Gallery: With Its New Kindles, Amazon Tries to Replicate the Magic of Paper

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    The Kindle Voyage is the first Amazon reader with a glass screen. The glass is textured, making it feel like real paper.
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    One of the Kindle’s new features is “Word Wise,” which defines words without disrupting your reading. You can adjust the intensity of that, too.
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    The e-ink display is a touchscreen, but you can also flip through pages using the touch-sensitive strips on the side bezel.
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    You can rest your thumbs on the touch-sensitive “PagePress” strips without turning pages, and you can adjust the strips’ sensitivity.
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    The new Kindle Fire HDX is the first tablet built around the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805, which should make it a stellar gaming tablet.
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    A lot of features carry over from the last version of the HDX, including better (and louder) stereo speakers ‎than you'll find on many tablets.
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    Along with the new higher-end Kindles, Amazon launched lower-priced Kindle HD tablets in 6- and 7-inch sizes. Those will also sell as bumper-equipped Kids Editions.
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    The Fire Keyboard is a super-slim $60 accessory that works with any Bluetooth-input device. There’s a new $55 Origami cover to help you tote it around.
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