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there's a brand new Kindle and I don't understand why anyone would buy it I'm Bridget Carey this is you're seen that update I'm worried that Jeff Bezos has lost his mind because the Amazon CEO thinks you're gonna pay more for a basic Kindle e-reader than an iPad Amazon took the wraps off its brand new Kindle Oasis and it is the thinnest and the lightest ereader yet but it also comes at a laughable price it costs 290 dollars that's more than an iPad Mini in fact for that price you could buy two Kindle paperwhite and still have 50 bucks left over to buy some actual books or forget the books just go ahead and buy a $50 Kindle Fire tablet so what new perks come with the high priced Kindle Oasis well unfortunately you are not getting a water proof Kindle Oasis is a strange choice for a name when it can be defeated by hydration but it is 20% lighter designed to be held on the side with one hand so you can flip it to rotate the screen and hold it in the other hand also the lighting technology got a little better it's more uniformed and you get a swanky leather case that also includes a backup battery so you can keep reading for months without charging if you want a 3G internet connection that'll cost you extra that's three hundred and sixty dollars it's hard to justify why anyone would spend that much unless you have a pool of gold coins you dive into every night but let's move on to some smarter Amazon decisions the online retail giant recently threatened to banish anyone that's trying to sell faulty USB type-c charging cables on its site you see this new type C port is popping up on the latest phones and laptops but some cables sold on Amazon come from sketchy manufacturers and they could fry your device as some people learn the hard way but soon you may not have to worry about using a bad cable the group that sets the standard for this USB type-c port created new certification technology to protect consumers so it's not certified it just won't work on your device the hope is that this would also stop hackers from hiding a virus in the charger in other news google found a new way to guilt you for lazy if you find it hard to make time to work out or accomplish other goals now Google Calendar will find the time for you inside the Google Calendar app you'll find a new option called goals just pick the goal and how often you want it on your calendar and Google's gonna find a spot where it fits and yes you can adjust it if you found another reason not to hit the gym that's all for this technique sound up and you can head to cnet.com for more from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey