Welcome to Summer 2023! As the song goes, the living is easy!
We’re looking forward to downtime, relaxing on a beach, kayaking, whale watches, fishing – all that stuff that’s fun to do outdoors. Know what else is fun? Reading outside!
As we all know, ePaper is ideal for reading in bright sunlight. The display is reflective, unlike LCD & LED displays. My car’s backup camera is LCD – useless in bright sun. Here’s a tip – check out the waterproof eReaders! Yes, they exist!
Kindles:
The heavy hitter in the eReader game is Amazon Kindle. Two choices:
7” 300 ppi display, long battery life, 8 or 32G storage available, adjustable front light, switch to audiobooks with Bluetooth headset (not included).
Kindle Oasis. Image: Amazon
6.8” 300 ppi display, long battery life, 8 or 32G storage available, adjustable front light, switch to audiobooks with Bluetooth headset (not included).
Other options from PocketBook:
6” 300 ppi, long battery life, 16G storage, adjustable Comfort Gaze, Text to Speech technology,, switch to audiobooks with Bluetooth headset (not included).
PocketBook Touch HD 3. Image: Amazon
7.8” 300 ppi, long battery life, 16G storage, adjustable Comfort Gaze, Text to Speech technology, switch to audiobooks with Bluetooth headset (not included).
PocketBook InkPad 3 Pro. Image: Amazon
Great choices with 2 sizes available for each brand.
PocketBook Viva Gallery 3
Gamechanger! Color and waterproof!
8”, 300 ppi display, Text to Speech, 64 G storage, ComfortGaze, switch to audiobooks with Bluetooth headset (not included).
PocketBook Viva. Image: findereader.com
Nova Boox Air C
7.8”, 300 ppi display, Text to Speech, 32 G storage, switch to audiobooks with Bluetooth headset (not included).
Boox Nova Air C. Image: Boox
eNote
Kindle recently introduced an eNote – the Kindle Scribe. Merging the eReader and eNote works very well in this device.
10.3”, 300 ppi, auto adjusting front light, adjustable front light. The Scribe is often compared to the reMarkable. Check out this review by Pocket-Lint.
10.3”, 300 ppi, 8 G storage, robust cloud platform – Connect. Optional keyboard available – Type Folio.
For the best of all worlds – the Bigme InkNote Color is an eNote and eReader – and has a Kaleido 3 color ePaper display. 10.3”, 300 ppi, 64 G storage (expandable to 1T), front and rear cameras, and microphone.
This is a sampling of the E Ink ePaper devices. We’ll do a follow up with other brands not included in this wrap up.
Safe reading this summer!
Ooh! I nearly forgot – all of these devices function perfectly indoors, as well!