The thing weighs just 130 grams, without a case, and the new tapered body – it's slightly thicker at the edge for easy gripping and wafer thin for the rest of the way – is a pleasure to hold. With 60 per cent more lighting than our beloved Voyage, every page is evenly lit, free from the slightest shading. But at $US380 plus shipping costs, this is the first Kindle we've drawn the line at. In recent years, I've ordered the next generation Kindle sight unseen, flying them in from the US via long before they became available here. I really had intended to return to Woodlands with a Kindle Oasis, the best e-reader ever. Whether you need Anchor Points once a year or every day, it's so useful that we wonder why Apple hasn't snapped up the IP and built it into every iPhone. If you need to organise a bunch of first-time visitors to meet somewhere in the grounds of Sydney University, this is the way to coordinate them. You can also load in latitude and longitude for places you haven't yet been to, dropping pins on a map or entering them manually, and Anchor Pointer users can share target locations. If you've ever misplaced your car in an unfamiliar city or a mega carpark, or forgotten the way back to a perfect riverside picnic spot, this is for you. Head that way, negotiate obstacles, keep an eye on your handset and you'll arrive where you need to be.
The message is that your target is 1200 metres away, north by north east. There are no turn by turn street directions here. Just place an anchor, name it, and follow the compass pointer to track back whenever you want, with the app reporting and updating the direction and distance. The solution turns out to be Anchor Pointer, an iPhone app that lets you drop a digital anchor at any GPS coordinate and return to it using a virtual compass. I needed a way to mark a point in a wide, unstructured area and be guided back to it. Every smartphone has an app mapping the roads, but a road map's no use in the middle of a vast nature park, or a car park, or the Royal Melbourne Showgrounds.
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