There are also certain reasons a Nook App Store might be very powerful — There are a lot of Android Apps and a lot of Android developers, people who prefer a dual -
screen ereader with a second LCD screen are likelier to be open to apps, B&N might give apps a lot more freedom than the Kindle App Store (perhaps even let them create PDF readers and ePub readers).
Last week I posted about the Energy eReader Pro HD, a new thin flush -
screen ereader with Android 4.2 and Google Play from Energy Sistem, an electronics company based in Spain.
Not exact matches
CB hasn't yet played
with one of the new - generation Kobo
eReaders, but they're the first device to market
with the fast Freescale i.MX508 processor, and use Neonode's zForce infrared technology to make their Pearl E Ink
screens touch - sensitive.
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.
My ideal
ereader has a ~ 8 inch
screen, running open android, is waterproof, has the blue - light filter and displays epub and pdf files
with absolutely no lag.
When you make it
with a color
screen ok 8 ″ is small to read science books, comics, newspapers... And the
ereader 13,3 ″ should have color
screen.
There are many
ereaders with broken displays on ebay and a flexible
screen could solve that problem.
It doubles the size of a standard
ereader, but it can use regular
screen with higher resolutions, front light and maybe it's cheaper?
The updated Kindle
eReader retains its 6 - inch touch
screen, but
with a slightly slimmer, lighter body to make it even easier to carry
with you every day, in your pocket, handbag or briefcase.
With the Touch Edition, Sony has given us one of the best designed readers on the market and with the touch screen marrying perfectly with the new user interface, we have a couple features which really make this one of the most desirable ebook readers around, and should be a serious contender if you're looking to upgrade or be buying an eReader for the first t
With the Touch Edition, Sony has given us one of the best designed readers on the market and
with the touch screen marrying perfectly with the new user interface, we have a couple features which really make this one of the most desirable ebook readers around, and should be a serious contender if you're looking to upgrade or be buying an eReader for the first t
with the touch
screen marrying perfectly
with the new user interface, we have a couple features which really make this one of the most desirable ebook readers around, and should be a serious contender if you're looking to upgrade or be buying an eReader for the first t
with the new user interface, we have a couple features which really make this one of the most desirable ebook readers around, and should be a serious contender if you're looking to upgrade or be buying an
eReader for the first time.
Luckily, I happen to have a brand new
ereader with a Vizplex
screen, the MReader from Pixelar, to compare
with the new Sony Pocket — and I'm quite surprised by the results.
All the press releases regarding the new Kindles, along
with Amazon's website, and E Ink themselves state that the new Pearl displays have 50 % improved contrast over the Vizplex
screens that have been widely used on most
ereaders up until now.
And the ability to reach farther into the midsection of the page lessened the disadvantage of working
with such a deeply inset
screen (Amazon says that the inset was necessary for its touch technology — but it's noticeably thicker, by millimeters, than the inset on the competing Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch and Kobo
eReader Touch Edition).
It is a 9.7 ″
ereader and is the first to come
with a color E Ink
screen.
This is an Android tablet /
ereader with an 8.4 ″
screen and Android 2.1.
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.
Controllers are easier to design than the electrophoretic
screen itself... Here it's the eInk monopoly that's been the most damaging to the
ereader market... witness the small
screens with low dpi after 15 yrs of R&D... Compare
with phones
People who get dedicated
eReaders with eInk are people who read more and thus want to avoid the eyestrain associated
with staring at a
screen on a mobile phone or tablet, so they can read longer comfortably, without their eyes getting strained from the light shining in their eyes and getting refreshed countless times a second.
I thought
eReaders were supposed to mean e-ink displays free of the eye strain associated
with LCD
screens!
If «DPT - S1 ″ will be sold for that price, it's time to look for alternatives... Also: given that «the major benefit of Mobius is that the tech allows them to cut it to any size they want, and still retain all of the benefits» is there any news about possible
ereaders with screen sizes 10» and up and (sold for much less!)
Kobo is on their third version of an
eReader with «glow
screen,» and Sony doesn't even have one?
I was expecting an
ereader with new HD
screen, but apparently it does use the same one as Glo.
One thing that puzzles me is how Amazon is so advanced
with their
eReader screens (e.g. Kindle Voyage) yet so crappy
with their tablet
screens.
If we ask for a 13 ″
ereader (and the flexible
screen is really the only option to prevent cracks, even
with a stiff - bodied reader), we need to be prepared to pay the cost of a Microsoft Surface for a device weaker than the Surface RT..
But I will never buy a
eReader again without a flush
screen with the bezels.
I want Kobo to make a new
ereader that takes the existing (and frankly, already as perfect as can be managed by mere mortals) tiny slim and light flush -
screen - and - bezel chassis of the 6 inch Aura combined
with the super awesome 300ppi
screen from the Glo HD.
I have Onyx Broox 9.7 ″
ereader with touch
screen, very pleased
with it.
Maybe its the combination of the lighting layer
with the eink — kind of like when sony put front light on the prs - 600 and the
screen felt blury (they never put front light in any of their
ereaders since then, probably they can't get the by tech right).
If Kindle made a waterproof
eReader with a 6.8 inch hi - res
screen and an SD slot maybe I'd stop buying Kobo
There are other options, but considering the Tab 4 NOOK is the only one in the current round of next - gen
eReaders to offer more than eight hours of battery life in a single charge, even
with Wi - Fi on and
screen brightness up, it's hard to justify getting anything else for the student in your life.
Not only is it the first
ereader with a high resolution display (most 6 ″
ereaders are 800 x 600), it uses new
screen technology developed by LG that actually has a good -LSB-...]
It would be cool to have an
ereader with one of those
screens...
The iriver Story HD is the first 6 - inch ebook reader to use a XGA 1024 x 768 resolution
screen, and it's also the first
ereader to come
with the Google ebookstore onboard.
The cool thing about this model is it's the first 10.3 - inch
ereader shown
with a frontlight, and the lighting actually looks nice and even on the large
screen (shown in the picture above).
That's a good price for a waterproof
ereader with a 300 ppi E Ink
screen and a frontlight.
When I was deciding to buy an
ereader with built - in light I looked at the Nook Glowlight Plus, but as it wasn't possible at that moment to run Android on it, and the buttons were out, I definitely turned to Kobo and bought the one
with a bigger
screen to read in bed, the NST was my portable reader for my bag during commute.
The Literati is a color
ereader with a 7 - inch
screen and has built - in WiFi for connecting to the Kobo ebook store.
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.
It's noticeably faster and more responsive than Android
ereaders I've reviewed in the past, and the
screen refresh is better
with 3rd party apps, but the software is also more basic and there aren't as many features so it comes
with some trade - offs.
Additionally it has touch controls and a front lit
screen, all of which are standard on
eReaders now, along
with wi - fi, and 2 gigabytes of internal storage (expandable to 32 gigabytes).
Those of us who have spent decades reading on backlit
screens were happy when a truly matte non-illuminated
screen appeared
with the first
ereaders.
I'm guessing the Kindle will still come out clearer, but would really like to see it function as an
eReader with the matte
screen protector on.
An
ereader with this type of HD
screen and such an good backlight for this price could be very attractive!
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.
Sony introduced today Reader ™ (PRS - T2), a light and thin 6 ″
eReader with an enhanced, intuitive touch
screen optimized for long - term reading and the most natural, immersive reading experience.
A low - end
ereader with a high - end
screen and a higher - end price.
For me, an «ultimate
ereader» would start
with a
screen larger than 6 inches; 8 is probably a good compromise, remain light (and lighted), have a good battery, more powerful CPU and more RAM than is now common (as you agree).
In my opinion a large
ereader only makes sense
with color
screen (read w & b comic?
This is actually Boyue's second
ereader with the 7.8 inch
screen.