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Update: The color Kindle has arrived. It has surprised many that the latest Kindle takes the form of not an e-ink based device, but instead a multi-functional portable tablet PC, and it’s name is Kindle Fire.
Gone is the monochrome display, and in is bright color (16 million colors to be precise).
This is the cheap tablet many people have been waiting for. But it isn’t the color e-ink that many wanted. Instead we have an entry level tablet that will do all those tablet type things we expect from something much more expensive (watch movies, listen to music, read books, play games, surf the net etc). You can read all about the Kindle Fire Tablet in our more recent post.
Back to our original article:
We all want to know the Color Kindle 4 Release Date. But we know that there won’t be any announcements just yet. New Kindle Readers tend to be released during the summer so we expect any news is likely in July. For now though at least we at last know that a Kindle in color is a real possibility.
Color E-Ink or LCD Color Kindle Tablet?
Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO) is still saying that color e-ink still isn’t quite up to the standard he would like to see in any dedicated ebook reader. But that won’t stop a color Kindle being developed; its just that is more likely to be an entry level tablet, that will be sold alongside the monochrome Kindle readers we are already familiar with. This would create a range, more like that of the Nook. Of course, though the latest introduction of the Simple Nook Touch Reader is making waves, so perhaps, alongside a color Kindle tablet, we will see a swift move to a touch-screen Kindle 3 as well.
At CES 2011 in Vegas Hanvon introduced the world to its first full color electronic ink eReader. Does that mean we will see a Kindle with full color soon? Well who knows, but it certainly looks that way as so many people do want to read in color. However the issue is likely to be whether consumers actually find color e-ink acceptable. Yes over 4000 colors can be displayed and the images are very sharp. But unlike back-lit displays there is not the same brightness or saturation we have come to accept. Nor can the refresh speed cope with animations or the like.
It seems there will still be a place for back-lit e-readers for those that want brighter colors. Still though the option of a color Kindle will be widely welcomed by some. We just hope they aren’t disappointed that it won’t look like an iPad!
Until late in 2010 it seemed that e-ink would remain excellent but monochrome. The fantastic news that E-ink Triton – a full color version of the easy on the eye electronic ink display was greeted with excitement by those that want ebook readers to move forwards but do not want to choose the bright, but power hungry LCD back-lit displays used in tablet PCs.
Color Triton displays can still perform with excellent battery life like the current Pearl versions and there is no glare associated with them. If you want color without the bright lights of a tablet you might just love it. But don’t get your hopes up just yet. Hanvon are not planning on selling their new color ebook reader in the US so it looks like we will have to wait for Amazon to bring us a color Kindle release date before we can see what we really think of Triton displays in practice.
Will You Buy a Color Kindle?
This is what our readers answered:
Would You Be Interested in a Kindle With Color Display?
- Yes (97%, 3,390 Votes)
- No (3%, 116 Votes)
Total Voters: 3,506
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I have been holding out for the color kindle only because I have a 6 month old and would love to have his books on it for trips. colors are so important to children , not so much for myself. I prefer books without pictures and would be fine with the monochrome. I love the look of the kindle so much more then the nook and other readers.
Good comment I never thought of that and with a new Granddaughter it would be ideal for home learning
Pls notify me when the colour kindle is available. Thanks
Yes,
I would like to know when the Color Kindle is available. I have a Color Photography eBook on iTunes (iBookstore) now and would love to have it on Amazon. Just don’t think there would be much interest in downloading a Color Photography book and then only be able to view it in B&W.
please send email with kindle color release date.
PLease notify me when the release date is available. thanks
I have a monochrome kindle. I will waiting for new color kindle. I think this product is the best ebook reader. Please notify if you get information about when the color kindle will release. thank you
I am holding out for a color Kindle! Please let me know when they are available.
Please notify me when the Kindle Color is available or when a release date is known.
thanks
PLease notify me when the release date is available. thanks
I would like to be notified
please let me know when the colour kindle is released
Definitely interested in the K4!
I’d like to be notified when a Kindle with full color display will be released
I don’t see the sign up form on the right.
Please notify me when the new color kindle is available. I prefer the 9.7″ screen.
Bruce
Just signed up for an extensive & expensive online course where the books are online only to discover I need to set the zoom to 200% just to be able to read it! When I blow the font up large enough I can read it then I can’t see the entire page but have to scroll back & forth for every bloody line. I am REALLY hoping a color Kindle both comes out soon & doesn’t cost a ton
Of course I would be interested in a Colour Kindle, but it’s a cheep marketing trick to currently advertise new books for the Kindle on Amazon with the book jackets in colour
Kindle color very perfect but not with the big screen. Only with the small ” 6″ screen.Pretty perfect and touch screen
i cant wait for a color kindle, magazines come to life
It is nice to know the progress I would by a color ink Kindle.
But please can we have a reaable keyboard when you update and larger fonts for the menus.
This is the best way forward to enable people like me to read with the limited vision we have. (severely vision impaired), we just cannot read books and search them like the rest of the population.
I am interested in the color just because I intend to use it for graphs if possible.
Love my 3G WiFi kindle! Sometimes it gets internet connectivity in places where my sprint phone doesn’t even get it. Color is the only thing missing. Please let me know when it will be available.
I really want color, but my husband will be needing text to speech in a Kindle for vision problems. Larger fonts would help too. It must be affordable too. I’ll hold out a bit longer. Let me know.
@ Kristi – the current Kindle 3 has text to speak and very large fonts so that one might suit your husband now.
Color kindle? SO COOL!!!! i might get one so tell me when it comes out. Does anyone think that it will come out before oct.? please reply!
Please e-mail me release date when available
COLOR……………………..MMMMMMMMMMMM. CANT WAIT
A color kindle would be awesome, please let me know when it is coming!!
Please advise when the color Kindle will be available. Thanks
Kinde color great 6 years after everything else is in color! Amazon is on the cutting edge. Let’s see just how subpar it will be.
Black and white is ricidulous in a color world. My cell phone is in color. The iPad is in color and finally the Nook is in color. When is Amazon going to get the picture, we want to see pictures in color!!!
This debate has been going on far too long and it was ridiculous on it’s face in the first place. Eye strain. Give me a break. If my phone is in color, then I’m not going back to black and white for any reason.
Get on board and make a color Kindle, although everyone might be out of the notion now since it’s so far behind the curve.
Please let me know when kindle color is available.
I really want to view magazines and books with graphics. So I really want a color kindle with good graphics.
Will it be out for Christmas 2011???? I hope so, it is at the top of my list for Christmas.
there is no point of the e-book category if they are LCD, simply no point. E-ink is paper like, generous on battery and helthy on the eyes, thats why we read, keep hours and hours on the e-screen. If i need to read on an LCD id rather buy the hardcopy instead. I dont care about color. Yes its cool to have a color screen but it cannot stand a chance with the lost of all the advatages of the e-ink
I can’t wait
a full color Kindle is definitely something i’m looking to get hands on. i do not use any “i” products & the information/specs i’ve found on the Nook seem to suggest that i’m better off waiting for a full color version of the Kindle. as a writer, i hope it will be compatible w/text files & Word docs. it will be great if it has solid wireless capabilities & a relatively long battery life. i read graphic novels in addition to traditional texts, so full color is highly desirable. when e-readers became available i said i wouldn’t get 1 until i could get a full color version that did most if not all of what i would want 1 to do. i’m still waiting…
Yes, please notify me when/if a color Kindle is released.
I would be interested in a color Kindle as long as it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. Pls. let me know.
I’ve wanted to get reference books on my kindle but it would be a waste of money without color.
Please inform me when the new kindle is release.
I’m holding out for the color kindle because I prefer no backlighting, but want to be able to look at my magazine subscriptions and maybe use some tablet like functions-web surfing? I know it won’t have the same color brightness, but I don’t care. E-ink technology is a superior technology for reading. I also want my battery life to remain decent…hopefully!
Please notify me of the color kindle release date. I have a nook and I’m not happy. I can get more books expecially my choice of reading on a kindle. I CAN’T WAIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to have Full Color, touch screens, larger fonts, strong wireless capabilities, longer battery life, compatible with Words. I need all this cause I read lots of graphic novels and magazines. Maybe I’m asking for a lot but I don’t want a tablet to read my books and magazine, my teenager is also waiting since he says he was born with colors and touch screens, and he is not willing to compromise with B&W and buttons.
I just bought the Kindle 3 and I love it! But…. I would love to have it in color. Black and white books are great, but magazines need color. Textbooks also need color because they have graphs and pics. It took me a long time to decide to shell out the money for a Kindle and now it could be replaced.
Would love a color Kindle for craft and other arts-type books that don’t quite make it in shades of gray. Would be great to tote along kids books where color is necessary to keep little ones occupied.
Yes bring the Kindle color on!!!!
Textbooks for health and medical fields are huge, heavy and full of photographs that depict individuals with specific symptoms. Would be great to have those textbooks available in a Kindle version.
I adore my Kindle 3 but a color e-ink Kindle would be amazing. I love the whole concept of E-ink and I hope the technology develops fast enough to outdo LCD.
I’m so happy the Kindle is finally coming out. I have one of the first Kindles and was considering buying the Nook just because it’s in color. It’s so perfect for kid books. I just bought, “The Tree That I am” and the book is awesome. My only disappointment is that it’s not in color on the Kindle and when you look at the book on Amazon, the colors are so cool.
I meant the Kindle in color! I want it!!!!
I love my Kindle and I would by a color E-ink version in a skinny minute! Back lit screens are hard on my eyes and I do not enjoy using them for reading.
I want a color Kindle!
Would love to see kindle with a color display. Please notify me.
Drop me an email when the colour kindle is released.
Thanks jojo