Color e-ink ebook readers

The A. About Gizmodo Advisor Gizmodo Store. Some of our posts include links to retailers. Because editorial staff is independent of commerce, affiliate linking does not influence our editorial content. By Andrew Liszewski. Photo: Andrew Liszewski - Gizmodo. It solved many of the issues we noticed with the first generation. The greyscale uniformity has been drastically improved, so the background will always be grey, instead of colors trying to mix together to create grey.

It has better color accuracy, support for screens as small as 5. Since they are focused on larger screens, this means they have solved how many colors can be displayed simultaneously and upped the PPI, for higher resolution content.

They also augmented the regal waveform controllers for faster performance, in regards to displaying graphic novels, comics, manga and ebooks. The color gamut has been improved by over 3x and text is crisper. In the past 12 months, 12 different e-notes and e-readers have been released.

Here is a comprehensive list of all of the different ones, in order of release date. This device is only available in China and despite the fact it is running Android, it has a custom launcher that prevents sideloading APK files or changing the language from Chinese to English. Hisense A5C — Hisense surprised everyone and released a color E INK smartphone, this was an entry level device, it mainly showed off what this tech was capable of. It had middling specs, and did not really sell that well.

It has a higher version of Android, 10 to be exact. It has more RAM, a better processor, a fingerprint scanner, two microphones, a dedicated speaker on the side of the device and two new speed modes, to increase the refresh rate, so watching videos or playing games can be a thing.

Up until now, all of the E INK products that were released, where aimed at the Chinese market, whereas Pocketbook supported over 20 languages. This device was their number one bestseller, of all time. The iReader uses Baidu, while iFlytek uses their own and also Migu, these two devices are perfect for Chinese speaking people who live outside of China, students studying abroad, or other circumstances.

Onyx only produced a 1, units total, and they basically instantly sold out in a week. This extra large display is what people have been waiting for, since it is ideal for comics, magazines and newspapers.

It has great hardware specs and 5G internet access that is compatible with most European and US carriers. Great strides have been made with color e-paper over the course of the past four months. There is now greater greyscale uniformity and color accuracy, providing a great experience when surfing the internet, using apps or curling up and reading a comic or graphic novel.

The Hisense A7 has a 6. It has a front-lit display with LED lights alongside the bottom of the bezel and project light evenly across the screen and not into your eyes. The lightning system can be totally turned off, completely shutting the LED lights down. The Onyx Boox Nova 3 Color features 7. The screen is completely flush with the bezel and has a AG glass flat cover-lens. One of the most exciting elements of the Nova 3 Color is the inclusion of a WACOM layer, so you can use it as a dedicated note taking device.

There are 8 colors to select from in the drawing app and Onyx has one of the best freehand drawing experiences out there, with tons of advanced options.

The accompanied stylus has 4, degrees of pressure sensitivity, the harder you press, the thicker the lines become. This model has two speakers that are positioned next to the USB port, this is similar to the way the iPhone does it. There is Bluetooth 5. There is a microphone port on the bottom, which can be used for voice communication and also speech to text on the digital note taking app, it also has a new function that allows you to record your audio notes and can be played back whenever you want.

It is powered by a mAh battery and it is running Android 10 and has Google Play. Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years.