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PocketBook Basic 2 Ebook Reader
PocketBook Basic 2
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PocketBook Touch Ebook Reader
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PocketBook Touch Lux 5 Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch Lux 5
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Editiorial reviews
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The product line of the company PocketBook very easy to understand the potential buyer. The prefix indicates Lux illumination, Touch says sensory capabilities, well, Basic, and he in Basic – simple budget model with basic features. Considered in this review PocketBook Basic 2 (614) is equipped with a 6-inch E Ink Pearl with a resolution of 800 by 600 pixels, upgraded compared to its predecessor, the hardware platform and boasts a competitive cost. Options PocketBook Basic 2 Reader PocketBook Basic 2 comes in a thin laminated cardboard box, inside which you will find only the device cable USB / micro-USB and the accompanying documentation. Charger and carrying case are not supplied, …Read more
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Pocketbook Touch: Just Another Ebook Device? When our favourite distributor AlTech took on a new line of products from Pocketbook and sent me one of the top models, the Touch, I had to wonder where the market for e-book readers is going to take us in the coming years. With the proliferation of large smartphones and tablets, some of them as cheap as dedicated e-book readers, will there still be a market for the likes of Pocketbook Touch?Read more
The Touch HD 3 e-reader is one of the best mid level devices that Pocketbook has ever released. It has a very interesting design with the brushed aluminum and manual page turn buttons. The big selling points is the audio functionality, a color temperature glowlight system, Bluetooth and is the fact it is completely waterproof. The Pocketbook line of e-readers does not lock you into a walled garden and plays nice with the majority of ebook formats out there, such as PDF, EPUB, DJVU, FB2, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML, MOBI, ACSM. Pocketbook pays a license feeRead more
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The Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 is brand new e-reader that has just come out and it features a six inch capacitive touchscreen display with a front-light and color temperature system. This device competes against the Kobo Libra and the Kindle Paperwhite. Hardware The Pocketbook Touch Lux 5 has a 6 inch E INK Carta HD capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 1024×758 with 212 PPI. It has a front-lit display with 8 white LED lights and a color temperature system with 8 amber LED lights. Underneath the hood is a dual core 1 GHZ processor, 512MB of RAM andRead more
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User rating
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4.3 out of 5
37 user ratings
5 stars
40 %
4 stars
48 %
3 stars
10 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
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4.4 out of 5
39 user ratings
5 stars
51 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
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3.3 out of 5
34 user ratings
5 stars
14 %
4 stars
20 %
3 stars
44 %
2 stars
17 %
1 stars
2 %

Display

Screen size6.0 in6.0 in6.0 in
Screen technologyE Ink
N/A
N/A
Screen resolution600 x 800 px800 x 600 px758 x 1024 px
Pixel density166.0 ppi166.0 ppi
N/A
Shades of grey161616
Touchscreen
N/A
yesyes
Aspect ratio
N/A
4:3
N/A
Colour
N/A
N/A
no

Technical details

Supported book file formats
  • DOC
  • DJVU
  • DOCX
  • HTML
  • EPUB
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TXT
  • TIFF
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • DJVU
  • HTML
  • EPUB
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TIFF
  • TXT
  • FB2
  • Zip
  • CBR
  • CBZ
  • CHM
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • DJVU
  • EPUB DRM
  • FB2
  • FB2.ZIP
  • HTM
  • HTML
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TXT
  • EPUB
Supported image formats
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • TIFF
  • BMP
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • TIFF
Memory size4GB2GB
N/A
Maximum memory card size32GB32GB32
Built-in memory
N/A
yes
N/A
Memory card reader
N/A
yes
N/A
Compatible memory cards
N/A
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • Secure Digital
microSD
Processor speed
N/A
800.0 MHz
N/A
RAM size
N/A
128.0 mB512.0 mB
Built-in processor
N/A
N/A
Y

Design

Colour of productWhite
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
  • Black
  • Red

Dimensions

Height6.81 in6.81 in6.35 in
Width4.49 in4.49 in4.25 in
Depth0.31 in0.37 in0.31 in
Weight6.63 oz6.88 oz5.47 oz

Audio properties

Supported audio formatsBMP
  • MP3
  • BMP
  • M4A
  • M4B
  • MP3
  • OGG
Speakers
N/A
no
N/A
Audio 3.5mm input
N/A
yes
N/A
Audio features
N/A
Text to Speech
N/A

Features

Operating systemLinuxLinux
N/A
Input methodMulti-touchMulti-touch
N/A
Built-In dictionaryyesyesyes
Web browsingyesyes
N/A
Qwerty keyboard (buttons)
N/A
no
N/A
Qwerty keyboard (screen)
N/A
yes
N/A
Adjustable text
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Wi-Fiyesyesyes
3G (UMTS)
N/A
no
N/A
AC adapter included
N/A
no
N/A
USB
N/A
yes
N/A
USB type
N/A
Micro-USBMicro-USB

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