Quote Deskisamess
"Through conversion" means just what it says.
Epub is listed as natively, though. Perhaps a mistake on someone's part.
Quote Sirtel
Epub is listed as natively, though. Perhaps a mistake on someone's part.
I see this when I look at the details:
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Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC natively; HTML DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP, EPUB, TXT, RTF through conversion; Audible audio format (AAX).
Quote Deskisamess
"Through conversion" means just what it says.
I read it as unprotected ePub is supported.
Must be an error on the Amazon UK site. Epub is listed as through conversion on the US site.
Saying epub is supported "through conversion" is stupid. By that logic, it supports every format known to man - as long as you first convert it to a format that the device actually understands. Duh.
I think they may have just obsoleted the Paperwhite.
Quote haertig
Saying epub is supported "through conversion" is stupid. By that logic, it supports every format known to man - as long as you first convert it to a format that the device actually understands. Duh.
amazon provides the conversion, so that is support.
But as others have pointed out, the UK site says (likely in error) that EPUB is supported natively.
Quote haertig
I think they may have just obsoleted the Paperwhite.
The PW5 has a 6.8" screen. The new Kindle Basic is in no way ever going to obsolete any Kindle with a larger screen.
Quote j.p.s
amazon provides the conversion, so that is support.
I disagree. The device does not support it.
The "support" you talk of is an outside thing, it is a service provided by Amazon that is completely separate from the device itself. The device knows nothing - zilch - about the formats it supposedly "supports through conversion". If Amazon starts charging for the service, limits it only to books purchased from Amazon, or drops it entirely - could it still be said that the device "supports the format"? Can you sideload a book in this "supported format"? No. Because the device does not actually support the format, except through the magic of misleading marketing jargon.
Quote JSWolf
The PW5 has a 6.8" screen. The new Kindle Basic is in no way ever going to obsolete any Kindle with a larger screen.
You are assuming that everyone wants a bigger screen.
It's kind of like the iPhones that kept getting bigger and bigger. Eventually a segment of the market rebelled and Apple was forced (via market pressure) to start offering smaller iPhones again. Not everyone can (or wants to) fit something the size of a home theater setup into their pocket.
