Kindle Paperwhite User Experience

Posted on Edited on Disqus: Word count in article: 2.7k Reading time ≈ 2 mins.

I bought a Japanese version of Kindle Paperwhite through overseas shopping, and just a few minutes after receiving it, vertical lines inexplicably appeared in the middle of the screen, and they kept increasing. It’s frustrating.

Later, I googled and found out that e-ink should not be placed near magnetic fields. Could it be caused by the speaker on my phone?

For now, I can still manage to read, but it’s really affecting my ability to recognize words. I will contact customer service again.

The Japanese version cannot be repaired in mainland China, so if you have enough money, it’s better to buy the Chinese version.

I used to see a colleague’s Kindle 5, and when flipping pages, it flashed.

For someone like me who is used to the refresh speed of smartphones, I instantly felt that it was unacceptable.

I bought this after waiting for a few months, as the mini 2 still hadn’t been released, and the library here in Hefei wasn’t satisfying.

After actually using it, I realized why it is called a reading artifact.

Firstly, e-ink protects the eyes, it’s not heavy like a phone, and it has a simple function to minimize distractions.

And there were many problems with reading books on my phone before.

I couldn’t accept screen defects, the converted PDF format was not satisfactory, the inability to customize fonts, and distractions like chatting, browsing the internet, and playing games.

One day, while reading, I suddenly realized that I subconsciously ignored all those problems and completely focused on obtaining the content.

I can only exclaim that the experience of this thing is too amazing - it made me not even realize any discomfort, and is truly worth it.

How to use push notifications:

There are many tutorials available, just follow the steps. I personally use the red one.

1. Books

Formats such as TXT and RTF can be emailed to yourname@free.kindle.com (Amazon will convert them for you).
PDF files can be read directly, but there are margins, and it’s better to read them in landscape mode.

If you really want to convert PDFs, you can use Calibre to convert them to MOBI and email them to yourname@kindle.com (although the effect is not very good, compared with other conversion software I’ve tried, it’s the best).

2. News and blog RSS

  • Kindle4rss has been set up, but I found out that only paid users can automatically receive notifications. It’s really annoying!!!
  • The registration for iReader seems to be temporarily closed as their server is being upgraded.
  • Dog Ear is a name I don’t like, but I finally tried this one, and I’m quite satisfied with it.

Kindle system update:

Kindle can be updated to use the Duokan system.

There are two features in Duokan that I really like and are not available in the Kindle native system:

  • Multi-platform synchronization
  • Reading time statistics

When I received my Kindle Paperwhite, the system had already been updated to support PDFs, and there was a chance it could become bricked and require repairs, so I didn’t bother wasting my time flashing it with Duokan.

Translated by gpt-3.5-turbo