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this is the Kindle 2014 Amazon's entry-level Yankee reader it sports a touchscreen and starts at $79 for the special offers for ad-supported version hi I'm David Carr Noy and welcome to another seen at first look video like the line topping voyage this is an entirely new Kindle lost a little generic looking it seems a bit better engineered than other entry-level II readers I've used weighs in at a pretty spelt six point seven ounces and measures 0.4 inches thick and there's something endearing about its clean utilitarian design that seems to say I'm boring but you can count on me to do my job that job is to store and serve up ebooks and other documents on a screen that's easily readable in direct sunlight in this case the screen is a previous generation pearl e-ink display that's not quite as sharp as the higher resolution card a display found on the top-of-the-line voyage but the good news is that the core specs for all the Kindles are now virtually identical the internal memory has been bumped up from two gigabytes to four gigabytes which is enough to store thousands of e-books and amazon has unified all its readers under a one gigahertz processor with all its readers now on a touchscreen platform that also means that Amazon can offer the same suite of features across its entire eReader line and stream line updates the experience and all the devices going to be pretty similar but one key feature you gain by stepping up to the paperwhite and voyage is an integrated light those models also have a slightly more responsive capacitive touch screen while this one goes with the older IR based touchscreen with IR sensors embedded in the bezel this device charges via microUSB though only a cable and no power adapter is included in the box battery life is rated at four weeks based on half an hour of reading per day with the Wi-Fi off that's less than what the paperwhite and voyage offer but at this point with battery life measured in weeks rather than hours that reduce battery ratings shouldn't be a serious issue it's worth noting that's a good idea to get a case for your Kindle Amazon sells a couple nice ones for this model but they are a little pricey starting at $29.99 other more affordable case revell and just be aware that whatever case you do get is what will give this eReader its personality for ultimately the kindle 2014 is a bit of a blank slate perhaps purposely so in the end I think this Kindle is a good deal at $79 my only reservation is the lack of that integrated light but if you can live without that feature this is a solid if unspectacular ereader that delivers the full kindle touchscreen reading experience for a very affordable price I'm David Carr Noy thanks for watching