If Kobo releasing a new larger - screen ereader doesn't finally get Amazon to release a larger Kindle nothing will.
Not exact matches
Their Android apps aren't designed for E Ink so they don't work as well as their
ereader counterparts, but there are some reading apps that have been modified to work well with E Ink
screens.
While it doesn't have the same, easy - on - the - eye e-ink display as a dedicated
ereader, the HD
screen is sharp and text looks good.
I repeat the question that I asked you in an old post... Why
do the big
screen ereaders have no light?
I would however like a flush
screen other than that I don't see any improvements that's needed the paperwhite is a excellent
ereader.
Given the 120 hour battery life, the 3 light model is the better value, but I found the 6 light unit
does cover the entire
screen of a 6 - inch
ereader with a brighter, more even light.
There should be more large
screen ereaders for senior citizens and people with vision problems — I don't know why there aren't more options.
Kobo is on their third version of an
eReader with «glow
screen,» and Sony doesn't even have one?
I am serious advocate of large
screen Ereaders, I believe trend of sales doesn't imply most prefered choice it would
do only if there are enough options available, it is said in the same way before 5inch phone became the most preferable option and before the tablets booming on 9inch, if I am not wrong iPad Air has more sales than iPad mini.....
I was expecting an
ereader with new HD
screen, but apparently it
does use the same one as Glo.
large
screen is good for
ereaders, but i think that don't mean 9.7 or 8.0 inch at least to me, to me and maybe to most of people who voted to large
screen the right and perfect size is 6.46 and / or 7.0 inch.
They have a wishlist on their desktop app for Mac, but that wishlist doesn't exist on any other platform I know of (iOS, their main website, and their online
eReader - site), and you can only add books to it from the main
screen of the desktop app for some reason, but not when you look at the page of a specific book.
But it's telling that all manufacturers of
eReaders don't carry large
eReaders anymore, most users use a tablet rather than a traditional
eReader when you need that much
screen real estate.
The crispness of the images and text on the
screen does not match the reality of the
ereader I purchased.
Its high - contrast
screen (16 levels of grey) didn't seem to be bothered by the bright lights in the demonstration area, and I assume it'll
do fine in bright sunlight as all
eReaders do.
The dedicated
eReader (with its pitiful eInk
screen and inability to
do little other than read books) was supposed to join the GPS unit, the MP3 player, and the camcorder in the dustbin of history, buried by tablets and smart phones.
However, as the
screen is that little bit better and the Kindle book - buying experience pretty much unbeatable, the Kindle is still our
ereader of choice if the lack of EPUB support doesn't mean much to you.
Just don't give me any more false hopes on a large
screen ereader.
I don't even mind the
screen not flush with the bezel but I just hope Kobo kind of refines the way their
ereader handles PDF files with pinch to zoom functionality.
LCD
ereaders don't fair well in bright light and non-frontlight E Ink
ereaders need a reading light or lamp to illuminate the
screen in lower light.
It's hard not to be a little disappointed with the Kindle Paperwhite given the fact the lighting isn't perfectly uniform across the entire
screen and there's no longer any text - to - speech or audio support, but at the end of the day it's still my favorite E Ink Kindle that Amazon has released thus far, because from an
ereading perspective it can
do all the things the other Kindles can, with the added benefit of having a
screen that is readable in low light.
The Energy
eReader Slim will always have an image on its
screen, but
do not worry as it will not consume your
eReaders battery.
A lit case is a brilliant innovation because some
ereaders like the Keyboard, Touch and the basic Amazon designs are not backlit, i.e. they doesn't work like a bright
screen computer or mobile phone.
Bormasina belongs to a very small segment of the market that only wants an
eReader to read at night, and doesn't care about
screen contrast or the glare issues during daytime reading, an activity he / she doesn't seem to participate in.
That being said, the inkBook still suffers from the same kind of issues that all Android
ereaders suffer from: most 3rd party apps don't work well because they aren't designed for E Ink
screens; battery life isn't as good as non-Android
ereaders; the page buttons only work with a few apps; and the Android software is less - optimized than what you get on Kindles and Kobos, and it lacks some features that they offer.
I'm not against using
screen protectors, in fact they can work quite well with tablets and phones (a
screen protector has been holding together the cracked
screen on my Lenovo Tab2 10 for the past 6 months), but I don't think E Ink
ereaders and
screen protectors are a good mix.
It didn't really make much sense for Kobo to discontinue the Glo HD because now they don't have a 6 - inch model with a high - res
screen to compete with all the other 300 ppi
ereaders.
I would love to upgrade to one with a better battery, but none of the Nook dedicated
ereaders meet my needs, and I don't want to read on a backlit
screen.
It doesn't have an adjustable frontlight color like Kobo's other
ereaders, and it's not waterproof either, and again the lower resolution
screen isn't ideal.
It just doesn't make sense to sell an
ereader with inferior
screen tech that's 6 years old.
The original Nook, in part because of the LCD
screen, doesn't get very good battery life compared to other E Ink
ereaders, so hopefully the new Nook will improve in that area.
If they used a newer high - resolution Carta
screen it might be a different story, but the old low - res Pearl
screens aren't
doing ereaders any favors.
I
do believe that color
screens will be a game changer (not the book), and will cause
ereader sales to really soar.
Reflective LCD
screens have been used on
ereaders in the past on devices like the Aluratek Libre, but those were monochrome and not very energy efficient, and certainly didn't use Memory - In - Pixel technology.
Most
ereaders don't use grey shades because their designers are interminably dull — it's so that they fit in better with the slightly greyish look of the E-ink
screen.
There is a good review over on Electronista, but the summary is that the Kobo
eReader does a fine job at reading books, has a nice e-Ink
screen and great battery life, and is a good value at just $ 149.
On top of that, until color
screens come into fashion in the
eReading world there will always be some question of whether enough is being
done to hold student attention.
Maybe that'll open up the door for other brands, or at least large -
screen ereaders since Amazon doesn't have any.
When it first debuted, Barnes & Noble's Nook Tablet went head - to - head with Amazon's Kindle Fire with a great
screen, microSD card slot and a stylish design, but the company may have
done itself a disservice by pricing its 7 - inch color
eReader $ 50 higher.
Perhaps Amazon has decided it's not enough that the Kindle 3 has saved the
eReader market from the iPad — It also wants to make sure the iPad doesn't kill off the large
screen eReader market.
I don't know why showing book covers on the sleep
screen isn't a common feature across all
ereaders.
What's most impressive is the refresh rate; apparently the Pocketbook 360 Plus uses E Ink's latest Pearl display and a new Freescale processor, which together
do away with the flashing black
screen we usually associate with
ereaders.
The
screens can crack and
eReaders do get dropped, stepped on and worse.
Although there are interests to see a much bigger
screen eReader, the limited support and hefty price of Sony's writing slate clearly
do not indicate the company's focus on general consumers.
This means that PDF books created to be printed on standard legal (or A4) size paper
do not typically display well on smaller
screen ereaders such as the Amazon Kindle or the Barnes & Noble NOOK.
What is surprising is the fact that they are calling it the Energy
eReader Pro «HD» when it has the exact same
screen as the previous model, so the «HD» doesn't mean what you'd think it would.
The
eReader will always have an image on its
screen, but
do not worry as it will not consume your
eReaders battery.
The Color E Ink display
does function a whole lot like grayscale E Ink displays, where the
screen itself is illuminated from ambient light instead of a backlight, and this helps save power while assisting
eReader manufacturers to construct devices that have superior battery life.
Like the Nook Simple Touch, the Kobo
eReader Touch Edition, and Sony's latest e-readers, this one uses special Neonode infrared technology to sense when you touch the
screen — and it works very well, though don't expect iPad - like responsiveness because of e-ink's inherently laggy nature.
Simply put, it has a nice big
screen, an open operating system, and there isn't anything it can't
do in terms of
ereading.