Amazon’s colorful and sturdy new Kindles
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Hi, friends! Welcome to <em>Installer</em> No. 146, your guide to the best and <em>Verge</em>-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, it's October already?, and also you can read all the old editions at the <a href="https://www.theverge.com/installer-newsletter"><em>Installer</em> homepage</a>.) </p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">This week, I'm wishing I could do <a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/1002172/potato-by-air-wing-drone-delivery">Walmart potato drone delivery in Portland</a>, watching Mike Tomlin explain <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_pQ1-5iQg">his incredible <em>Minecraft</em> city</a>, pondering if the <a href="https://shop.princestreetpizza.com/products/limited-edition-gears-of-war-prototype-lancer-pizza-cutter"><em>Gears of War</em> pizza cutter</a> is awesome or terrible, <a href="https://craigmod.com/walks/">exploring Craig Mod's walks</a>, nodding along with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1q-TuHdc4Y">MKBHD's video about YouTube's A/B video testing feature</a>, hoping that <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-13/phoebe-bridgers-phone-free-concerts-restore-the-power-of-live-music?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MDc4MTU5MiwiZXhwIjoxNzkxMzg2MzkyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR0tLMjNLR0lGUFIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4Q0NEMDRGNjgxQTM0NUVGQTY2RjZGRUFDNTRCMjhCNiJ9.B1j_SfINwFgbni_ASt3cHpSNPGAuU7fu5PO4qKo9Rn4">more concerts ban phones</a>, and celebrating soup season. It's here!</p>
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Programming note: David is back ne …</p>
<p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1004199/amazon-kindle-openai-dots-witcher-3-remastered-bose-wired-headphones">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>
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