This makes the Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight the cheapest «ad - free» device with integrated
frontlight on the market.
«and it is rumored to use the same type
of frontlight technology that the Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo use»
The Kobo Aura One has a number of unique features, including a 7.8 - inch high - res E Ink screen, a waterproof design, and an auto -
adjusting frontlight with different color temperatures to filter out blue light.
So do you think Amazon should add the option for adjustable
frontlight color on the next new Kindle?
It looks more like the older Nook Touch and they brought the page buttons back and they added
adjustable frontlight color, but they ditched waterproofing.
But it has one big advantage — it is similar to reading book — you would not see anything at night (
without frontlight of course).
Hopefully you also compare the Bookeen Cybook Odyssey HD
Frontlight in the future.
The car also gets Adaptive
Frontlight System (AFS), this feature adjusts the headlight automatically depending on the driving condition, thus improving the safety quotient of the car.
Aside from the size difference, the device is very similar to the 6 - inch Kobo Glo in that it offers all the same ereading features and also comes equipped with an
LED frontlight for reading at night.
Like the Paperwhite, the Oasis has a user - adjustable
frontlight for reading in the dark.
It has a much
better frontlight with more even light distribution than the previous Nook Glow.
A new generation Sony e-Readers is due to be announced soon and it is rumored to use the same type of
frontlight technology that the Kindle Paperwhite and Kobo Glo use.
That's probably part of the reason the M96's E Ink screen looks so good to me: it's been two years since I've reviewed an E Ink ereader that didn't have an
added frontlight layer over the screen.
The latter slightly degrades the clarity of E Ink screens, as does any extra layer over the screen (
including frontlights).
Since we announced our partnership with Thalia last summer, we have seen a significant success in sales of the Cybook Odyssey
HD FrontLight sold by Thalia.
Some people like
lighter frontlights better and others like a softer yellow glow, especially when reading at night, but when it comes to Kindles it's just sort of the luck of the draw.
If you are the picky sort that can't stand any kind of imperfections in the screen (this is only with the light turned up, mind you), then you should avoid
frontlight ereaders in general because none are going provide as even lighting as LCD tablets.
That's what I was eluding to in the article about
frontlights not being as good on larger screens.
Light sensor automatically adjusts
frontlight brightness based on ambient lighting conditions (can be turned off).
I've seen Kobo
frontlights look completely different from one to the next as well.
I have had a e-reader since 2010, my cool - er and change for others Nook, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo mini, but now I only read in my kindle PW, Glo and Aura
because frontlight.
Type «Kindle Voyage Review» into Google search and not a single one on the first page mentions a single thing
about frontlight unevenness.
you can see some more pictures of the kobo aura over here, including a major bug and the not so
even frontlight.
I guess that's one of the benefits of having low expectations, but at the end of the day I don't think that the screen and
frontlight alone are going to be enough for most would - be buyers to overlook all the extra features of what the competition offers.
He went on to say «Pocketbook and Ectaco have both announced new digital readers that not only use our second generation Triton 2, but
also Frontlight display screens.»
I thought there would be little interest in rooting the new Nook GlowLight since it lacks an SD card slot and doesn't really offer anything new that the older Nooks don't have, aside from the
improved frontlight and higher resolution screen.
I still feel like the overall ereading experience and software is more polished and user - friendly on the Kindle Paperwhite, but the Kobo Glo is more open and comes with a microSD card slot and has a more
uniform frontlight, and provides a good alternative to the Kindle if you for whatever reason don't like Amazon's ecosystem.
Just wanted to clarify that all Cybooks * are compatible * with Adobe DRM, including the Cybook
Muse FrontLight, and you can read ebooks from any online bookstore (in any language) as long as they are in epub format, all you need to do is download them to your computer, then transfer them to your Cybook via usb.
When deploying an outdoor epaper display, protection against vandalism and the elements should be taken into account, as well as the question of
integrating frontlights and UV protection.
E Ink screens can be scratched, and
frontlight layers are often easy to puncture, but you're better off keeping your Kindles and E Ink ereaders in a case to protect the screen instead of using a screen protector that's just going to make the screen look worse.
Our customers will be able to discover Bookeen's
new FrontLight technology within major bookshops thanks to our expert booksellers.
I tend to like
whiter frontlights better like on the Kindle Paperwhite, but it comes down to personal preference.
Like the current Kindles, the new Libro ereaders are aiming for very different users, with the Libro Basic offering just a Pearl E-ink screen (no Wifi, even) while the Libro Touch and the Libro TouchLux also offer a touchscreen and a touchscreen
+ frontlight, respectively.
Like the Kobo Glo, the Kobo Aura HD also has a built - in
frontlight called ComfortLight to illuminate the screen.
Again, the Mirasol implementation is a giant leap ahead of how
frontlighting worked on reflective LCDs.
Hope Kobo will have a bigger screen and will use the new color e-ink with
frontlight display screen this year to compete with Kindle upcoming models.
PocketBook InkPad 3 gives new opportunity to create
daily frontlight templates, assigning the settings for any hour of a day depending on the schedule and personal preferences.
PocketBook Touch HD 2 Ruby Red gives new opportunity to create daily
frontlight templates, assigning the settings for any hour of a day depending on the schedule and personal preferences.
I have been waiting patiently for Sony to get caught up with the rest of the universe, so I didn't buy any of the
other frontlight eink readers because IMO none of them can compete with Sony's advanced software (especially with pdf files).
I examined four Kindle Voyage devices before buying one of them, but it still had
uneven frontlight color / intensity bottom to top.
Amazon's worked to refine the new Paperwhite's
frontlighting tech, as the O.G. model's was good, but somewhat uneven.
Aside from having the same 1440 x 1080 E Ink Pearl screen, both
feature frontlights and have Wi - Fi, 4 GB of internal storage space, a microSD card slot, 512 MB RAM, and 1 GHz processors.
FWIW, I'm thinking that
Kobo frontlights might be as variable as those for Kindle because I don't notice much / any blotchiness on my KAI.