yeah, I think so.

[seperis]

Kindle Fire HD 8.9 4G Tablet

Whoo-boy.

Adding: Kindle ebook reader also upgrading, though I wonder about the white background. I am kind of partial to the grey.

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[fyrdrakken]

My Kindle has started locking up more and more frequently -- I don't whether it's using too much memory on my Game of Thrones series reread, or whether all the smallish fic files are causing some sort of indexing overload, or if the damn thing is just wearing out despite having only been bought last Xmas.

Anyway. Not looking forward to the prospect of getting a new one and having to retag everything I've got on the current one when I load it all to a new one. But the old one will wear out and then I'll have to. And I'm charmed by a backlighting feature, since that's the one big thing the phone app has over the physical Kindle -- being able to lie in bed reading in the dark until I fall asleep without risking spending the night sleeping with the lights on because I didn't shut them off and set the Kindle aside in time. (The other big advantage to the phone app is being able to read it with my glasses off, which is damned useful when I'm deliberately reading until I fall asleep and don't want to risk sleeping in my glasses. Don't think I can pull that off with a full-sized Kindle, backlit or not.)

[seperis]

I preordered the paperwhite. My Kindle keyboard screen broke (my fault) and I've gotten way too used to being able to take a break from an LCD screen and I love my Kindle Fire and my tablet, but LCD screen, ouch. The only problem is the memory is 2G, which is half my Kindle Keyboard. OTOH, I had yet to fill it anyway, and if I just leave my calibre server running at home, the free 3G will take care of it.

And I'm charmed by a backlighting feature, since that's the one big thing the phone app has over the physical Kindle -- being able to lie in bed reading in the dark until I fall asleep without risking spending the night sleeping with the lights on because I didn't shut them off and set the Kindle aside in time.

I had the lighted cover. Since it was powered by the battery, it wnet off when the Kindle timed out. But I do like the backlit feature like a lot in the pics, it looks non-irritating and easy all over, and apparently you can turn it off and get the pale grey background, which I admit I've grown to like.

The tablet I'm debating. I want it for its awesome and 59 for a year of 250 month 4G, and the bluetooth means I can add a decent sized keyboard for writing, while my current tablet keyboard is netbook size. But no access to the Google Play store or APK only, not so much, so it may go Galaxy after all, since Child really wants mine for school.