Kindle Oasis ditches symmetry for a more grippable shape
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Amazon unveiled its Kindle Oasis e-reader yesterday. The Oasis hardware, with its 300-PPI e-ink display and 10-LED backlight, is reminiscent of the Kindle Voyager's. The Oasis' wedge-body design tapers from .33" to .13" thick, though, unlike more slate-shaped Kindles. That taper is being billed as an ergonomic handgrip. In our review of the Kindle Touch, the device's balance was a concern for extended reading sessions, and the Oasis' new body might solve that problem. However, this design does mark a departure from the symmetric beauty we've enjoyed in the past few Kindle generations.
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