Tolino Shine 2 HD vs Tolino Shine 3

The Tolino Alliance was formed in 2013 and their mandate was to combat Amazon in Germany. This was the first time big established players like Thalia, Weltbild, Hugendubel, Club Bertelsmann, Deutsche Telekom banded together to launch a digital bookstore and a series of e-readers. Every year the consortium releases a single single device, but last year they unveiled two different models - the Tolino Vision 3 HD and the Tolino Shine 2 HD, which we will review today. Hardware The Tolino Shine 2 HD features a six inch e-ink Carta display with a resolution of 1440 by 1080. This is the sameRead more

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