Review, Usage Guide and Tips for Amazon Kindle e-book Reader in India

All-New Kindle (10th Gen), 6" Display now with Built-in Light, 4 GB, Wi-Fi 

Features 

- 6 inch display, 167 ppi glare-free feels to eyes like real paper, even in direct sunlight.

- Adjustable front light - read comfortably - 24 levels of light from zero to max. 

- As no internet browser, speaker and media options one can read distraction-free. 

- Dictionary feature, Highlight passages, look up definitions, translate words

- Adjust text size—without ever leaving the page (2 finger zoom works).

- Huge and larger selection compared to other options like Kobo

- Book formats size is very compact and so even 4GB can holds thousands of titles, so virtually you can carry library with you.

- Prime reading gives you ten books at any time from a selection of Kindle books. If you need another book, just return one of the existing ones and new one can be downloaded. (Limit of 10 is valid as of May 2019). 

- Amazing battery life. A single battery charge lasts weeks, not hours.

- This device does not support playback of Audible audiobooks.
- Experimental Browser - for very basic web browsing in Black and White

 

- Product dimensions - 160mm x 113mm x 8.7mm

Usage review - 

- This 2019 Kindle 10th Gen makes an already well designed product even better.

- Light weight for its size. At 174 grams, comfortable for even for single hand use.
- Addition of back-light to this base model of latest gen device is a welcome step.

- Although it has 4 LEDs in back-light the light is very uniform across the screen and there are no patches of brightness. You need back-light only in dark or if you prefer a brighter screen. Based on ambient light and what is comfortable to your eyes light can be adjusted at 24 different levels.

- No charger is included. Only a USB cable which can be used to charge from any standard 5V USB charger or a computer. Micro USB port is on lower edge of the device as you see in picture. Next to it is the power button. 

- Availability of many free books as per of Prime Reading (for Prime members) makes money spent more worth it for me.
- Price of many international titles as well as Indian books is far lower for Kindle edition compared to paper backs and hard cover books.

- Resolution of 167ppi sounds low when we compare with phone screens which have upwards of 400ppi these days but with e-ink screen and the book reading this resolution and clarity is really good.

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Here is some views of device menus and options

- On this Kindle Bluetooth is not enabled for audio books (as of May 2019). 

There are good accessibility options in case you need assistance. These include ofcourse the font size adjustment, screen adjustments for brightness as well as screen reader which can read out buttons and menus for guidance and operation. As there is no builtin speaker one has to be a bluetooth speaker or earphone. volume and speech rate of spoken feedback can be adjusted. 

- In accessibility settings when VoiceView Screen Reader is enabled you can setup a Bluetooth speaker or headset which can be used for listening to on screen menus and commands and if a book page is open it starts to read the same. This is not a very good audio book experience.

- Reading options have language learning features which can be good for learning new words and vocabulary skills.

Experimental Browser
There is a very basic experimental Web browser in Kindle and can be accessed from the top right corner of menu (three dots). Refer to the picture. With this you can have basic browsing done.

   

Parental control options are available to restrict features and content with a passcode. 

Let me know if you have any questions on usage experiences, instructions and tips on transferring books to especially the NCERT and CBSE school books to Kindle?

For converting books for CBSE or any other NCERT books to make them compatible with Kindle, I used Calibre SW which is very easy to use and works flawlessly. 

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