Amazon, no doubt drowned by a deluge of Apple-related news, has released a flood of new Kindles. At the top end, there’s a brand new magnesium-body Kindle Voyage e-book reader and an updated Kindle Fire HDX 8.9. At the low end, there’s a new 6-inch Kindle Fire HD6 (just $100!) and a new $80 Kindle e-book reader with touch controls. And finally, in the middle, there’s the Kindle Fire HD Kids Edition — a ruggedized kid-proof tablet that comes in 6- and 7-inch flavors, costing $150 and $190 respectively.
According to early hands-on impressions, the Kindle Voyage (pictured top and below) is very slick indeed. The Voyage is essentially an upgrade to 2012′s Kindle Paperwhite, with the latest e-ink display technology (probably the E Ink Carta), a magnesium back, and a new page-turning method called PagePress. The Voyage’s display touts a resolution of 300 PPI (up from 167 PPI on your normal Kindle or 212 PPI on your Kindle Paperwhite), and significantly increased contrast. The screen is now flush with the bezel, too, which makes the device look very slick indeed. The front-lit screen now adapts to ambient lighting. With PagePress, you can now turn pages just by pushing down on the bezel — haptic feedback (a small buzz) will let you know that the page turn was successful. The whole thing, with the magnesium back, is very slim indeed — just 7.6mm — and it’s lighter than the Paperwhite too. The only problem is price: The Kindle Voyage starts at $200 for the WiFi model with Special Offers.
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