Tolino Shine - a new HD 6", front lit, reader with Android from Germany

kacir · 03-04-2013, 07:06 AM

A few days ago Nate at the digital reader reported a new e-ink reader from a group of German publishers and a Deutsche Telecom.

It has a front-lit 6 inch HD screen (just like Kindle Paperwhite) with infra red touch, an SD card slot, runs on Android and reads epubs natively. It sells for 99Eur including VAT.

There is discussion at the German speaking part of the Mobileread here. They have even discussed posting on the English-speaking forum, but nobody has bothered so far. Sigh (JUST like they used to do with PocketBook readers).

I think that this is pretty exciting new reader.
It has many features that Kindle Paperwhite lacks and sells here in Europe for a very good price.

Specification is here:
http://www.tolino.de/tolino-shine/spezifikationen/

owly · 03-04-2013, 08:05 AM

Thanks for the tip. Here's a short hands-on from Youtube in German http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn7GluijFgk for 99 euros http://www.thalia.de/shop/tolino-shi...elId=34474473/ it looks like a good deal.

Andy_T · 03-04-2013, 07:38 PM

Wow, do they want to geht the prize for the ugliest e-Reader?

ucfgrad93 · 03-04-2013, 07:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Andy_T

Wow, do they want to geht the prize for the ugliest e-Reader?

Agreed. That thing fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

afv011 · 03-04-2013, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy_T

Wow, do they want to geht the prize for the ugliest e-Reader?

Spot on

Turtle91 · 03-04-2013, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy_T

Wow, do they want to geht the prize for the ugliest e-Reader?

Well...I suppose they could make it a round button, and have it come in white or black and make it a little shiny...maybe that would make people happy.

My issue with it is that it is an e-ink. Even though the battery life is great (I have 2 PWs) it is just too slow to transition between pages and select different functions, and it's not in color. I travel frequently and can't afford the space to carry a device with only a single purpose. I much prefer a device like an ipad (although I kinda detest the whole apple thing) running a great ereader app (like Marvin).

Cheers!

Frankr · 03-04-2013, 11:01 PM

Does anyone know if it supports folders? Any guess on shipping charges to the USA

Freeshadow · 03-05-2013, 04:06 AM

Thank God it IS! eink, there are already enough tablets out in the wild...
The good thing is it's Android, gives hopes for a good custom ROM to be made.

Kumabjorn · 03-05-2013, 05:34 AM

If it had Bletooth and support for a keyboard I'd be all over it.

Andy_T · 03-05-2013, 09:05 AM

When I mean ugly, I mean that it looks like a Kindle Keyboard where somebody has forgotten the keyboard and they used the space then to position a single button right in the middle of it :-)

Other than that, a Paperwhite for 99 EUR - not bad, but possibly also not good enough.
It is a joint venture product from German bookselling chains to counter Amazon's offering.

Best regards,
Andy

SeaKing · 03-05-2013, 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy_T

When I mean ugly, I mean that it looks like a Kindle Keyboard where somebody has forgotten the keyboard and they used the space then to position a single button right in the middle of it :-)

Other than that, a Paperwhite for 99 EUR - not bad, but possibly also not good enough.
It is a joint venture product from German bookselling chains to counter Amazon's offering.

Best regards,
Andy

Why is the bottom bezel so large?

xendula · 03-05-2013, 11:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frankr

Does anyone know if it supports folders? Any guess on shipping charges to the USA

I doubt it. These are the only reading features they advertise on tolino.de:

Quote:

Create and synchronize bookmarks
Search within ebook
Intuitive page navigation
Revolutionary hyphenation (wish Kindle had hyphenation)
E-Ink optimized fonts
Individual font sizes
Integrated Web-Browser

As per the comments on the German thread, there is no dictionary integration and no folder support.

Also, the price will go from 99 to 119 on May 1. That's $155 at the current exchange rate.

ETA: Ugliness continued, see their accessories.

Sil_liS · 03-05-2013, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy_T

When I mean ugly, I mean that it looks like a Kindle Keyboard where somebody has forgotten the keyboard and they used the space then to position a single button right in the middle of it :-)

It looks just like the majority of mobile devices to me.

johnnyb · 03-06-2013, 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xendula

I doubt it. These are the only reading features they advertise on tolino.de:

As per the comments on the German thread, there is no dictionary integration and no folder support.

Also, the price will go from 99 to 119 on May 1. That's $155 at the current exchange rate.

ETA: Ugliness continued, see their accessories.

Not *entirely* correct, here's a more comprehensive list of accessories:
http://www.buecher.de/go/search_sear...h_quicksearch/

xendula · 03-06-2013, 07:47 PM

^ Haha, I was actually just looking at the very ugly case.

BTW, the link johnnyb shared adds the following feature:
PDF2text (turns text in PDFs into reflowable text)

03-04-2013, 07:06 AM	#1
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 10484861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	Tolino Shine - a new HD 6", front lit, reader with Android from Germany A few days ago Nate at the digital reader reported a new e-ink reader from a group of German publishers and a Deutsche Telecom. It has a front-lit 6 inch HD screen (just like Kindle Paperwhite) with infra red touch, an SD card slot, runs on Android and reads epubs natively. It sells for 99Eur including VAT. There is discussion at the German speaking part of the Mobileread here. They have even discussed posting on the English-speaking forum, but nobody has bothered so far. Sigh (JUST like they used to do with PocketBook readers). I think that this is pretty exciting new reader. It has many features that Kindle Paperwhite lacks and sells here in Europe for a very good price. Specification is here: http://www.tolino.de/tolino-shine/spezifikationen/ Last edited by Dr. Drib; 03-04-2013 at 09:25 AM.

03-06-2013, 07:47 PM	#15
xendula eBookworm Posts: 2,300 Karma: 4525746 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: East Coast brrrrr Device: Kindle 4B/K ~ Nexus 7 ~ Kindle Paperwhite 1&2 ~ iPad Air	^ Haha, I was actually just looking at the very ugly case. BTW, the link johnnyb shared adds the following feature: PDF2text (turns text in PDFs into reflowable text) Last edited by xendula; 03-06-2013 at 07:49 PM.

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owly Guru Posts: 729 Karma: 3822612 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sweden Device: Paperwhite 2, Kobo Aura H2O	Thanks for the tip. Here's a short hands-on from Youtube in German http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn7GluijFgk for 99 euros http://www.thalia.de/shop/tolino-shi...elId=34474473/ it looks like a good deal.

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Andy_T Evangelist Posts: 431 Karma: 5121676 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hannover, Germany Device: iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, Kindle KB, NT, Fire, PW II	When I mean ugly, I mean that it looks like a Kindle Keyboard where somebody has forgotten the keyboard and they used the space then to position a single button right in the middle of it :-) Other than that, a Paperwhite for 99 EUR - not bad, but possibly also not good enough. It is a joint venture product from German bookselling chains to counter Amazon's offering. Best regards, Andy

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