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Old 05-31-2020, 11:59 AM   #16
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I keep hoping someone will put out an eInk device with a really white background.
This is not possible with current technology
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Old 05-31-2020, 12:10 PM   #17
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In general, the Android devices have much more powerful hardware, but also much stronger batteries.

I have two devices with the same hardware:
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- Tolino Shine 2 HD (Android 4.4.2)
their batteries last approximately the same length with approximately the same use.
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The only Android based Readers I have experience with has been the Sony Reader PRS-T1 and the nook STR and both had a perfectly good time between charges. I cannot say fr newer Android Readers with newer versions of Android.
@JSWolf: Notice the comment from ottisschwenk about battery size.

While the Linux based ereaders manage to give a decent reading experience with a single core processor, most of the Android ereaders go for multi-core processors. One of my 7.8" ereaders gives me close to the same run time as my Aura One when reading epub format. Sadly, it does so with a 50% larger and heavier battery. Using it's builtin TTS was pretty much death to the battery. Combining that with a monotone voice guaranteed to make any book a cure for insomnia made it unusable for the person who originally purchased it.
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Old 05-31-2020, 12:10 PM   #18
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This is not possible with current technology
Correct - but they now can have color.
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Old 05-31-2020, 12:16 PM   #19
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Correct - but they now can have color.
Not correct. Current technology includes Titan which is an overly to give color to eInk screen. Grant it's old and hardly used, but it is current technology.
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Old 05-31-2020, 01:05 PM   #20
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Not correct. Current technology includes Titan which is an overly to give color to eInk screen. Grant it's old and hardly used, but it is current technology.
Current technolgy is E Ink Kaleido.

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Old 05-31-2020, 01:20 PM   #21
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This is not possible with current technology
It's been possible since eink was invented, if you front light it strongly enough.
Inherently adding colour by a static means to any static reflective screen, eink or something not invented, will reduce the reflected light. On compromise is to halve the reduction by only half covering each pixel. The result is you can only have desaturated colours, i.e. pastel shades.
It's not something related to current technology, but inherent to ANY bistable screen that's inherently monochrome. There are two technologies that aren't eink that can do static colour, one uses little sacs and the other is Mirasol, which did make it into one screen in two ereaders. Both seem to be failures.
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How long the battery lasts depends very much on the power settings you select. With the Alita I've noticed that keeping the wireless connection on reduces the charge level quite fast.
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Current technolgy is E Ink Kaleido.

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Triton (correct spelling) is the current technology. It's the one that's been used on Readers for sale. Jetbook is the most notable. brand that used Triton. Until an actual Reader exists using Kaleido, Triton is it.
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How long the battery lasts depends very much on the power settings you select. With the Alita I've noticed that keeping the wireless connection on reduces the charge level quite fast.
Keeping WiFi on reduces the time between charges on ALL Readers that have WiFi.
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Old 07-04-2020, 04:27 AM   #25
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I disabled all the services not needed. Playstore email etc.
I also installed a light Launcher download from the Android forum and I use Kreader.
I go very long between charges.
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