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PocketBook Touch Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch
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PocketBook Touch Lux 3 Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch Lux 3
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PocketBook Touch Lux 5 Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch Lux 5
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Editiorial reviews
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2 editorial reviews
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 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
In het Pocketbook Touch Lux 3 productdossier lees je alles over de Touch Lux 3. Lees wat de Touch Lux 3 allemaal kan op onze review- en specificatiepagina.Read 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
39
4.4 out of 5
39 user ratings
5 stars
51 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
47
3.9 out of 5
47 user ratings
5 stars
36 %
4 stars
25 %
3 stars
31 %
2 stars
6 %
1 stars
0 %
34
3.3 out of 5
34 user ratings
5 stars
14 %
4 stars
20 %
3 stars
44 %
2 stars
17 %
1 stars
2 %

Display

Touchscreenyesyesyes
Screen size6.0 in6.0 in6.0 in
Screen resolution800 x 600 px1024 x 758 px758 x 1024 px
Pixel density166.0 ppi
N/A
N/A
Shades of grey161616
Aspect ratio4:3
N/A
N/A
Colour
N/A
Nno
Screen technology
N/A
E Ink
N/A
DPI
N/A
212.0 dpi
N/A

Technical details

Supported book file formats
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • DJVU
  • HTML
  • EPUB
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TIFF
  • TXT
  • FB2
  • Zip
  • CHM
  • DJVU
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • EPUB
  • EPUB DRM
  • FB2
  • FB2.ZIP
  • HTM
  • HTML
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TCR
  • TXT
  • 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
  • BMP
  • TIFF
  • BMP
  • JPG
  • PNG
  • TIF
  • BMP
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • TIFF
Built-in memoryyesyes
N/A
Memory size2GB4GB
N/A
Memory card readeryesyes
N/A
Compatible memory cards
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • Secure Digital
microSD
microSD
Maximum memory card size32GB3232
Processor speed800.0 MHz1000.0 MHz
N/A
RAM size128.0 mB256.0 mB512.0 mB
Supported video formats
N/A
Not supported
N/A
Built-in processor
N/A
YY

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Grey
  • White
White
  • Black
  • Red
Housing material
N/A
Plastic
N/A

Dimensions

Height6.81 in0.33 in6.35 in
Width4.49 in68.66 in4.25 in
Depth0.37 in4.51 in0.31 in
Weight6.88 oz6.35 oz5.47 oz

Audio properties

Speakersnono
N/A
Audio 3.5mm inputyesno
N/A
Audio featuresText to Speech
N/A
N/A
Supported audio formats
  • MP3
  • BMP
Not supported
  • M4A
  • M4B
  • MP3
  • OGG

Features

Operating systemLinuxLinux
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Input methodMulti-touch
N/A
N/A
Qwerty keyboard (buttons)nono
N/A
Qwerty keyboard (screen)yesyes
N/A
Adjustable textyes
N/A
N/A
Built-In dictionaryyesyesyes
Web browsingyes
N/A
N/A
Menu languages
N/A
Multi
N/A
Calendar
N/A
yes
N/A
Lighting
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Wi-Fiyesyesyes
3G (UMTS)nono
N/A
AC adapter includednono
N/A
USByesyes
N/A
USB typeMicro-USBMicro-USBMicro-USB
Wi-Fi standards
N/A
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
N/A
Headphone out
N/A
no
N/A
Bluetooth
N/A
no
N/A
USB version
N/A
USB 2.0
N/A
Total USB ports
N/A
1
N/A
USB powered (only mha USB)
N/A
yes
N/A

Battery

Battery typeLi-polymer
Lithium-Ion
Lithium Polymer
Battery life (page views)80008000
N/A
Battery capacity
N/A
1300.0 mAh1500.0 mAh
Battery voltage
N/A
3.7 V
N/A
Number of batteries required
N/A
1
N/A
Rechargeable battery (enclosed/integrate)
N/A
yes
N/A
Battery life
N/A
N/A
720.0 h

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Often compared with PocketBook Touch Lux 3

Often compared with PocketBook Touch Lux 5