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kandwo · 08-20-2023, 01:24 AM

I was very happy with my Kindle 2. The only things that were missing were a touch screen to be able to use the dictionary look up more efficiently and support for other scripts (Cyrillic, etc).

The Kindle PW3 solved that for me. But after reading on it for a couple of years I really started to miss having page turn buttons, and the lack of good organization possibilities and good dictionaries for certain languages (most notably Russian) had me look elsewhere.

I discovered that Hisense were making e-ink phones and Onyx Boox Android tablets with e-ink. Bought a Nova 3 and an A5 Pro. The Nova 3 has a flush matte screen that reduces contrast considerably, which makes it less than ideal for long reading sessions. The A5 Pro has slightly lower than 300 PPI and needs a matte screen protector as the glass screen of the device itself is glossy. But the big Achilles heel of the Hisense devices (both A5 Pro and the A9 that I later bought) is that there's no reader that supports a full screen refresh on every page turn - which is a must for me. That means I have to press two buttons - one for the page turn and one for the full refresh. Quite annoying on a small device that requires many page turns.

I bought a Libra 2 as I was interested to see the best screen available at the time. It was also available in white (a huge plus in my book) and had page turn buttons. A great device that would be my favourite if only it had better dictionaries. I need morphological dictionaries for at least Spanish and Russian. If it had that I could do 70-80% of my reading on it (I would probably still need the Onyx/Hisense for smaller languages, since I don't expect dictionaries for those to ever appear on regular e-readers).

The best e-reader for me would be a Kobo with better dictionaries for other languages. Or an Onyx Boox with better hardware. Hisense seems to have left the game, but Onyx Boox Palma looks very promising for a portable device: it has an SD card slot and a naturally matte screen without the need for a separate screen protector. Since it's an Onyx Boox it should also support full screen refresh on every page turn. If they make it into a phone I'd buy it instantly and replace my A9 and then it would be my ideal mobile device.

08-20-2023, 01:24 AM	#20
kandwo Evangelist Posts: 472 Karma: 11708254 Join Date: Dec 2020 Device: Boox, Bigme, Hisense, Kobo	I was very happy with my Kindle 2. The only things that were missing were a touch screen to be able to use the dictionary look up more efficiently and support for other scripts (Cyrillic, etc). The Kindle PW3 solved that for me. But after reading on it for a couple of years I really started to miss having page turn buttons, and the lack of good organization possibilities and good dictionaries for certain languages (most notably Russian) had me look elsewhere. I discovered that Hisense were making e-ink phones and Onyx Boox Android tablets with e-ink. Bought a Nova 3 and an A5 Pro. The Nova 3 has a flush matte screen that reduces contrast considerably, which makes it less than ideal for long reading sessions. The A5 Pro has slightly lower than 300 PPI and needs a matte screen protector as the glass screen of the device itself is glossy. But the big Achilles heel of the Hisense devices (both A5 Pro and the A9 that I later bought) is that there's no reader that supports a full screen refresh on every page turn - which is a must for me. That means I have to press two buttons - one for the page turn and one for the full refresh. Quite annoying on a small device that requires many page turns. I bought a Libra 2 as I was interested to see the best screen available at the time. It was also available in white (a huge plus in my book) and had page turn buttons. A great device that would be my favourite if only it had better dictionaries. I need morphological dictionaries for at least Spanish and Russian. If it had that I could do 70-80% of my reading on it (I would probably still need the Onyx/Hisense for smaller languages, since I don't expect dictionaries for those to ever appear on regular e-readers). The best e-reader for me would be a Kobo with better dictionaries for other languages. Or an Onyx Boox with better hardware. Hisense seems to have left the game, but Onyx Boox Palma looks very promising for a portable device: it has an SD card slot and a naturally matte screen without the need for a separate screen protector. Since it's an Onyx Boox it should also support full screen refresh on every page turn. If they make it into a phone I'd buy it instantly and replace my A9 and then it would be my ideal mobile device.