The big news this week is that I have finally managed to track down a Kindle Voyage to purchase – yay! It’s not available in Canada, and it’s been out of stock on Amazon.com for weeks. I managed to order one from Best Buy so this weekend I will be making my yearly pilgrimage across the border to pick it up. It does really annoy me that Amazon always delays selling it to Canada when the UK and German markets get it at the same time as the US. Anyway, that’s my rant this week. I have chosen to pay extra this time and include 3G connectivity. The main reason I’m doing this is because I read on my Kindle a lot away from home – busses, cafes, the break room at lunch – and I’m missing the fact that it doesn’t then update my reading progress. This means that Whispersync for Voice doesn’t always update and work the way it should. I’m hoping that the 3g always on connectivity will help with that. Yes, I know, I could always connect to a WiFi network but I don’t always bother if I”m just having a quick 10 minute read….
Last night Amazon announced its 2014 lineup of Kindle ereaders and tablets. I will direct you to Amazon’s main Kindle page to get the full specs. Looking at the eIink ereaders first Amazon announced that the basic Kindle now comes with a touch interface. This will retail for CAD79. This looks a really nice entry into the ereader market and you could do a lot worse. At the opposite end of the spectrum, we have the new Kindle Voyage, which is smaller, lighter and with a higher resolution than ever before. It includes page turn functionality in the bezel – something many people seem to have been requesting – as well as enhanced reading features such as an expanded X-Ray, greater integration with GoodReads. This all seems excellent, but it does come with a hefty price tag. The Kindle Voyage retails from USD 199. It has optional 3G. However, for us Canadians, we’re out of luck. The Kindle Voyage is not yet available on the Amazon.ca store. I asked customer service and was told that they had no timeline for when it might be available. It is available in the UK, Germany and Japan so why not Canada? I seem to…