Thread: any new 5" e-ink devices on the horizon?
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Old 03-21-2013, 10:43 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by RZetlin View Post
I don't know of the upcoming ereaders in 2013, but I know about the 5" Kobo Mini.
Yes I do know about that, as I own one! But after a couple of months it gave up on me, and I am at the crossroad of whether to replace it with another Mini or to change brand. The Mini has a lot going for it (besides side, I do very much like the kepub.epub rendering, which e.g. allows you to see footnotes in pop-up, which is great for non-fiction). On the other hand, it is quite bad on pdf (at least as compared with the 5" pocketbook), so I gave up reading pdf documents completely (a big minus as for work I have zillions of pdf documents), while with the 360 I had no issues even on such a small screen.

So my doubt is whether to hold off any decision for a few more months (I have another reader, but as a 9.6" is definitely not portable) in case something better comes along (Pocketbook has discontinued the production of 360).
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