Well, you were right. There is a separate CIS version and it's missing TTS and bluetooth and audio features.
This is the official reply:
Quote:
The “Pocketbook 632 / Touch HD 3” model has two modifications:
1) Devices for the European market (with possibility of using micro USB headphones, connect Bluetooth headphones and Text-To-Speech function).
2) Devices for CIS countries (possibility of using Text-To-Speech, Bluetooth and audio files are not provided).
According to the verification of the serial number YTG90200054700F000K3, your device is manufactured for the CIS market. Therefore, the Text-To-Speech and Bluetooth functions are not available on your device.
Have a nice day!
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This is infuriating. The device I bought from Russia has "Touch HD 3" written on its splash screen, and never did it
clearly come up during my research that there are such DRASTIC differences between the versions. This doesn't abide by any logic and I feel cheated by Pocketbook. The only word that comes to mind is discrimination. Feel free to come up with a better explanation on why the CIS market would receive an objectively worse and lacking device at the same price point.
I have now written to Pocketbook regarding replacement or compensation, but I don't think they will help, considering that I'm out of Russia for now.
I will
never support a company that is so vague and irrational about such major things. Pocketbook lost its reputation in my eyes.