Kaleido 4 Colour E-ink Coming?

Yapyap · Today, 06:29 AM

Can’t find anything official / press release-y yet, but according to this thread on Reddit, Kaleido 4 has been announced in China (“Rednote & Hanvon’s livestream”, says the poster).

https://www.reddit.com/r/ereader/com...nced_in_china/

The thread above has photos/screencaps taken from the livestream.

Obviously this isn’t a great source for making deductions re: quality so it’ll be interesting to see if / what improvements there may be in reality. Looks like colour may be “better” but I’m more interested in brightness without frontlight...

rantanplan · Today, 06:51 AM

It looks promising but I wouldn't hold my breath.

thmsl91 · Today, 07:00 AM

Still waiting on Carta 1400. A colour upgrade will be 2029 at a minimum imo.

rantanplan · Today, 08:39 AM

I think Pocketbooks are usually the fastest to adapt new technology (and then fumbling the implementation). I wouldn't expect a new Kobo with (a currently non-existing) Carta 1400 before 2029.

Yapyap · Today, 08:51 AM

I’m also personally far more interested in black and white, but colour e-ink certainly has its uses - comics, technical textbooks / PDFs with colour graphs, even e.g. things like art history textbooks with illustrations that aren’t meant to be colour-accurate but just there for reference, and since it sometimes feels like new e-ink adopters are more keen on colour, having advancements made in that sphere isn’t a bad thing.

Found this (AI-translated) longer and more technical overview of the announcement / presentation, which has more detail, in case anyone is interested: https://www.readwithpro.com/blog/ein...-max-m6-pro-en

Sounds like this was developed with Hanvon in mind as the first adopter, so I guess it’ll take some time until the tech reaches other brands.

It’s interesting that Amazon opted to release their new Kindle Colorsoft now, still with “old” Kaleido 3 tech (even if Amazon says they’ve made their own improvements), instead of waiting, say, six months. But I guess they have their own internal release schedules and calculations made.

Today, 06:29 AM	#1
Yapyap Guru Posts: 991 Karma: 5555557 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Oasis 2, Boox Go 7 Colour Gen II, Boox Go 10.3	Kaleido 4 Colour E-ink Coming? Can’t find anything official / press release-y yet, but according to this thread on Reddit, Kaleido 4 has been announced in China (“Rednote & Hanvon’s livestream”, says the poster). https://www.reddit.com/r/ereader/com...nced_in_china/ The thread above has photos/screencaps taken from the livestream. Obviously this isn’t a great source for making deductions re: quality so it’ll be interesting to see if / what improvements there may be in reality. Looks like colour may be “better” but I’m more interested in brightness without frontlight...

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Today, 06:51 AM	#2
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 1,363 Karma: 13544822 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Libra 2, Tolino Vision Color, reMarkable PaperPro	It looks promising but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Today, 07:00 AM	#3
thmsl91 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10000 Join Date: Jul 2026 Location: Ireland Device: Musnap Ocean	Still waiting on Carta 1400. A colour upgrade will be 2029 at a minimum imo.

Today, 08:39 AM	#4
rantanplan Weirdo Posts: 1,363 Karma: 13544822 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Wuppertal, Germany Device: Kobo Libra 2, Tolino Vision Color, reMarkable PaperPro	I think Pocketbooks are usually the fastest to adapt new technology (and then fumbling the implementation). I wouldn't expect a new Kobo with (a currently non-existing) Carta 1400 before 2029.

Today, 08:51 AM	#5
Yapyap Guru Posts: 991 Karma: 5555557 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Estonia Device: Kindle Oasis 2, Boox Go 7 Colour Gen II, Boox Go 10.3	I’m also personally far more interested in black and white, but colour e-ink certainly has its uses - comics, technical textbooks / PDFs with colour graphs, even e.g. things like art history textbooks with illustrations that aren’t meant to be colour-accurate but just there for reference, and since it sometimes feels like new e-ink adopters are more keen on colour, having advancements made in that sphere isn’t a bad thing. Found this (AI-translated) longer and more technical overview of the announcement / presentation, which has more detail, in case anyone is interested: https://www.readwithpro.com/blog/ein...-max-m6-pro-en Sounds like this was developed with Hanvon in mind as the first adopter, so I guess it’ll take some time until the tech reaches other brands. It’s interesting that Amazon opted to release their new Kindle Colorsoft now, still with “old” Kaleido 3 tech (even if Amazon says they’ve made their own improvements), instead of waiting, say, six months. But I guess they have their own internal release schedules and calculations made.

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