Pocketbook InkPad Color - Latest Generation
Pocketbook InkPad Color - Latest Generation
The Pocketbook InkPad Color is the best dedicated color e-reader in the world. It supports dozens of languages, including English. Read ebooks, manga, magazines or newspapers. Browse the internet, in color.
The InkPad Color features an E INK Carta HD and E INK Kaleido 2 color touchscreen display. The resolution of the B&W panel is 1872x1404 with 300 PPI, the resolution of the color filter array is 624x468 with 100 PPI and can display 4,096 different colors. It has a front-lit display, so you can read at night and the new CFA is now optimized for white LED lights that project light evenly across the screen.
Underneath the hood is a dual core 1GHZ processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It has an SD card, that supports up to 32GB of additional space, perfect for those of you with large digital collections. It has a G-sensor, cover sensor (for sleep covers) and WIFI, Bluetooth 5.1, USB-C and is powered by 2,900 mAh battery.
The Pocketbook InkPad Color is running Linux, which is the same Operating system the company has run for over a decade. This is how they can get away with a dual core processor and 1GB of RAM, because Linux doesn't have a bunch of background processes like Android. Pocketbook always gets more out of their hardware than the competition.
One of the best aspects of Pocketbook, is their support for a myriad of ebook formats. You can read ACSM, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB(DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PDF (DRM), PRC, RTF and TXT files. You can listen to audiobooks or podcasts in M4A, M4B, OGG, OGG.ZIP, MP3. The e-reader also has a TTS engine, so it can listen to them aloud, it supports up to 15 different languages. If you don't speak English, there is support for ABBYY Lingvo dictionaries (24 language combinations), English - German, Webster's Dictionary 1913.