There are 8 buttons including
page turn buttons — a nice add - on to the touchscreen.
Many users will enjoy a very responsive e-reader with
fast page turn speeds and tons of ways to change the EPUB experience.
This is a massive update that really allows for faster
page turn speeds and a ton of new options for the e-ink refresh rate.
This new e-reader does have a touchscreen, but also
physical page turn buttons on the left and right side.
The company estimates you can get achieve about 7,500 continuous
page turns on a single charge, and my tests indicate similar results.
However, the test runs are a much more reliable measure than one person's «feel»
for page turn speeds.
A pair
of page turn buttons sits at either side of the screen, resting under your thumb in a way that's comfortable enough to provoke a deep, satisfied sigh.
The lack of manual
page turn keys really hurts it against the competition.
It will finally make Android driven e-readers more viable because refreshing speed will be increased by a few hundred percent, which will make complex animations, such as
animated page turns more viable.
The important things happen fast enough, like smooth streaming of video or snappy
page turning in books.
There you will find the camera with LED flash, as well
as page turn buttons on each side.
While some features
like page turn and loading speed were fast enough to impress, the standard features of the update are fairly simple, including a bug fix or two.
There is an animated
page turn when you are reading books but there is an option to shut it off.
There's more processing power under the hood, which
makes pages turn faster (and smoother).
I think the issue with
slow page turning with PDFs has to do with the formatting / compression / hidden information in the file.
I prefer 10 - point text, but younger eyes will need
fewer page turns with 8 - point text.
The other thing I was impressed with was the
new page turn buttons and 5 - way controller.
The reader also appears to bring a few under - the - hood upgrades as well, with a faster processor that is claimed to enable
quicker page turns.
Average
page turn time comes in noticeably over 2 seconds for every push of the button, including navigating the simple black and white menu.
The
rapid page turn engine is very compelling for people who read comics, manga or ebooks on a regular basis.
Everything
from page turning options and tolerance is very useful to larger screen tablets.
And, when a campaign finishes and the book is fully funded, your campaign
page turns into a promotional page for your book.
This is based on approximately 30 minutes of reading per day and one
page turn per minute.
Not only is it beautiful to read from, but it also eliminates flashes
between page turns, and features touch controls like pinch - to - zoom.
We compare the two devices for menu and features and take a look
at page turns.
It lacks a touch screen,
so page turns are accomplished via buttons mounted on either side.
Speaking of bridge moments, has one of the
better page turn reveals I've read in a «2000 A.D.» strip.
The most noticeable feature is the addition of a touch screen from which you do all your navigating,
including page turning (optional).
However, not everybody is conscientious in producing a well - rounded,
page turning book with impeccable production values.
A powerful 1 GHz CPU and 512 MB of RAM provide
smooth pages turning and stable use of any application.
I wonder whether performance might not be better than the 1.5
second page turns you described.
It provides users with 33 % faster
single page turns, delivering a fast - paced, immersive reading experience when reading manga or an e-book.
Having more text on the screen means
less page turns and allows you to go back a bit to read a previous paragraph without having to go to a previous page.
You can have a specific page read aloud or you can use two fingers and gesture on the screen to enable
automatic page turn mode.