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Old 01-09-2025, 12:11 PM   #70
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Originally Posted by Readirect View Post
There are major problems with all devices -- Kobo has stability & firmware design issues; PB has annoyances with responsiveness (for tasks other than reading.) However PB's design with respect to sideloading & customization is so superior that I'll never go back to Kobo (let alone Kindle, which is by far the worst of any device ever produced.)
Kindle isn't the worst though poor compared to Kobo.

You overstate issues with Kobo. I might read hours a day for years on Kobo with no issues. It has support for blurb, subtitle, publisher, series, author, title via sideload using USB from Calibre. That's when it gets charged.

I've maybe had 8 makes of ereader, though not Pocketbook, Bigme or Oynx.

How is Pocketbook superior for sideloading (and I count WiFi inferior except on Android because its MTP is so poor)?

One reason some ereaders did have SD card was poor builtin storage. The 32G allows easily 18,000 full novels. That's 49 years at one a day on average. The cheaper 8 G 6″ models allow about 4000 full novels, nearly 11 years at average of one a day. A 6″ is very poor for other than reflowable novels. Even a 6″ Kindle PW3 is fine sideloading if you only care about title and author (not cover, series, or easily collections).

I've had the 6.8″ Kobo H2O original which is better than 6", even though it's not 300 dpi. I know what 212 dpi is from the 10.3″ reMarkable and Elipsa. I prefer the Kobo Sage 300 dpi 8″ with page buttons.

Obviously your preference is a particular Pocketbook, but it's really a preference, not overwhelmingly better.

I've had/have 4.7, 5, 6, 6.8, 7, 7.8, 8, 9.7 and 10.3 inches eink from 150 dpi to 300 dpi.

I'd consider Pocketbook & Onyx Boox if Kobo didn't exist. Not Meebook or Bigme and not back to Kindle. I can read reviews and separate wheat and chaff. The Pocketbooks don't seem all equal and I'm no longer interested in Android eink. The TCL NxtPaper is a better Android option.

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