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Old 07-03-2017, 08:51 PM   #1
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Hello,
I gave my PW2 away and need to buy another ereader.
I want something more hackable than Amazon products. So I guess Android is what I am looking for?
The most annoying thing with them is the lack of apps/epub support, and RTL languages suck on them.
I was looking into Tolinos which you can root (good), but heard there were some quirks with them.
I heard Inkbooks are pretty hackable as well.
So which ereader should I get? Which of them has the most solid UX while remaining hackable?
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Old 07-03-2017, 11:20 PM   #2
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I think kobo is hackable.
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Old 07-03-2017, 11:37 PM   #3
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It depends where you live and how much you want to spend.

But I'd say Onyx or Boyue/Icarus is your best bet. Onyx also has bluetooth.
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Old 07-04-2017, 07:09 PM   #4
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Kobos don't run Android so meh.
I'm in France and am ready to spend €250 on a good reading device.
The Onyx product line looks nice, but there are no reviews on the internet =(
Also it doesn't seem to have Tolino's night mode to reduce blue light at night. I don't about their MOON light thingy though.
Other than that, it runs Android so definitely hackable.

So I am definitely considering the Robinson Crusoe since it looks like the nicest product in their line. Does anybody have one of these? How is the build quality?

I wish there were reviews for it on the web.
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Old 07-04-2017, 07:15 PM   #5
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But the problem is a lot of these Android Readers use an old version of Android and thus, the latest version of some Reading apps won't work.
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Old 07-04-2017, 10:33 PM   #6
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Kobos don't run Android so meh.
I'm in France and am ready to spend €250 on a good reading device.
The Onyx product line looks nice, but there are no reviews on the internet =(
Also it doesn't seem to have Tolino's night mode to reduce blue light at night. I don't about their MOON light thingy though.
Other than that, it runs Android so definitely hackable.

So I am definitely considering the Robinson Crusoe since it looks like the nicest product in their line. Does anybody have one of these? How is the build quality?

I wish there were reviews for it on the web.
Ask in the Onyx sub-forum. Early Onyx were a bit bad on batteries, but they've probably got a lot better now.
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I think kobo is hackable.
Kobo is the most open non-Android brand of Readers.
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