During the Warsaw Book Fair, which was held last week at the National Stadium, you could see the offer of the company PocketBook. Make a portfolio already has a number of different e-book readers, and now offer join another, quite unusual models named Ultra, inkpad and Aqua. After a visit to the stand of the company and taking a look at new the appliances I can share with you their insights on them.
PocketBook is one of the most important producers in the market of e-book readers epapierowym screen. This operation since 2007, the company ranks in the domain, the fourth largest globally. The leader of this segment even products on the Polish market is as true today U.S. giant Amazon, but the products of other brands also are popular with clients – especially those aware of their own needs.
Not only Kindle counts
While I am a very satisfied reader and a devoted user of Amazon, they often test a competing device companies. I am still of the opinion that the consumption of fiction Kindle Paperwhite model is the best solution. For people expecting something more than the reading of prose, the competition has a lot to offer. One such company is the PocketBook.
manufacturer is not afraid to introduce its product portfolio, in addition to the classic readers, non-standard equipment, which are designed even for a niche audience. It seems to me a very good idea for business: competition from Amazon, which can afford to sell devices for reading e-books at a cost, it is not easy. Placing while the range of equipment that can “is the same and even more” what the Kindle is a hit.
PocketBook Ultra
first of readers, from what I could read during the Book Fair was a new model PocketBook Ultra. In Warsaw Book Fair was a de facto European premiere. What it stands against the other devices of this type is a built-in camera pięciomegapikselowy. However, it is not capturing frames when the user is in the palm reader and do not have time to reach for your smartphone – although you can also use it in this way because the images on the computer after ripping is colorful.
Built-in card reader serves as a document scanner mechanism assisted text recognition. After photographing saved page the reader will try to recognize the signs and convert the image to a text document, on which you can continue to work from the reader. Certainly it will be a great solution for people who work on electronic documents, and not only read digital fiction.
minimalist housing
Reader exhibited at the fair book was not a final version of the device. Sam text recognition mechanism is not yet fully correct, but I was assured that, until the market launch it has to be detailed and fully support the Polish language. I also hope that the reader captured image will be slightly compressed, because now photographs taken PocketBookiem Ultra occupy about 8 megabytes – and their quality can be seen here.
Sam reader to my liking with Due to the dimensions of the enclosure. It has a six-inch, “podświetalny” screen with a standard resolution of 1024 by 768 pixels, but it is surrounded with the minimalist frame. Thanks to this new PocketBook Ultra is a bit smaller than most devices of this type of competition, as well as previously released by readers. Noteworthy are also the buttons to change pages, which found the back of the device at half of its height on the left and right side and new, looking for more than intuitive than the last, based on Linux software.
PocketBook inkpad
second reader, which had its European debut on the Warsaw Book Fair was PocketBook inkpad. It is distinguished by unusual size – while the lion’s share of devices in this category have six-inch screens 4:3, in this model, the manufacturer has applied to ośmiocalowy panel with a very high resolution for a reader of exactly 1600 by 1200 pixels.
this will give the reader much better than the classic sześciocalowców to work on PDF files, and thanks to the new version of the manufacturer’s proprietary software document management to be simpler. New model PocketBook inkpad certainly be interested also people who are forced to work on files of a certain size – for example, published in the form of PDF and scientific work – which niewyświetlają correctly for readers with a smaller size.
Ideal for PDFs
I had the opportunity to test one “normal” PDF document of A4 and displays it properly without having to use any function PDF reflow, zoom content or keeping the reader in level. The signs are very clear, and the high resolution makes the reader that even fragments of small size letters are sharp.
New inkpad like the Ultra model is not the final product, but it already meets its task and will certainly please many people, because it does not have a product on the market that offer so comfortable working on PDFs. The only downside may be only a fairly wide frame around the screen, and I hope that in the next version of the reader will be reduced.
PocketBook Aqua
third of readers presented at Targack Books in Warsaw by PocketBook is a lightweight and aesthetically appealing model Aqua. “Water” in the name was not without a case, because the device has a standard IP57, making it resistant to water and dust. I have to admit that this is really a successful device, and the presentation of it in the period przedwakacyjnym you hit the jackpot.
e-book readers are ideally suited for use on the beach. Unfortunately, many people may have objections to the classical reader from taking to the water to avoid damage to equipment costing hundreds of dollars. The reader is on the one hand more comfortable and lighter than a paperback book and allows for hassle-free reading even in bright sunlight. The same can not, unfortunately, say a more “multi-function” tablets, which the LCD screens on a sunny day are illegible
perfect holiday
This model PocketBook Reader as Aqua, thanks to water resistance and scratch-proof (eg, by grains of sand) epapierowemu screen, will be perfect just for such leisure trips – and after returning from leave is a full-fledged reader, which you can use every day. What rightly pointed employee of presenting the reader PocketBook is not the only scenario in which the fulfillment of IP57 standards will apply – model Aqua is also … in the bathtub.
Operation underwater reader can confirm because on the pile PocketBook erected aquarium in which the model Aqua was still submerged. I had a chance to take the reader with a slightly damp poużywać screen. What surprised me, reaction to touch on a few drops of the display was much better, Than in waterproof phones, which fell kropa rain. Now I’m just curious, when you can not waterproof additive in one model, and the standard in product types portfolio company.
PocketBook Reader Cover for Galaxy S4
The last device with which I could look at the pile PocketBook was called. Cover Reader designed for the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S4. It closed pouch connected to the device instead of the battery cover supplied by the microUSB port. It differs from the other accessories of this type of incorporation into the inside of the flap to protect the screen of additional epapierowego display.
Wyświelacz made of epapieru has a slightly smaller area of the main panel in the Galaxy S4 and is designed to display text sent from your phone. The PocketBook dedicated application for reading electronic books you can choose from the sharing menu move the currently displayed page on the external screen, and then have his level using the touch buttons below the screen or flip through the pages.
How does this affect the battery?
not had the opportunity to perform the test, but despite appearances, the secondary display can be … beneficial for the battery in the device. Epaper is characterized by a minimal power consumption that is required exclusively for the pages, and when reading from epapieru can turn off the screen on your smartphone. The concept looks great and I hope that someday we will see a second version. I dream of a Reader Cover with the ability to disconnect it from your smartphone after loading content and a tiny built-in battery allows for a few hours.
Unfortunately, the manufacturer does not provide either the new version or the availability of this accessory in our country. We treat them as a curiosity and hope that once this concept will be developed. Outside the Polish PocketBook Reader Cover for Samsung Galaxy S4 is offered at a price of 100 euros. Accessory is designed exclusively for the last year, unfortunately, flagship of the Korean company, and PocketBook also does not provide in the future to create this type of accessory for other models of smartphones. Too bad.
Summary
readers with whom I had the opportunity zapoznań during the Warsaw Book Fair made a good impression on me. PocketBook wants to position itself for a premium brand, and such products as possible. Glad, too, that the company is serious about our Polish market and sees in it the potential for further growth – so that it was with us for the first time presented were new readers PocketBook Ultra and inkpad.
I also managed to obtain information about prices and the date of availability of individual models. In the first instance the sale will go before the summer – “within a month” – waterproof model PocketBook Aqua and has a cost in the range 550-600 dollars. Readers Ultra and inkpad are expected to be available and in August, and the expected price is respectively 100-150 euros (about 600 U.S. Dollars) and 200 euros (about $ 800).
All three new products promise to be great, and the prices do not seem prohibitive.
At the booth you could look at it from a reviewed recently in the pages of Spider’s Web model PocketBook Touch Lux 2
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