- PocketBook launched the InkPad One
- This is a Linux-powered e-reader with pen support and a large 10.3-inch screen
- It’s not widely available yet, but that could change
Kindle and Kobo may be the leading e-reader brands, but there are all sorts of interesting alternatives, including PocketBook, which just launched a new device called InkPad One.
It is a 10.3-inch e-reader with a 226 pixels per inch grayscale Mobius E Ink display. It has front lighting that adapts to the environment, a 3,700 mAh battery promising up to two months of battery life, 32 GB of storage, 2 GB of RAM and a 1.8 GHz quad-core chipset. It’s also thin and light, with a thickness of 5.15mm and a weight of 400g.
Interestingly, it runs Linux rather than Android or a proprietary operating system, so you’re not locked into a specific ecosystem, and it supports 21 book formats, including AZW, EPUB, PDF, MOBI, and many more.
Plus, it includes access to a Libby-powered app for borrowing books from libraries, and in the UK it gives you “the world’s most comprehensive English-language British digital e-book library, with user-friendly LCP DRM-protected content of 4.5 million e-books and 90,000 audiobooks.”
It also supports pen input (and comes with a stylus), making it a less locked-in alternative to the likes of the Kindle Scribe.
It also features largely comparable specs to the Kindle Scribe, including a similarly sized screen and a slightly thinner and lighter build, although its screen has a slightly lower resolution.
Not yet widely available
Still, if you don’t want to be locked into Amazon’s ecosystem, or stuck in an arguably even more limited ecosystem like that of the reMarkable Paper Pro, then the PocketBook InkPad One could be a tempting choice.
However, we’d advise caution, as we only gave the company’s InkPad Eo a two-star rating, noting that it was expensive and bulky – although this tablet is based on Android 11, not Linux.
If you like the sound of the InkPad One, you might have to wait a bit, as at the moment it’s only available in Germany, but the company has revealed that it will be coming to the US and UK, priced at $360 and around £270 respectively.
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