To me.. Meanwhile, The latest launch is getting great enough..keep sharing more fabulous updates……..
Sure Rahul, will keep you posted. Thanks for coming by 🙂
awesome guide mam
thanks first of all its really helpful for students like me actually i was searching and came through your guide actually this is better than kindle fire
Hi Supreeth Bharadwaj,
Yes, students would love this cool tech gadget to carry out their educational works. Glad my post helped you to get some new information, keep visiting 🙂
Wow that is awesome post. Very informative Thanks for sharing this. 🙂
Welcome to my blog and thanks for leaving your comment Aqib Iqbal. Stay tuned to grab more useful data.
Hi Nirmala
Really a wonderful review covering all the aspects not only for those who use such technology but also quite informative for those who yet to get into this field of product.
I think not only its thinness but also its display is awesome. The ease in flipping over the page is also a key point to note else one gets distraction after every page to accurately flip just one page.
Thanks a lot for sharing this useful info quite helpful for those who are thinking to buy an e-reader.
Hello Madam Nirmala,
Unlike Madam Adrienne, kindles are something which aren’t all that popular here and talking of reading, we are still clinch on our books.
This was an interesting review and something really worth owning one day.
Hi Nirmala,
Thanks for sharing informative article about Amazon Kindle Voyage for E-readers. This is very useful for e- Book and Newspaper readers online. These things really helpful for online readers.
I appreciate it!
I already own Kindle paperwhite, and improvement in this version is slight (in the sense it will just be used for reading). But Pagepress feature impressed me, it was a much needed feature.
Great review.
I have planned to buy Kindle Paperwhite now there is some offer going on. Price is now 8999/- instead of 10999/- till 23 Oct 14.
I guess Amazon also provide 1000 Free ebook along with kindle. Also there is a free Cloud storage.
Thanks for the awesome info sharing….This one helped me alot..was searching for it from a longtime. 🙂
E-readers are would be very helpfull for students in my country. It would relief them from the stress + tiredness associated with carrying lot’s of big books for every subject.
It would be the medium of study in my dream school in the future.
Nice Post!
i read about amazon kindle voyage, its too goood artilces , thanks for it , my project help me in that ways
E-reader really helps me a lot when I am busy with some other work I can start e-reading which saves my time. I hope everyone likes e-reading because for some reasons it’s hard to few people to do e-reading. Thanks for sharing Nirmala, your charming article on e-reading.
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