Its good, but the competition is better
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Afterseveral monthsof slowly-increasing availability, Amazon isnow rolling outits biggest Kindle update in a while to all users.
“While the UI changes made the home screen look cleaner.
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you might no longer kill the recommendations section on the home page.
Before we get into all that, there’s one other great improvement.
They have to be learned by the user.
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The new interface doesn’t need to be learnedit’s intuitive.
In fact, the most significant software addition to the Kindle came in a previous update.
Kobo’s software is superior in almost every way.
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E-reader hardware is pretty similar across all brands.
The differentiator is the software.
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The Kobo range has a number of significant advantages over the Kindle.
One is that it has much better typography.
Books look like printed books instead of like a web online window from the 1990s.
There aren’t many more controls to tweak the typography.
It’s just all done better.
The dictionary is also superior.
The Kindle does make buying easier, though, with its one-tap purchases.
