Tolino E-book readers

[Kunvp]

For a while i have been wondering, why are there no threads on the TOLINO e-readers?

I got my wife a TOLINO Vision 2. The reader came out the box, set up time is 2 minutes ever since my wife is reading.
I love the device and regretted that i own an Energy pro+

Strong, beautiful design, Pages turning upon tapping the back of the device, ...
Waterproof!

One reason could be that the device is developed for the German marked, but I bought ours in The Netherllands (libris.nl).

Website

[JSWolf]

The problem is that it's not available is most countries and thus, no talk about it. It's not available in the UK & US where most of the forum users are from/

How do you turn the page by tapping the back?

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Kunvp

For a while i have been wondering, why are there no threads on the TOLINO e-readers?

I got my wife a TOLINO Vision 2. The reader came out the box, set up time is 2 minutes ever since my wife is reading.
I love the device and regretted that i own an Energy pro+

Website

We do have a wiki page on TOLINO with a comparison of several of the their products. See Tolino Shine

[Kunvp]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

How do you turn the page by tapping the back?

Tapping the back, using the index finger* allows you to read single handed. At first I didn't think I'll ever use this way, but actually I use it all the time.

One reason, and that is one of the few minor critics on the device, is that the Home button situated on the front, centered under the screen is a bit sensitive;

(*)any other fingerl wil do :-)

[Kunvp]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

We do have a wiki page on TOLINO with a comparison of several of the their products. See Tolino Shine

Thanks!
Tolino has launched 2 new models: Shine 2HD and Vision 3HD

I am planning to buy the Vision 3HD.

I loved my Sony PRS-T1 and T2. Got frustrated by the poorly build Energy sistem PRO. The Tolino Vision 3HD lacks some feature I loved in the Sony (Evernote integration, PDF reading was better) but the Tolino has frontlight AND is waterprotected.

[Irian]

I like the Tolino hardware (good to use, good readability, etc.), but the software is quite minimalistic. For example, there is currently no way to somehow manage collections from your computer via Calibre, because the collections are stored in a inaccessible place, so you can only manage collections on the Tolino itself (which is quite a chore). Without manual work here you only have a long list of books.

The hardware is quite nice, don't use the tapping-on-the-back feature much, because I have a cover around it and quite big hands, so I can hold it and press the right part of the screen with the same hand ;-) Never used the waterproof feature, but it's nice to have it, so I could even read in the rain... The light is good, I always use it at the lowest level in the darkness (and even that is more than I need).

Personally, I don't use the online stores on my device, so the space they take up on the front page is quite wasted (and unfortunately, you cannot disable them completely), but that's not really a problem.

[mergen3107]

Originally Posted by Kunvp

Tolino Vision 3HD lacks some feature I loved in the Sony

Originally Posted by Irian

but the software is quite minimalistic

Why don't root it? Then you could install everything you would like to on Android 4.0.4!
Instruction is available here. It is in German, but very straight-forward. Otherwise just use Google Translate to understand steps.

[Kunvp]

Thank you Mergen. Looks a bit advanced, but I'll have a look at it.

[church mouse]

Originally Posted by mergen3107

Why don't root it? Then you could install everything you would like to on Android 4.0.4!
Instruction is available here. It is in German, but very straight-forward. Otherwise just use Google Translate to understand steps.

It seems this root method does not work properly unless you set and persist in German as the language setting. The alternative launcher it installs crashes otherwise.

[aklenatlus]

Originally Posted by church mouse

It seems this root method does not work properly unless you set and persist in German as the language setting. The alternative launcher it installs crashes otherwise.

Do you know if installing another launcher solve the problem?

[church mouse]

Originally Posted by aklenatlus

Do you know if installing another launcher solve the problem?

I couldn't get around the issue. I couldn't find anything online from anyone who has succeeded either, but that doesn't mean it is not possible. I am just not skilled enough to work out what is in the original hack which links it to German.

[aklenatlus]

Originally Posted by church mouse

I couldn't get around the issue. I couldn't find anything online from anyone who has succeeded either, but that doesn't mean it is not possible. I am just not skilled enough to work out what is in the original hack which links it to German.

Thanks for the reply. The problem is that to communicate with the only tolino community you have to know the german language. Nevertheless I rooted my tolino because I find that the koreader integrated-dictionary works better than the default one (faster and immediate)

[church mouse]

Yes, I guess it is the price I pay for buying an ereader not officially supported in the UK, and my German being pretty awful.

Mind you, I do like my Tolino, save for a curious habit it has of not fully deleting book metadata when deleting using Calibre.

[aklenatlus]

Originally Posted by church mouse

Yes, I guess it is the price I pay for buying an ereader not officially supported in the UK, and my German being pretty awful.

Mind you, I do like my Tolino, save for a curious habit it has of not fully deleting book metadata when deleting using Calibre.

I like it too so much, especially because this ereader doesn't present the annoying yellow tint problem which has affected 3 different kindle voyage during my experience

[church mouse]

Originally Posted by aklenatlus

I like it too so much, especially because this ereader doesn't present the annoying yellow tint problem which has affected 3 different kindle voyage during my experience

I like it even more having discovered today the postings on lesen.net explaining how one can now populate Collections on the Tolino from Calibre metadata. (Even my rubbish German was able to work out the procedure - eventually!)