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PocketBook Basic Touch Ebook Reader
PocketBook Basic Touch
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PocketBook Touch Lux 4 Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch Lux 4
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Tolino Shine 3 Ebook Reader
Tolino Shine 3
Editiorial reviews
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3 editorial reviews
First everPocketBook is the first company in the world to implement capacitive multi-sensor Film Touch screens at its device – PocketBook Basic Touch! As thin as paperFilm Touch technology uses touch film of only 0,2 mm thin which is equal to two sheets of paper.SociableA wireless built-in Wi-Fi ...Read more
This is a simple, barebones e-reader with none of the frills and options as all of the other e-readers in Pocketbooks modern portfolio. There are a small minority of people who don't like touch screens for whatever reason, or use their e-reader while wearing gloves or mittens, due to the cold weather. Clicking on big oversized page turn buttons can be used in this manner.The Basic 4 has a really good design, but doing any kind of typing is utterly terrible, I would recommend this as just a dedicated e-reader and that's it.Read more
The Pocketbook Basic Lux 3 e-reader is barebones. It does not have a touchscreen or note taking functionality. It has a D-Pad and manual page turn buttons to control the entire browsing and navigation experience, but it is very robust at this task. The major selling points are the $99 price tag, which makes it very affordable, it also has a dual-core processor and an SD card. Why should you buy this device? There are many people who grew up with game consoles and phones that did not have touchscreens and relied entirely on buttons. This harkens back to theRead more
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The Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 came out in early 2016 and it was due for a refresh. The company has just issued the 4th generation model and it completely redesigns the e-reader and it is now similar to the InkPad. Hardware The Pocketbook Touch Lux 4 features a six inch E Ink Carta display with a resolution of 1024×758 and uses a capacitive touchscreen. It has a new front-lit display, packing in higher quality LED lights than previous models, although it does not have a color temperature system. Underneath the hood is a Allwinner A13 single core 1GHz  processor, 512MBRead more
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Tolino has issued three different generations of the Shine e-reader, which is their mid level device. This is the first model in the lineup that was designed by Kobo and the Shine 3 is basically the Kobo Clara HD shell and internals. It does have Tolino software and the Tolino bookstore, which is appealing to the German audience. In late 2017 Kobo purchased the Tolino ecosystem from Deutsche Telekom.  The deal gave Kobo full control over the hardware and software of the Tolino brand.  The other members of the Tolino Alliance still sold ebooks via the Tolino Bookstore and soldRead more
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User rating
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4.0 out of 5
35 user ratings
5 stars
25 %
4 stars
51 %
3 stars
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2 stars
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3.9 out of 5
58 user ratings
5 stars
44 %
4 stars
17 %
3 stars
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2 stars
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3.8 out of 5
61 user ratings
5 stars
27 %
4 stars
39 %
3 stars
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2 stars
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Display

Touchscreenyesyesyes
ColourN
  • N
  • no
Y
Screen size6.0 in6.0 in6.0 in
Screen technologyE InkE Ink CartaE Ink Carta
Screen resolution800 x 600 px758 x 1024 px1072 x 1448 px
Pixel density166.0 ppi
N/A
N/A
Shades of grey161616

Technical details

Supported book file formats
  • CHM
  • DJVU
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • EPUB
  • FB2
  • HTM
  • HTML
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TXT
  • CHM
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • DJVU
  • EPUB DRM
  • FB2
  • FB2.ZIP
  • HTM
  • HTML
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TXT
  • EPUB
  • PDF
  • TXT
Supported image formats
  • BMP
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • TIF
  • BMP
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • TIFF
N/A
Memory size4GB8GB8GB
Compatible memory cards
microSD
microSD
N/A
Maximum memory card size323225
RAM size512.0 mB512.0 mB512.0 mB
Supported video formats
N/A
Not supportedNot supported
Built-in processor
N/A
YY
Processor speed
N/A
1000.0 MHz1000.0 MHz

Dimensions

Height0.33 in6.35 in6.16 in
Width6.87 in4.25 in4.34 in
Depth4.51 in0.31 in0.33 in
Weight6.74 oz5.47 oz5.86 oz

Audio properties

Supported audio formatsNot supportedNot supportedNot supported
Speakers
N/A
no
N/A

Connectivity

Wi-Fiyesyesno
Wi-Fi standards
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
N/A
Bluetoothno
N/A
no
USB versionUSB 2.0
N/A
N/A
USB typeMicro-USB BMicro-USBMicro-USB
Headphone out
N/A
nono

Battery

Battery capacity1300.0 mAh1500.0 mAh1200.0 mAh
Battery type
Lithium-Ion
Lithium Polymer
Lithium Polymer
Battery voltage3.7 V
N/A
N/A

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