New Pocketbook 10.3" Notepad/Ereader: Inkpad One

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by rcentros

Thanks. When I see a "BadeReader" article I leave without reading.

If it had only been this article, I would have ignored it too; but the Bigme user interfaces on Pocketbook Android devices made it believable to me.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I like page turn buttons.

Not me - they make the 7-inch devices too wide to carry in jacket pockets; even the 7.8-inch ones are easier to transport - a device you can't carry with you is the wrong choice at this point.

[kandwo]

Wow, apparently I have superhuman eye-sight!

I could not stand reading on Boox's earlier 13" devices with a lower PPI. I have also compared 300 and 260 PPI screens. And Carta 1000, 1200 and 1300. The difference is pretty clear to me.

That said, I agree that other factors weigh in, such as the quality of the glass cover (or absence thereof).

But here it just feels like certain people make excuses for companies. Why not use 300PPI screens since there is a clear difference (whether or not YOU, personally, can see it or not)? Why not use more recent hardware, so that the device doesn't feel sluggish to use?

Also, page turn buttons are a must for me.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

Not me - they make the 7-inch devices too wide to carry in jacket pockets; even the 7.8-inch ones are easier to transport - a device you can't carry with you is the wrong choice at this point.

I don't have a 7" reader. The 6 inch PocketBooks I own have the page turn buttons on the bottom so they don't make the reader any wider, just a little longer.

[Yapyap]

Originally Posted by kandwo

Why not use 300PPI screens since there is a clear difference (whether or not YOU, personally, can see it or not)? Why not use more recent hardware, so that the device doesn’t feel sluggish to use?

I’d guess that in this case, it’s cost and availability.

It doesn’t seem to me that PocketBook generally gets the newest and best screens from E Ink (they don’t have any Carta 1300 devices), and since they don’t have a global bookstore like Amazon or Kobo, can’t really offset device costs by hoping people buy books from them, so they seem to aim to make decent-ish “budget” devices, at least in some ranges.

I like buttons, so I wouldn’t get the Inkpad One (it also seems a bit large for just reading regular books to me), but it’s priced quite competitively for a device that large (around 100 euros cheaper than Kobo Elipsa 2E, which is probably its most direct competitor, and ~200 euros below Kindle Scribe), so I’m guessing it may be attractive enough for people who want a larger screen but can’t afford or don’t want/need a Scribe or a Supernote or ReMarkable or a larger Boox or some other Android - it’s probably “sharp enough” for both PDFs and manga, and sharp enough for people who are shopping for a larger screen because they need to use large fonts.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by rcentros

I don't have a 7" reader. The 6 inch PocketBooks I own have the page turn buttons on the bottom so they don't make the reader any wider, just a little longer.

I have to contort my fingers to reach them, and even then I only like them from the side edges.
The current positions are in the wrong places for me, making the devices completely unnecessarily bulky.

[graycyn]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

For people with normal vision, the average reading distance is approximately 35-40 cm—this is the distance that causes the least strain on the eyes.

Of course, e-ink-readers often appeal to the segment that doesn't have normal vision, for one reason or another.

[DNSB]

A good chunk of the ereader owners I know are older people for whom being able to change the font size in an ebook is a game changer compared to waiting for a book to be released in large print.