PocketBook has launched one other eNote with a colour E Ink display screen known as the PocketBook Coloration Be aware, and it has a novel display screen not like every other eNote on the present market.
At first I couldn’t determine why PocketBook would launch one other eNote with a ten.3″ Kaleido 3 display screen after they simply launched the PocketBook InkPad Eo a couple of months in the past with the identical display screen, however this new mannequin includes a completely different design, and the display screen is completely different too, although it seems the identical on the floor.
Doing a little bit of digging on PocketBook’s web site, I found some uncommon particulars concerning the specs of the display screen. Different colour ereaders and eNotes with Kaleido screens use an everyday E Ink Carta display screen with a colour filter excessive.
This new mannequin makes use of a Mobius display screen as a substitute, which is one among E Ink’s older applied sciences that makes use of a versatile plastic backplane as a substitute of skinny glass like Carta screens. Due to this, Mobius screens are much more sturdy and resist cracking not like glass, they usually’re additionally lighter. In truth, this new mannequin is 80 grams lighter than the PocketBook Eo with the identical dimension display screen.
Nevertheless, this new display screen comes with some severe drawbacks by way of decision. Most units with Kaleido 3 screens have 300 ppi for BW content material and 150 ppi for colour. In keeping with PocketBook’s spec sheet, the brand new PocketBook Coloration Be aware solely has 227 ppi for BW content material and a paltry 76 ppi for colour.
On prime of that, the brand new PocketBook Coloration Be aware is $50 dearer than the Eo at $599 (truly, the PocketBook InkPad Eo is at present on sale for $499 so this new mannequin is $100 dearer with half the colour decision).
The brand new mannequin additionally has half the interior cupboard space at 32GB, and it has a slower 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU as a substitute of the two.3 GHz octa-core CPU on the Eo.
It has a Wacom touchscreen for notetaking, and a capacitive touchscreen for finger contact. There’s a rotation sensor, a microSD card slot, a USB-C port with OTG assist, it has a mono speaker and a mic, there’s 4GB of RAM, and it has a frontlight with adjustable colour temperature (it additionally options ComfortGaze™, not like the Eo). And it runs Android 12 as a substitute of Android 11 just like the Eo.
PocketBook is a tough firm to determine. They’ve been releasing new units on a regular basis these days, some with Android and a few with their authentic Linux-based software program, and there’s quite a bit of overlap between the varied fashions.
The brand new PocketBook Coloration Be aware is out there to order now on PocketBook’s Amazon retailer for $599 with free delivery.
