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PocketBook Touch Ebook Reader
PocketBook Touch
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Tolino Shine Ebook Reader
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Tolino Shine 3 Ebook Reader
Tolino Shine 3
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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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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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
39
4.4 out of 5
39 user ratings
5 stars
51 %
4 stars
33 %
3 stars
15 %
2 stars
0 %
1 stars
0 %
46
4.1 out of 5
46 user ratings
5 stars
41 %
4 stars
32 %
3 stars
21 %
2 stars
2 %
1 stars
2 %
61
3.8 out of 5
61 user ratings
5 stars
27 %
4 stars
39 %
3 stars
19 %
2 stars
8 %
1 stars
4 %

Display

Touchscreenyesyesyes
Screen size6.0 in6.0 in6.0 in
Screen resolution800 x 600 px1024 x 758 px1072 x 1448 px
Pixel density166.0 ppi
N/A
N/A
Shades of grey161616
Aspect ratio4:3
N/A
N/A
Colour
N/A
NY
Screen technology
N/A
E InkE Ink Carta

Technical details

Supported book file formats
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • DJVU
  • HTML
  • EPUB
  • MOBI
  • PDF
  • PRC
  • RTF
  • TIFF
  • TXT
  • FB2
  • Zip
  • EPUB
  • PDF
  • TXT
  • EPUB
  • PDF
  • TXT
Supported image formats
  • JPEG/JPG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • TIFF
N/A
N/A
Built-in memoryyes
N/A
N/A
Memory size2GB2GB8GB
Memory card readeryes
N/A
N/A
Compatible memory cards
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • Secure Digital
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
N/A
Maximum memory card size32GB3225
Processor speed800.0 MHz800.0 MHz1000.0 MHz
RAM size128.0 mB256.0 mB512.0 mB
Book capacity
N/A
2000
N/A
Supported video formats
N/A
Not supportedNot supported
Built-in processor
N/A
YY

Dimensions

Height6.81 in6.89 in6.16 in
Width4.49 in4.57 in4.34 in
Depth0.37 in0.36 in0.33 in
Weight6.88 oz6.46 oz5.86 oz

Audio properties

Speakersnono
N/A
Audio 3.5mm inputyes
N/A
N/A
Audio featuresText to Speech
N/A
N/A
Supported audio formats
  • MP3
  • BMP
Not supportedNot supported

Connectivity

Wi-Fiyesyesno
3G (UMTS)no
N/A
N/A
AC adapter includedno
N/A
N/A
USByes
N/A
N/A
USB typeMicro-USBMicro-USB AMicro-USB
Wi-Fi standards
N/A
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • Wi-Fi 4
N/A
Headphone out
N/A
nono
Bluetooth
N/A
nono
USB version
N/A
USB 2.0
N/A

Battery

Battery typeLi-polymer
Lithium Polymer
Lithium Polymer
Battery life (page views)8000
N/A
N/A
Battery capacity
N/A
1500.0 mAh1200.0 mAh
Battery life
N/A
1176.0 h
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