PocketBook’s German division has introduced the upcoming launch of the PocketBook Period Colour with a 7-inch shade E Ink Kaleido 3 display.
The brand new mannequin shares the identical design as the unique PocketBook Period, however it provides some upgrades, together with a sooner quad-core CPU and extra cupboard space (32GB), and naturally it has a shade display.
The brand new PocketBook Period Colour is anticipated to get launched in mid-April, and the record worth is €259. It’ll most likely be offered within the US from PocketBook’s Amazon retailer too, however there’s no phrase on the US worth but (it’ll most likely be within the $279 vary).
That is PocketBook’s second shade mannequin to make use of a Kaleido 3 display. They launched the PocketBook InkPad Colour 3 final yr with a 7.8-inch display. Each have 300 ppi for black and white content material and 150 ppi for shade content material.
The PocketBook Period Colour has web page buttons, it helps audio and text-to-speech (there’s a speaker and Bluetooth), it’s waterproof (IPX8-rated), it has an auto-rotate sensor, there’s a frontlight with adjustable shade temperature, it has a USB-C port, a quad-core 1.8GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, and it has a 2500 mAh battery.
Like most PocketBook’s, the software program is predicated on Linux so it doesn’t help putting in Android apps like some gadgets, however it does help a variety of codecs, together with comedian codecs like CBR and CBZ.
Within the video beneath, the PocketBook Period Colour seems to have a flush entrance display. Hopefully they fastened the cloudy entrance layer on the unique PocketBook Period. They used an indented display on the InkPad Colour 3 so it doesn’t endure from that drawback, however it makes you surprise if the Period’s display goes to look worse with the added layer.
That is the second new 7-inch shade ereader to come back out this yr, the Bigme B751C being the opposite one. Kobo might be going to launch a 7-inch Kobo Libra Colour quickly too.
Video: PocketBook Period Colour
through: MobileRead
