The Kindle Oasis wasn’t the primary ereader to have an offset design with web page buttons on one aspect of the display, nevertheless it was the machine that popularized that kind of design, together with the 7″ display dimension.
Now nearly each ereader firm sells their very own Oasis clone with the same asymmetrical design and a 7″ E Ink display, and most have began promoting colour variations with colour E Ink screens now too. In actual fact, a minimum of 4 completely different Oasis clones with 7″ colour E Ink screens will hit the market this 12 months.
Kobo has the brand new Libra Color, and it appears to be off to an excellent begin, as they’re having bother retaining it in inventory. It’s the least costly 7″ colour ereader at $219, which is $30 lower than the bottom Kindle Oasis offered for earlier than it was discontinued earlier this 12 months.
PocketBook not too long ago launched the PocketBook Period Shade for $259. It might need the nicest design of all of the Oasis clones, and it’s the fifth colour mannequin that PocketBook has launched so they need to know what they’re doing by now.
On the Android aspect of issues, there’s the Bigme B751C (pictured above) that was launched just a few months in the past. It’s a costlier possibility at $299, however the open Android working system provides it some added versatility with with the ability to set up apps.
There’s a rumor that Onyx is about to launch a Boox Web page C with a 7″ colour E Ink display in June, and contemplating they only slashed $30 off the worth of the common Web page mannequin that rumor is most certainly true—I’d guess good cash on that.
With all these new 7″ Oasis clones with colour E Ink screens popping out this 12 months, you’ll be able to’t assist however marvel if Amazon has any plans to launch a 7″ colour mannequin as effectively.
Will they convey the Oasis again with a colour possibility? That appears unlikely at this level with the Oasis being discontinued, however you by no means know with Amazon. After 5+ years of ignoring the ten″ eNote market they lastly launched the Kindle Scribe. Sooner or later a colour Kindle goes to occur; they will’t ignore that section of the ereader market eternally. With E Ink mass producing these 7″ colour screens now, a Kindle Oasis Shade looks as if the most certainly possibility.
