Following the launch of its first e-note final yr, PocketBook has now added a shade E Ink mannequin. The ten.3-inch Eo is constructed round Kaleido 3 expertise, and sports activities a built-in digital camera, octa-core processing and twin audio system.
Not like most e-readers, e-notes boast a tablet-sized show that is simple on the eyes and ships with a pen stylus enter for productiveness functions. Some, just like the Eo, additionally include a digital camera – “permitting customers to effortlessly seize images and add handwritten feedback or sketches to them.” PocketBook additionally says that the e-note might assist customers generate distinctive memes or assist with inside/panorama design.
The Kaleido 3 contact show has a shade depth of 4,096 and a decision of 930 x 1,240 pixels at 150 ppi – which will not problem the sharpness and vivid colours of standard tablets, however needs to be simpler on the eyes over long-haul classes – and 1,860 x 2,480 grayscale at 300 ppi. It is totally readable in vivid daylight, and comes packing LED entrance lighting that may be tweaked for brightness and shade temp.
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Beneath the hood is a 2.3-GHz octa-core processor for the promise of snappy efficiency, which is supported by 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage (plus microSD growth). The e-note runs Android 11, which is in no way the most recent taste of Google’s cell OS however needs to be adequate for goal, and there is assist for 17 e-book, doc and graphic codecs out of the field.
Bluetooth 5.0 and dual-band Wi-Fi are onboard, with the latter permitting entry to PocketBook Cloud storage, a send-by-email service, and a Wi-Fi file sharing function. Rounding out the important thing specs are a quad microphone array and twin audio system for recording concepts and taking part in audiobooks and music, and a 4,000-mAh battery that is topped up by way of the USB-C port. PocketBook would not specify up time between prices, however the low-power draw of E Ink show expertise ought to see you spending prolonged intervals away from a wall outlet.
The PocketBook Eo is listed as “coming quickly” on the corporate’s web site, although seems to be already on sale in Germany for €569 (which converts to round US$600, although we have no phrase on a confirmed US launch).
Product web page: PocketBook Eo