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How the Kindle Paperwhite Works
Take a look at the guts of the tiny and bright Kindle Paperwhite to see how Amazon packed in a well illuminated front-lit screen, a high-capacity battery, and the hardware to run the ebook reader in such a small space.
The exploded parts view and explanation comes to us courtesy of The New York Times and offers us a peek at everything from the light guides to the power management module inside the Paperwhite as well as how the e-ink itself works.
Light Reading: How the Kindle Paperwhite Works [The New York Times]
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Jason Fitzpatrick is warranty-voiding DIYer and all around geek. When he's not documenting mods and hacks he's doing his best to make sure a generation of college students graduate knowing they should put their pants on one leg at a time and go on to greatness, just like Bruce Dickinson. You can follow him on Google+ if you'd like.
- Published 12/31/12
Very interesting, Amazon.com, but when will you make Kindle Paperwhite available to those of us outside the US? Why not now? We are all customers, wherever we live.
I don’t get it DIC. I have one and I am 12,000 kms from the US. (Oz)
I got one of these for my birthday. Now I am learning what I do not like about e-readers.
I have an older (original) kindle. Does anyone know how they compare? Been thinking of updating to the paperwhite.
@grayboy
Good morning, neighbour (Kiwi here, mate).
I have Kindle 3rd Gen. When I looked to buy a PaperWhite, on Amazon.com, I found that It was only available in US and Canada. Said I could only have a model of those available in my territory, which did not include the PaperWhite.
Paperwhite started shipping in UK just before Christmas. I got mine delivered on 27th December