"Didn't Pebble Time have a color E-Ink display like five years ago?" Hey folks - popular question so I'll pin it for a bit. (I loved the Pebble too!) But no, Pebble Time used a low-power LTPS LCD. It wasn't E Ink (or even e paper); just a reflective LCD that maxed out at something like 64 colors and 182ppi. E-Ink Kaleido was just released this year. There was an earlier color E Ink (Triton) but as I mention in the video, Kaleido is much smaller and lighter technology, allowing for lightweight and thin e-readers like the PocketBook Color here.
I enjoyed my pebble up until they discontinued it and the app rip pebble ☹ it was the best for its time actually mrmobile your review was the first I've ever watched for the pebble 😁 I didn't even know that time you ended up leaving pocket now to start your own channel
My GF got me the OG pebble long ago and I loved it so much. I got the Pebble time just days before the announcement of the canceled Pebble 2 and kept using it til it died off. I REALLY wanted that watch...RIP Pebble
That's right. I believe they called it Memory LCD and it was made by Sharp. If I recall correctly the display itself had RAM in it that held image data, so the device could power down and stop refreshing it, but it was still LCD and still used some power to hold an image. Honestly I was surprised we didn't see it used more.
Impressive is not the adjective I would use. Not when this new technology is going to be compared to LCD and OLED displays. It is a step in the right direction, just a very underwhelming one.
E-Paper screens have always been able to do this. As I have experimented with E-Inks myself, the reason the whole screen refreshes is because if you keep applying a constant charge to the capsule the pigments will get polarized (become positive or negative). This means the pixels will not change and stick to the respective opposite poles forever. That's why if you look closely, on a refresh, the screen turns black, then white. This allow the pixels to be pulled equally by both charges and "resets" them if you will.
I'm already getting such a weird feeling reading comics that are in colour on a regular greyscale e-paper display (on my Likebook Mimas), and the comics I do read tend to look tiny on a 6" display, like on my Kobo Clara HD, so I'm trying to resist buying a Boox Poke2 colour, which a local distributor has for sale for $430 (SGD), and wait out for E-ink to release a Kaleido display in 7.8" or 10.3", hoping that Boox and/or Likebook then makes use of that. (I have multiple e-readers as part of some research and community support stuff I'm doing, but I'm also trying to resist buying into $430 first-generation technology)
I agree, we already have phone-to-tablets so a minimalist approach is truly refreshing, especially when all you want is to read comfortably. I wouldn't change my old e-book reader for ANY tablet in the world. My eyes can't stand back-lit screens for long, but I can read on my Sony for HOURS.
There is actually a smartphone that does use the same eink color display. Similar compromises as this ereader, but it's out there. th-cam.com/video/EkZ3Wapn2FA/w-d-xo.html
On the other hand, it does something other E-Readers can't wich is colour. In black and white e-Readers are superb as we all know, but colour is pretty new here, so to compare both display types might be fair in a way. As seen here, the colours aren't the greatest and the resolution is quite low. So if you plan on reading a ton of Comics or books with many illustrations, you are propably better off with a LCD or LED Display. But if those Displays hurt your eyes after a while, or you still for the most part consume Text, the colour E-Ink is propably the better choice. Anyway, hope to see further improvements as well. Gotta love E-Ink displays. And once they can produce crystal clear colour Images - fantastic!
I see color e-readers as the alternative to paper. We need to stop cutting down trees and wasting paper and if books were made into e-readers, that would cut down on costs, especially in education. Updating information and textbooks would be instant and wouldn’t need to waste production costs to print new editions. Just needs to be faster and smoother and made cheaper to manufacture and we’ll be headed in a healthier direction for our planet.
It was a really cool concept though but the greediness of a company that made this device killed it... They thought that everyone wanted a phone with an e-ink display and raised up the price dramatically. Obviously that nobody but a bunch of geeks bought this device. I was interested in this phone but the price was toooooooo high for a device from an unknown company and honestly, specs weren't great for its huge price... I decided to by an iPhone instead of this overpriced cat in a sack.
I hope we see another attempt at a phone with a secondary e-paper display. You could choose a wallpaper for your back glass that would display when you aren't using it to read or whatever. Such a cool concept.
I still have it in use and love it. In many respects it was ahead of its time: Bright HD OLED screen and wireless charging, when barely any company offered it (definitely not the Iphone), subtle "always on" notification on the backside, even browsing is good on the E-Ink screen. And - great repairability: Detach one screw and pop it open, like the ancient Nokia phones. Replace what you need to and click it shut again. Downsides: There is not a real good power saving mode which would have been possible with the amazing E-ink screen. Just receiving calls, Messages, E-Mail with a calendar and a standby time of weeks would have made a massive advantage for travellers. So it is aging, but still good usable for everyday tasks. I made a Zoom session recently - just works fine.
@@genius1a I totally agree although mine is pretty unusable at this point, but I still turn it on sometimes and just enoy it:) I cant express how much I loved that phone. Im so sad they failed it was a truly brilliant phone;(
As a person who spent years reading on a phone screen, even with it dimmed and in dark mode my eyes still suffered for it. I need to get my hands on one of these second hand.
When I had to move a few years ago I simply didn't have the room for my collection of books so I started to read pretty much exclusively on my phone and Amazon Fire tablet. I'd never owned an actual Kindle as my smart device had always done the job for when I couldn't take a physical book with me, I still dislike how Amazon killed Stanza on the iPhone. It was during the first lockdown here in the UK that I finally decided to get a Kindle. I didn't get anything new, I bought a 2nd gen Kindle Paperwhite, and it was the best reading decision I've never made. It's not the eink display or anything like that but that it is distraction free. When I'm reading I'm not getting notifications or alerts, I can just sit back and lose myself in the book.
The biggest advantage of an e-book is to not have distractions a smartphone provides. Not having notifications or being able to quickly search for memes helps to immerse in reading. I don't see a reason to criticize a refresh rate when here it's a plus.
It's one of those things where, you don't have to switch to USB-C-only, however once you do, you just don't wanna go back. When you have only a handful of cables, dongles, accessories, etc. and they all work on every single device you own, then it's just an unnecessary bother to buy a device that's not compatible. Not an absolute deal breaker, but at least an annoyance, that makes it less attractive.
@@xerzy This i agree with. I've had so many Micro USB cables break on me even while being super careful. Having a Micro usb port isnt a deal breaker for me, but I would still be a bit iffy about buying any device with it.
It is, as other commenters pointed out, an issue of quality and convenience. It does not kill the company to use it, and it makes the customers so much happier. Being in a third world country won't magically make micro usb a better standard
I am a bookworm. And a designer and have avid interest in covers. I have my physical library as my native language doesn't have much e books. But it is rich in literature. And this is a dream come true. All my english books I can safely transfer.
I love the disclaimers you put at the end confirming that you're not being paid to do this. That reassurance that you're not being sold something without your knowledge is refreshing
Backlight in e-reader has introduced a reflective layer that makes moder e-reader screens much less paper-like than the old ones. Color is a nice addition, even if not a perfect one, but I'd still much prefer a less reflective screen instead.
Eink is so amazing in my opinion. Just think about the fact the screen literally draws a physical image in front of you every time you refresh the screen. Ofc it doesnt compare to oled in everday use but in my opinion eink has its charm and place
this is why I wanted a 2-in-1 convertible tablet/laptop that has an e-ink screen. It's main use is for documents, school or specialized purposed device. The main selling point on this technology is the battery life of the device. For students, a device like that can help them breeze through an entire week without charging, making it more reliable for notetaking, making research papers, assignments etc.
Great share Michael, I too have been impressed with the resurgence of E-Ink technology on readers and now on smartphones. When I saw that there was E-Ink color, I was like WOW! But seeing the refresh rates and also how it looks a little less crisp, I think I would stay with the traditional black & white E-Ink device as of now. If the E-Ink color improves then I might be into it, but it looks like it has a ways to go yet. Thank you for reviewing and posting!
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Even though the quality is not super in terms of color and sharpness, that's a great tool for people who have to read a lot, like students, researchers... In that case we don't really need vivid colors, high resolution, or fast response, we mostly need to save our eyes. But we still need a bigger screen.
Finally!! It's taken 10 years!! My only complaint about this device is size. I have a Sony T2 (yes, it has survived until today) and the bezels make it hard to annotate things (summed up to the fact the responsiveness of the pen isn't great), and I can't imagine studying from a smaller screen, way too much strain on my astigmatistic eyes...
you should review the hisense colour eink phone. thats what ive been using since it came out. it would have been nice to have an actual review when buying it. its actually better than i was expecting in many regards (very responsive for e ink, and its pretty easy to watch videos) but the resolution is pretty bad sadly, which is something i was looking forward to. however the phone performing above expectation in almost all areas and the killer battery life more than makes up for it. [its got a pretty awful size battery and gets 4 days easily, i really hope they shove something bigger in it for gen 2, that would be incredible] edit: its usb c, not micro. that seems like 50% of the comments so i thought id add that note
Yeah, I've been a Kindle user for years now. I'll wait for a colour Oasis personally. By the time it comes out, hopefully the PPI limitations will be addressed. I don't miss colour 99% of the time when reading on my Kindle since I don't read comics on it. I don't even read manga really, even though that's also B&W most of the time. I do miss having colour for illustration pages though, namely for light novels. Is there dynamic colour enabling? What I mean is, does it shift between standard high PPI for B&W only pages, and low PPI with colour for colour pages?
So e-readers like Kobo or Onyx or Lifebook or the Pocketbook that mr Mobile showed in this video? They allow for a lot of different formats of ebooks (predominantly epub), aren't necessarily tied to a marketplace (any ebook from pretty much all non-Amazon retailer can be read on any epub-e-reader) The only downside is, no Kindle ebooks, but that's really because of Amazon. Though you can remove the DRM in the Kindle ebooks and convert them through third-party software.
I have a Second Gen Kindle DX that I bought new several years ago off eBay. it has two of those three (big screen and physical page buttons) and you can put PDF and other things on it. And...it has an accelerometer so it can auto-rotate the image (yes really).
I’ve wanted a color e-reader for the longest time. I would love a tablet with color e-ink who’s battery would last for like a week or more. Just makes more sense to me than a standard LCD.
I sure like your reviews. When it comes to e-readers however, aside from the astonishingly slow refresh rate and how scrolling seems more akin to what we had with the very first smart devices over ten years ago, I prefer the e-ink style over say using my Samsung Galaxy phone simply because it looks more LIKE paper. I would rather read a physical book than use my phone...so these e-readers resonate with me on those levels specifically. But I definitely can see the frustration with how they are working and their limitations...which I fully expect to be corrected with time. And I for one, can hardly wait to see what those changes entail. Keep up the good reviews!
That's really cool, I honestly don't mind the kindle being black and white as I only read "normal" books there and the only colored thing would be the cover (which I don't care lol), but I'm glad the technology is improving
I love that you used the star trek technical manual to demo the device! Any idea where I could snag a digital version of it? My old paperback one is falling apart and is currently buried in the basement.
Early days, we should be praising this option. I've always thought that ebooks will go off with a bang when colour was brought to them. Photo magazines, comics and everything else that depends on good imaging will finally be worth buying on these over standard tablets and phones. Bring it on, Can't wait until we can see photo quality on them.
4096 colors remind of the Nokia phones from the early 2000's when having a color display was a big deal. I really like the vintage appeal to it and probably feels more immersive when reading old comics
It looks like something that in a few years could be really cool, looking like an old school illustrated book. BTW I have an inexpensive Lenovo 8" tablet that just got Android 10 and so now dark mode. I agree with you reading white text on a black background. Easy on the eyes.
Very excited to start seeing colored e-readers. We're probably years away from achieving even standard printer quality in color, but I think that the current tech or at least the next gen will be quite serviceable for more basic color functions, like graphs and figures, where you care less about how beautiful the colorations are. Personally, I don't expect e-paper to replace my screens for high-end coloration and refresh rate tasks like watching videos. We'll probably get a 60+ fps e-paper someday, but I wouldn't prioritize it.
I would love that energy spent on refresh rates. If it could hit 30fps (30hz?) We are looking at a tablet alternative. Once you do more than just read books that’s what it is. I use my Onyx boox because my eyes hurt after 12 hours on an iPad or Cintiq, but a better refresh rate for note taking and drawing on regular android apps would easily justify the price for me and an upgrade.
I have the HIsense A5 Pro CC phone and it has the new Kaleido screen but they have a "Speed" setting that trades off clarity for much smoother scrolling. I love it. Hisense did screw up by putting a glass screen as opposed to native matte.
Thanks for the thorough review, I like my eReader because as someone who can get migraines from conventional screens it just reads like paper, and takes up a lot less space for the same books. Hopefully I'll be able to do the same thing with graphic novels once this tech gets a little better!
Damn, this is gonna revolutionize like tons of stuff. Imagine ad posters being replacing with these colored e-ink displays, tons of paper would be saved. I wonder if anyone would like a foldable kindle...
Dude can't wait to see the technology implemented in smartphones, even only as an extra screen layer usable to save battery that would be AWESOME! Imagine an oled screen that turns epaper when you set your phone in night mode for example
I think it has a certain charm to it, personally. My first ever device besides a $20 MP3 player was a 4th gen Kindle Touch several years ago. I read the Hunger Games, played little word games and stuff, and it was an early window to the internet that 12 year old me really didn't need. Regardless, the Pocketbook Go reflects much of that charm and nostalgia I get with e-ink stuff these days, with the bonus of colors. It feels novel, even if it's lower quality. I'm personally a big fan. Plus, because Humble Bundle, most of my books these days are on PDF format, sitting dormant on my backup drive because reading them on my computer or phone for long periods of time strains my eyes far too much.
GOD I love the Star Trek references. It's almost not a Mr. Mobile video without some form of Star Trek reference. One of the main reasons I love this channel is because I like any creator that makes unique videos, and is a Trekkie. Mr. Mobile checks those boxes, with great videos every time, and the Trek references that I cannot get enough of. Keep up the good work.
OLEDs tend to oversaturate colors. Coupled that with the risk of burn-in, the battery usage and the constant distraction that a smartphone offers; they're a less than ideal solution for ebook and comic reading. At least for me.
Starlink and e-readers for everyone in third world countries. No need for foreign aid in less than a generation. This device (kindle) is amazing! Thanks for your good work!
Thank you for your honest review. I was looking into buying a color E-ink e-reader however since watching your video I will patiently wait until the technology has made further advancements. I will continue using my 1st generation nook..
can't blame him. Techtubers sometimes becames disconnected with the real world because they only use the latest "this month" tech in their daily life. Yeah we want USB C only future but many new devices still using that micros.
@@SaintMecha Plus thy act like it's a big deal to carry 2 short cables in their bag, or just get a USB C cable that has a Micro USB and/or Apple Lightning adapter on the end of it.
@@CommodoreFan64 yes, but still most of the devices outthere uses the micro USB.. like abdulla said, they are disconnected. There is no past for them.. (its kinda good)
@@ManuKrishnanmagz It's one of those things where, you don't have to switch to USB-C-only, however once you do, you just don't wanna go back. When you have only a handful of cables, dongles, accessories, etc. and they all work on every single device you own, then it's just an unnecessary bother to buy a device that's not compatible. Not an absolute deal breaker, but at least an annoyance, that makes it less attractive.
I love e-ink technology. I can definitely see the use for the tech in space colonization where energy efficiency and conservation is important. Keep in mind, not every display will be e-ink in say an O'Neill cylinder or a Mars habitable dome. But a decent amount of e-ink tablets and wall displays can be back up in emergency situations to reduce power consumption.
I still want there to be more use of EInk in digital signage. Instead of those power guzzling LCD screens at the drive through, you can just have colour EInk screens with front and back lighting. Cheaper, less power intensive, and easily readable in direct sunlight. Yes, the same applies for billboards.
Its gonna be a very niche product. The point of e-readers is that they are better for your eyes than backlit screens. Much like physical books, the vast majority of books will not require colour. The only use context I can see are comics. In theory books on art, architecture of photography could also benefit - but the low quality of the images doesn't make it seem like a good fit for these uses.
@@TheMrMobile You definitely should try to get your hands on a Onyx Boox Poke 2 Color. It's definitely a better representation of what the current-gen tech looks like.
Onyx Boox and some other companies have different modes that make scrolling smoother but more ghosting is showing. I don't know how it works on their colour reader but on the black and white it's very usable and I often browse the internet on my Nova 2 device.
Always love the videos from this channel. Even I am not interested in device, I still watch them as they are thoughtful, practical, entertaining and perfect size to fit on iPhone screen without cutting anything off. Awesome review. Good to know this product is in market. I might be interested after seeing this video
I would love to see a small color e-reader like this, that's capable of being something like an mp3 player as well. I like to put on some music while I read and listening to an audiobook is also up there in my ways to relax. Right now I use an old Coby mp3 player for this, but its 2GB non expandable storage isn't great, and it can't do books outside of the audio medium.
I love still seeing the Kindle Voyage. I had an Oasis 2 for about two weeks, but it was just nowhere near as comfortable or portable as the perfection Amazon achieved with the Voyage. Still the most attractive, premium, and portable Kindle they ever produced. The Paperwhite 4 is close, but that plastic screen is just gross and the bottom power button shows that Amazon has a toddler designing the Paperwhites.
I'd be fascinated to know the reason behind using a colour filter over the monochrome display, rather than changing the pigment in the beads. I wonder if it's a weight issue, that different pigments have a significant enough difference in weight at that scale that the colours would have different refresh speeds.
E Ink does make some colored-pigment panels, called ACeP, back in 2016 - I believe it maxes out at 8 colors per cup? Details here: www.eink.com/electronic-ink.html
What I'd like to see, in a few years, is a foldable with E-ink on the external display, and beautiful OLED on the inside. Benefits from the battery life when doing phone things, and the great inner display for the content and such that benefit from the bigger display. Texting on E-ink might get annoying, though... Still, very cool.
Well, I am thrilled for this, as I expect it to eventually make it to devices like reMarkable. I use a 3 color system for my notes and a black and white notepad was a no go for me. But this? this opens up so much potential. I have already started putting a little money aside every now and then so that when a color notepad appears, I will be able to buy it without thinking about the cost too much.
I think most videos on e-readers miss the point of eink, no eyestrain , which is a huge feature in a world where we spend huge chunks of our times staring at lcds
If I had more money I would buy this Pocketbook Color right away just to try out the tech. I already own a pretty old Onyx Poke Pro, a monochrome E-reader but runs Android so I can install Kindle and other apps from the play store. I bought it primarily because I didn't want to be tied down to just Amazon's offerings had I bought a Kindle. Android-based readers which allow 3rd-party apps are the way to go. I use Bookwalker a lot for Japanese titles. I'm gonna see if this PB Color has the right software.
Like all the common technology we have now, I believe this is going to improve over time. I'm really excited about this, I think this kind of screen could be really beneficial to preventing damage to the eyes.
I'm kind of excited for this tech ti get better and make it to Kobo. So many pocket articles will benefit from colour, and the "newspaper" effects kind of match with the news articles anyway! Hope the screedoor effect will be reduced by then!
I actually think I'd like this for a lot of the reasons Mr. Mobile doesn't. If I were to buy a color e reader, for me, the whole point would be to save money on buying expensive physical books like textbooks while not having the added distraction of reading them on my phone or laptop where I can just navigate over to the internet at any moment. For that reason, I wouldn't want my e reader to have good (or really any) internet access and I'd like that it feels like paper because that's what I'm used to reading on. Also I like the subdued colors, it's charming.
I'd love to see an E-reader that allowed me to merge my Kindle and Nook libraries without having to go through tons of reformatting or jailbreaking. Where you could just open an app and boom you're on Kindle or swap to Nook. I love e-ink because it reduces the eyestrain I can end up with sometimes.
I wonder if they could ever add a transparent screen (which do exist, Linus did a gaming video on one. Transparent when not in use) over top the EInk so you get the advantages of EInk when you want it and a usable smartphone/tablet when you want it too.
Nice, this technology should improve more and more over the years. Why you would want to scroll on an E-Ink screen though ... of course it's not responsive. Updating the screen takes time.
I was going to complain as to why you chose PocketBook instead of Boox, before reading the description to see that it was a loaner from E-ink. That makes more sense. Also, Michael, do you plan to revisit the Kobo Aura One ever since Kobo refreshed their e-reader UX a while back, unless there isn't much to talk about on that front? I have quite a bit of experience with Kindle, Kobo, and Likebook e-readers, and aim to eventually get Boox and PocketBook e-readers too. 5:48 I like seeing how greatly your reading interests differ from mine, which in turn I find to be unusual. 5:58 I'm now reminded of why I'm trying to resist getting a Boox Poke2 colour.
Take a look at the Hisense A5 Pro CC phone. Same Kaleido tech but they "unlocked" the speed setting so the refresh is so much smoother than this. There is more ghosting while scrolling but you can mitigate that with a manual refresh once you stop scrolling. I use it to save my eyes some wear and tear after abusing them for way too many years. 2022 is going to be a crazy year for eink I think.
I would ADORE one of these if the colour was a little better. The ONLY reason I have a tablet is to read comics; everything else I read on my Kobo. (B&W e-readers are great for manga though)
E Ink was made for specific purpose and objective. I have no illusions of the quality. If I'll watch a video, I"ll go back to my laptop. Comics are fine on e ink. Fried my eyes on a computer screen. E Ink is the way to go.
I’m hoping Pocketbook will put out a larger version that would be good for reading graphic novels. Smaller e-readers aren’t very good for that, so I rely on my iPad for larger format material.
I'm really glad color displays are getting better, but for me... The things I want to see in color, I want to see on a bigger screen. Especially for splash pages. Or a two-page ereader that folds, but I'd still want it to be at least double the size of the ereaders I use for novels. Im gonna be reading BD in there, not manga (a regular ereader is already perfect for manga), it's meant to be displayed much bigger and let's be honest, some of them would be illegible on a 6-inch screen. My dilemma is that waiting for it to get better also means not supporting it while it gets better, which could prevent it from continuing to improve for lack of budget. But yeah, give me an A4 or bigger, two-page ereader if you want me to buy a color e-reader. Until then I'll keep to novels and risk the backllit screens for comics.
One big deal with colour e-paper is super low power data displays, for instance I have a project in mind that would benefit from displays that can operate at low power
I like the less saturated color on this new Color E-reader. but yeah the changing state of colors needed improvement. low refresh-rate still a problem on the E-ink display.
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"Didn't Pebble Time have a color E-Ink display like five years ago?" Hey folks - popular question so I'll pin it for a bit. (I loved the Pebble too!) But no, Pebble Time used a low-power LTPS LCD. It wasn't E Ink (or even e paper); just a reflective LCD that maxed out at something like 64 colors and 182ppi.
E-Ink Kaleido was just released this year. There was an earlier color E Ink (Triton) but as I mention in the video, Kaleido is much smaller and lighter technology, allowing for lightweight and thin e-readers like the PocketBook Color here.
I enjoyed my pebble up until they discontinued it and the app rip pebble ☹ it was the best for its time actually mrmobile your review was the first I've ever watched for the pebble 😁 I didn't even know that time you ended up leaving pocket now to start your own channel
My GF got me the OG pebble long ago and I loved it so much. I got the Pebble time just days before the announcement of the canceled Pebble 2 and kept using it til it died off. I REALLY wanted that watch...RIP Pebble
That's right. I believe they called it Memory LCD and it was made by Sharp. If I recall correctly the display itself had RAM in it that held image data, so the device could power down and stop refreshing it, but it was still LCD and still used some power to hold an image.
Honestly I was surprised we didn't see it used more.
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What Levi's jacket are you wearing towards the end of this video? The jacket looks great.
I know having faded colours isn't really a desirable feature, but it feels almost charming in a way.
It's entirely accurate to books I had as a kid so I'd say it's good
yes, but it's nice, it reminds me a newspaper. It's good to see improvement and development for e-ink displays!
highly agree
I thought the same too
Yes. I loved this really. Wish it had a better store. I would have planned on getting it, just cos, why not . Haha
color e-inks are impressive to say the least. even if it's a first generation, it is a step in the right direction
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Impressive is not the adjective I would use. Not when this new technology is going to be compared to LCD and OLED displays. It is a step in the right direction, just a very underwhelming one.
The sentiment is correct, but color e-ink has been around for around 6 years. e.g. Pebble Time watch. This is far from first gen tech.
Literally who cares though? E-readers are for reading books, you don't need color for that at all. If I want to read a comic I'll buy it physically.
I'm more impressed that the screen doesn't need to refresh the whole screen just to change some parts of the display.
E-Paper screens have always been able to do this. As I have experimented with E-Inks myself, the reason the whole screen refreshes is because if you keep applying a constant charge to the capsule the pigments will get polarized (become positive or negative). This means the pixels will not change and stick to the respective opposite poles forever. That's why if you look closely, on a refresh, the screen turns black, then white. This allow the pixels to be pulled equally by both charges and "resets" them if you will.
With e-paper display, partial refreshes tend to lead to ghosting. Useful for small animations/popups, but not for anything approaching video.
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The “poor color” reproduction is so cool to me. While it’s not perfect, there’s such a nostalgia effect added to this product because of it.
Just like those first-gen LCDs hahah
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Do you mean DSTN LCDs?
I'm already getting such a weird feeling reading comics that are in colour on a regular greyscale e-paper display (on my Likebook Mimas), and the comics I do read tend to look tiny on a 6" display, like on my Kobo Clara HD, so I'm trying to resist buying a Boox Poke2 colour, which a local distributor has for sale for $430 (SGD), and wait out for E-ink to release a Kaleido display in 7.8" or 10.3", hoping that Boox and/or Likebook then makes use of that. (I have multiple e-readers as part of some research and community support stuff I'm doing, but I'm also trying to resist buying into $430 first-generation technology)
@@kbhasi Yeah, DSMs, TNs, all of those yellowish panels.
agreed
I mean, it shouldn't be expected to perform and replace smartphones. Glad to see it improving
Maybe replace paper
I agree, we already have phone-to-tablets so a minimalist approach is truly refreshing, especially when all you want is to read comfortably. I wouldn't change my old e-book reader for ANY tablet in the world. My eyes can't stand back-lit screens for long, but I can read on my Sony for HOURS.
There is actually a smartphone that does use the same eink color display.
Similar compromises as this ereader, but it's out there.
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On the other hand, it does something other E-Readers can't wich is colour. In black and white e-Readers are superb as we all know, but colour is pretty new here, so to compare both display types might be fair in a way.
As seen here, the colours aren't the greatest and the resolution is quite low. So if you plan on reading a ton of Comics or books with many illustrations, you are propably better off with a LCD or LED Display. But if those Displays hurt your eyes after a while, or you still for the most part consume Text, the colour E-Ink is propably the better choice.
Anyway, hope to see further improvements as well. Gotta love E-Ink displays. And once they can produce crystal clear colour Images - fantastic!
I see color e-readers as the alternative to paper. We need to stop cutting down trees and wasting paper and if books were made into e-readers, that would cut down on costs, especially in education. Updating information and textbooks would be instant and wouldn’t need to waste production costs to print new editions. Just needs to be faster and smoother and made cheaper to manufacture and we’ll be headed in a healthier direction for our planet.
Does anyone remember the Yota Phone? What a wild concept that was.
It was a really cool concept though but the greediness of a company that made this device killed it... They thought that everyone wanted a phone with an e-ink display and raised up the price dramatically. Obviously that nobody but a bunch of geeks bought this device. I was interested in this phone but the price was toooooooo high for a device from an unknown company and honestly, specs weren't great for its huge price... I decided to by an iPhone instead of this overpriced cat in a sack.
I hope we see another attempt at a phone with a secondary e-paper display. You could choose a wallpaper for your back glass that would display when you aren't using it to read or whatever. Such a cool concept.
I still have it in use and love it. In many respects it was ahead of its time: Bright HD OLED screen and wireless charging, when barely any company offered it (definitely not the Iphone), subtle "always on" notification on the backside, even browsing is good on the E-Ink screen. And - great repairability: Detach one screw and pop it open, like the ancient Nokia phones. Replace what you need to and click it shut again. Downsides: There is not a real good power saving mode which would have been possible with the amazing E-ink screen. Just receiving calls, Messages, E-Mail with a calendar and a standby time of weeks would have made a massive advantage for travellers. So it is aging, but still good usable for everyday tasks. I made a Zoom session recently - just works fine.
There is new color eink phones. Prices isnt too bad too. $300 or so
@@genius1a I totally agree although mine is pretty unusable at this point, but I still turn it on sometimes and just enoy it:) I cant express how much I loved that phone. Im so sad they failed it was a truly brilliant phone;(
As a person who spent years reading on a phone screen, even with it dimmed and in dark mode my eyes still suffered for it. I need to get my hands on one of these second hand.
I loved the Sunday funnies section of the local newspaper. To me that faded newspaper look is part of the charm.
When I had to move a few years ago I simply didn't have the room for my collection of books so I started to read pretty much exclusively on my phone and Amazon Fire tablet. I'd never owned an actual Kindle as my smart device had always done the job for when I couldn't take a physical book with me, I still dislike how Amazon killed Stanza on the iPhone.
It was during the first lockdown here in the UK that I finally decided to get a Kindle. I didn't get anything new, I bought a 2nd gen Kindle Paperwhite, and it was the best reading decision I've never made. It's not the eink display or anything like that but that it is distraction free. When I'm reading I'm not getting notifications or alerts, I can just sit back and lose myself in the book.
Yeah, that's an underrated feature for sure. I love gaming on the Switch for the same reason: no damn notifications.
Hopefully this will kickstart a new wave of colored Kindles.
thats racist man
get with the times man, it's kindles of colors now
People will complain of poor battery on their paperwhite later lol
The biggest advantage of an e-book is to not have distractions a smartphone provides. Not having notifications or being able to quickly search for memes helps to immerse in reading. I don't see a reason to criticize a refresh rate when here it's a plus.
The micro USB thing is really a first world country problem
It's one of those things where, you don't have to switch to USB-C-only, however once you do, you just don't wanna go back. When you have only a handful of cables, dongles, accessories, etc. and they all work on every single device you own, then it's just an unnecessary bother to buy a device that's not compatible.
Not an absolute deal breaker, but at least an annoyance, that makes it less attractive.
Agreed 🌚
Not when you consider these ports bend and break with little effort while USB-C has a lot more features
@@xerzy This i agree with. I've had so many Micro USB cables break on me even while being super careful. Having a Micro usb port isnt a deal breaker for me, but I would still be a bit iffy about buying any device with it.
It is, as other commenters pointed out, an issue of quality and convenience. It does not kill the company to use it, and it makes the customers so much happier. Being in a third world country won't magically make micro usb a better standard
I am a bookworm. And a designer and have avid interest in covers. I have my physical library as my native language doesn't have much e books. But it is rich in literature. And this is a dream come true. All my english books I can safely transfer.
I love the disclaimers you put at the end confirming that you're not being paid to do this. That reassurance that you're not being sold something without your knowledge is refreshing
Backlight in e-reader has introduced a reflective layer that makes moder e-reader screens much less paper-like than the old ones. Color is a nice addition, even if not a perfect one, but I'd still much prefer a less reflective screen instead.
it's subtle.... but if you look closely, you can see that michael is probably a trekkie
Eink is so amazing in my opinion. Just think about the fact the screen literally draws a physical image in front of you every time you refresh the screen. Ofc it doesnt compare to oled in everday use but in my opinion eink has its charm and place
this is why I wanted a 2-in-1 convertible tablet/laptop that has an e-ink screen. It's main use is for documents, school or specialized purposed device. The main selling point on this technology is the battery life of the device. For students, a device like that can help them breeze through an entire week without charging, making it more reliable for notetaking, making research papers, assignments etc.
Great share Michael, I too have been impressed with the resurgence of E-Ink technology on readers and now on smartphones. When I saw that there was E-Ink color, I was like WOW! But seeing the refresh rates and also how it looks a little less crisp, I think I would stay with the traditional black & white E-Ink device as of now. If the E-Ink color improves then I might be into it, but it looks like it has a ways to go yet. Thank you for reviewing and posting!
I just love the way you made videos . Quiet different from others. Just show how the way we feel when we use that device while roaming from college to home and other public places.. Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳...
Even though the quality is not super in terms of color and sharpness, that's a great tool for people who have to read a lot, like students, researchers... In that case we don't really need vivid colors, high resolution, or fast response, we mostly need to save our eyes. But we still need a bigger screen.
Finally!! It's taken 10 years!! My only complaint about this device is size. I have a Sony T2 (yes, it has survived until today) and the bezels make it hard to annotate things (summed up to the fact the responsiveness of the pen isn't great), and I can't imagine studying from a smaller screen, way too much strain on my astigmatistic eyes...
It's about time! Really interested to see where eink can go, I'm glad it's finally evolving.
you should review the hisense colour eink phone. thats what ive been using since it came out. it would have been nice to have an actual review when buying it.
its actually better than i was expecting in many regards (very responsive for e ink, and its pretty easy to watch videos) but the resolution is pretty bad sadly, which is something i was looking forward to. however the phone performing above expectation in almost all areas and the killer battery life more than makes up for it. [its got a pretty awful size battery and gets 4 days easily, i really hope they shove something bigger in it for gen 2, that would be incredible]
edit: its usb c, not micro. that seems like 50% of the comments so i thought id add that note
Awesome to see your Jiibo still being loved!
For some reason this looks so aesthetic, and vintage, I could imagine matching it with old cloths and feeling on other age :-)
As a small channel it's a dream to get the amount of views these guys can get in a day 🙌😮
Commenting on Mr. Mobile's channel until he becomes a voice for Google assistant. Day 1
Good luck buddy
It's not really his choice tho
Yeah, I've been a Kindle user for years now. I'll wait for a colour Oasis personally. By the time it comes out, hopefully the PPI limitations will be addressed. I don't miss colour 99% of the time when reading on my Kindle since I don't read comics on it. I don't even read manga really, even though that's also B&W most of the time. I do miss having colour for illustration pages though, namely for light novels.
Is there dynamic colour enabling? What I mean is, does it shift between standard high PPI for B&W only pages, and low PPI with colour for colour pages?
Same
I got a kindle and I love every single moment of the device. It's also useful for helping me cook properly.
The ereader innovations that I want are DRM free books not tied to a marketplace, physical page-turn buttons, and an iPad size screen.
All of my ereaders have had physical page turn buttons. Agreed on the other points though.
So e-readers like Kobo or Onyx or Lifebook or the Pocketbook that mr Mobile showed in this video?
They allow for a lot of different formats of ebooks (predominantly epub), aren't necessarily tied to a marketplace (any ebook from pretty much all non-Amazon retailer can be read on any epub-e-reader)
The only downside is, no Kindle ebooks, but that's really because of Amazon. Though you can remove the DRM in the Kindle ebooks and convert them through third-party software.
My old Kobo Glo doesn't have physical page turn buttons, wish it had. Didn't think the newer models did either?
I have a Second Gen Kindle DX that I bought new several years ago off eBay. it has two of those three (big screen and physical page buttons) and you can put PDF and other things on it. And...it has an accelerometer so it can auto-rotate the image (yes really).
@@sallerc the Kobo Forma and whatever the newest Kobo is do. That's the whole reason I jumped on the Forma as soon as it came out.
Can't wait for this tech to get more mainstream, utilize my graphic novels on kobo (ideally in a larger screen size like the aura hd)
I’ve wanted a color e-reader for the longest time. I would love a tablet with color e-ink who’s battery would last for like a week or more. Just makes more sense to me than a standard LCD.
Also fun fact, a friend of mine works at the e-ink place in Massachusetts.
I sure like your reviews. When it comes to e-readers however, aside from the astonishingly slow refresh rate and how scrolling seems more akin to what we had with the very first smart devices over ten years ago, I prefer the e-ink style over say using my Samsung Galaxy phone simply because it looks more LIKE paper. I would rather read a physical book than use my phone...so these e-readers resonate with me on those levels specifically. But I definitely can see the frustration with how they are working and their limitations...which I fully expect to be corrected with time. And I for one, can hardly wait to see what those changes entail. Keep up the good reviews!
It’s almost 3 am. I’m falling asleep. But I had to watch this video. Thanks Michael!!
That's really cool, I honestly don't mind the kindle being black and white as I only read "normal" books there and the only colored thing would be the cover (which I don't care lol), but I'm glad the technology is improving
I love that you used the star trek technical manual to demo the device! Any idea where I could snag a digital version of it? My old paperback one is falling apart and is currently buried in the basement.
Early days, we should be praising this option. I've always thought that ebooks will go off with a bang when colour was brought to them. Photo magazines, comics and everything else that depends on good imaging will finally be worth buying on these over standard tablets and phones. Bring it on, Can't wait until we can see photo quality on them.
4096 colors remind of the Nokia phones from the early 2000's when having a color display was a big deal. I really like the vintage appeal to it and probably feels more immersive when reading old comics
It looks like something that in a few years could be really cool, looking like an old school illustrated book. BTW I have an inexpensive Lenovo 8" tablet that just got Android 10 and so now dark mode. I agree with you reading white text on a black background. Easy on the eyes.
Very excited to start seeing colored e-readers. We're probably years away from achieving even standard printer quality in color, but I think that the current tech or at least the next gen will be quite serviceable for more basic color functions, like graphs and figures, where you care less about how beautiful the colorations are. Personally, I don't expect e-paper to replace my screens for high-end coloration and refresh rate tasks like watching videos. We'll probably get a 60+ fps e-paper someday, but I wouldn't prioritize it.
I would love that energy spent on refresh rates. If it could hit 30fps (30hz?) We are looking at a tablet alternative. Once you do more than just read books that’s what it is.
I use my Onyx boox because my eyes hurt after 12 hours on an iPad or Cintiq, but a better refresh rate for note taking and drawing on regular android apps would easily justify the price for me and an upgrade.
I have the HIsense A5 Pro CC phone and it has the new Kaleido screen but they have a "Speed" setting that trades off clarity for much smoother scrolling. I love it. Hisense did screw up by putting a glass screen as opposed to native matte.
Thanks for the thorough review, I like my eReader because as someone who can get migraines from conventional screens it just reads like paper, and takes up a lot less space for the same books. Hopefully I'll be able to do the same thing with graphic novels once this tech gets a little better!
Damn, this is gonna revolutionize like tons of stuff. Imagine ad posters being replacing with these colored e-ink displays, tons of paper would be saved.
I wonder if anyone would like a foldable kindle...
I haven’t even finished watching this video and I have to say.... I wish kindle had one of these color e-reader. I’m a kindle lover. Kindle forever.
Dude can't wait to see the technology implemented in smartphones, even only as an extra screen layer usable to save battery that would be AWESOME!
Imagine an oled screen that turns epaper when you set your phone in night mode for example
I maintain that no device I own feels as Star Trek as my Kindle.
I'm very excited to see where color epaper tech takes us in the future
I think it has a certain charm to it, personally. My first ever device besides a $20 MP3 player was a 4th gen Kindle Touch several years ago. I read the Hunger Games, played little word games and stuff, and it was an early window to the internet that 12 year old me really didn't need. Regardless, the Pocketbook Go reflects much of that charm and nostalgia I get with e-ink stuff these days, with the bonus of colors. It feels novel, even if it's lower quality. I'm personally a big fan.
Plus, because Humble Bundle, most of my books these days are on PDF format, sitting dormant on my backup drive because reading them on my computer or phone for long periods of time strains my eyes far too much.
"If you think you ISP might be throttling your speeds based on usage"
*Laughs in Asia/middle east*
Based on* (just correcting .. no hate plz)
@@xig4385 lmao
keyboards suck amirite
I love your approach, get people hyped, then let them down!
GOD I love the Star Trek references. It's almost not a Mr. Mobile video without some form of Star Trek reference.
One of the main reasons I love this channel is because I like any creator that makes unique videos, and is a Trekkie.
Mr. Mobile checks those boxes, with great videos every time, and the Trek references that I cannot get enough of. Keep up the good work.
OLEDs tend to oversaturate colors. Coupled that with the risk of burn-in, the battery usage and the constant distraction that a smartphone offers; they're a less than ideal solution for ebook and comic reading. At least for me.
Starlink and e-readers for everyone in third world countries. No need for foreign aid in less than a generation.
This device (kindle) is amazing! Thanks for your good work!
Thank you for your honest review. I was looking into buying a color E-ink e-reader however since watching your video I will patiently wait until the technology has made further advancements. I will continue using my 1st generation nook..
That sensible chuckle in the beginning
The "I" in Eink isn't capitalized. Look a bit closer at the logo. The part that comes off the top of the "E" is the dot for a lowercase "I".
When did a micro USB became a "special cable" ? Lol
can't blame him. Techtubers sometimes becames disconnected with the real world because they only use the latest "this month" tech in their daily life.
Yeah we want USB C only future but many new devices still using that micros.
@@SaintMecha Plus thy act like it's a big deal to carry 2 short cables in their bag, or just get a USB C cable that has a Micro USB and/or Apple Lightning adapter on the end of it.
@@CommodoreFan64 yes, but still most of the devices outthere uses the micro USB.. like abdulla said, they are disconnected. There is no past for them.. (its kinda good)
All my devices are USB-C, except for my iPhone and AirPods (thanks Apple). Don't call people disconnected just because they don't live your lives.
@@ManuKrishnanmagz It's one of those things where, you don't have to switch to USB-C-only, however once you do, you just don't wanna go back. When you have only a handful of cables, dongles, accessories, etc. and they all work on every single device you own, then it's just an unnecessary bother to buy a device that's not compatible.
Not an absolute deal breaker, but at least an annoyance, that makes it less attractive.
I love e-ink technology. I can definitely see the use for the tech in space colonization where energy efficiency and conservation is important. Keep in mind, not every display will be e-ink in say an O'Neill cylinder or a Mars habitable dome. But a decent amount of e-ink tablets and wall displays can be back up in emergency situations to reduce power consumption.
Hope these go mainstream, only other color epaper device I used was the pebble time and it made a huge difference.
I still want there to be more use of EInk in digital signage.
Instead of those power guzzling LCD screens at the drive through, you can just have colour EInk screens with front and back lighting. Cheaper, less power intensive, and easily readable in direct sunlight.
Yes, the same applies for billboards.
I like that this exists as it is a step towards what is wanted. Now they have feedback they can improve it.
Its gonna be a very niche product. The point of e-readers is that they are better for your eyes than backlit screens. Much like physical books, the vast majority of books will not require colour. The only use context I can see are comics. In theory books on art, architecture of photography could also benefit - but the low quality of the images doesn't make it seem like a good fit for these uses.
I’m surprised he didn’t review one of the Onyx models - they seem far more cutting-edge
Yeah them and Likebook are really good. I say this as a Mimas owner.
Yep, PocketBook Color is what E Ink had on hand for trials. I didn't care which reader it was, really; just wanted to try Kaleido.
@@TheMrMobile You definitely should try to get your hands on a Onyx Boox Poke 2 Color. It's definitely a better representation of what the current-gen tech looks like.
@@dave5194 isnt onyx pushing 1k in price tho
@@Tridd666 about 300US for the poke colour
Onyx Boox and some other companies have different modes that make scrolling smoother but more ghosting is showing. I don't know how it works on their colour reader but on the black and white it's very usable and I often browse the internet on my Nova 2 device.
Every time Michael mentions “bad actors” targeting me, I imagine Nicholas Cage sitting in front of a laptop trying to steal my data.
Always love the videos from this channel. Even I am not interested in device, I still watch them as they are thoughtful, practical, entertaining and perfect size to fit on iPhone screen without cutting anything off. Awesome review. Good to know this product is in market. I might be interested after seeing this video
I would love to see a small color e-reader like this, that's capable of being something like an mp3 player as well. I like to put on some music while I read and listening to an audiobook is also up there in my ways to relax. Right now I use an old Coby mp3 player for this, but its 2GB non expandable storage isn't great, and it can't do books outside of the audio medium.
I love still seeing the Kindle Voyage. I had an Oasis 2 for about two weeks, but it was just nowhere near as comfortable or portable as the perfection Amazon achieved with the Voyage. Still the most attractive, premium, and portable Kindle they ever produced. The Paperwhite 4 is close, but that plastic screen is just gross and the bottom power button shows that Amazon has a toddler designing the Paperwhites.
Calvin and hobbes is my favorite comics series!!
I'd be fascinated to know the reason behind using a colour filter over the monochrome display, rather than changing the pigment in the beads.
I wonder if it's a weight issue, that different pigments have a significant enough difference in weight at that scale that the colours would have different refresh speeds.
E Ink does make some colored-pigment panels, called ACeP, back in 2016 - I believe it maxes out at 8 colors per cup? Details here: www.eink.com/electronic-ink.html
What I'd like to see, in a few years, is a foldable with E-ink on the external display, and beautiful OLED on the inside. Benefits from the battery life when doing phone things, and the great inner display for the content and such that benefit from the bigger display. Texting on E-ink might get annoying, though... Still, very cool.
Well, I am thrilled for this, as I expect it to eventually make it to devices like reMarkable. I use a 3 color system for my notes and a black and white notepad was a no go for me. But this? this opens up so much potential. I have already started putting a little money aside every now and then so that when a color notepad appears, I will be able to buy it without thinking about the cost too much.
I think most videos on e-readers miss the point of eink, no eyestrain , which is a huge feature in a world where we spend huge chunks of our times staring at lcds
If I had more money I would buy this Pocketbook Color right away just to try out the tech. I already own a pretty old Onyx Poke Pro, a monochrome E-reader but runs Android so I can install Kindle and other apps from the play store.
I bought it primarily because I didn't want to be tied down to just Amazon's offerings had I bought a Kindle. Android-based readers which allow 3rd-party apps are the way to go. I use Bookwalker a lot for Japanese titles. I'm gonna see if this PB Color has the right software.
This feels like a device I’ve wished for in my future past.
Yeah I use my old windows tablet and my android tablet for ebook reading my Lenovo tab had a ebook reading mode
Like all the common technology we have now, I believe this is going to improve over time. I'm really excited about this, I think this kind of screen could be really beneficial to preventing damage to the eyes.
If someone made an e-reader with the same incredible form factor as the Kindle Oasis, USB-C, and this display... I'd want it in an instant.
I would love to buy a color ebook. Only when they can make it more refine
Your comment needs to be a little more refineD.
@@GoldenSun3DS and yours
A Remarkable 3, with colors would be awesome! Note taking with colors would make quite a difference
I can't help but noticing that I feel the same hype as when I first saw the Game Boy Color back in the day: "holy cow, it's got COLORS now??"
I'm kind of excited for this tech ti get better and make it to Kobo. So many pocket articles will benefit from colour, and the "newspaper" effects kind of match with the news articles anyway! Hope the screedoor effect will be reduced by then!
Man, can you imagine an E ink display with a super fast refresh rate? That would be awesome! One can only dream....
I actually think I'd like this for a lot of the reasons Mr. Mobile doesn't. If I were to buy a color e reader, for me, the whole point would be to save money on buying expensive physical books like textbooks while not having the added distraction of reading them on my phone or laptop where I can just navigate over to the internet at any moment. For that reason, I wouldn't want my e reader to have good (or really any) internet access and I'd like that it feels like paper because that's what I'm used to reading on. Also I like the subdued colors, it's charming.
And the best way to show it is by watching Calvin and Hobbes. Nice!
I'd love to see an E-reader that allowed me to merge my Kindle and Nook libraries without having to go through tons of reformatting or jailbreaking. Where you could just open an app and boom you're on Kindle or swap to Nook. I love e-ink because it reduces the eyestrain I can end up with sometimes.
I wonder if they could ever add a transparent screen (which do exist, Linus did a gaming video on one. Transparent when not in use) over top the EInk so you get the advantages of EInk when you want it and a usable smartphone/tablet when you want it too.
Nice, this technology should improve more and more over the years.
Why you would want to scroll on an E-Ink screen though ... of course it's not responsive. Updating the screen takes time.
I was going to complain as to why you chose PocketBook instead of Boox, before reading the description to see that it was a loaner from E-ink. That makes more sense.
Also, Michael, do you plan to revisit the Kobo Aura One ever since Kobo refreshed their e-reader UX a while back, unless there isn't much to talk about on that front?
I have quite a bit of experience with Kindle, Kobo, and Likebook e-readers, and aim to eventually get Boox and PocketBook e-readers too.
5:48 I like seeing how greatly your reading interests differ from mine, which in turn I find to be unusual.
5:58 I'm now reminded of why I'm trying to resist getting a Boox Poke2 colour.
Aww man. I love the advances. Just wait for high refresh rate E ink paper.
Take a look at the Hisense A5 Pro CC phone. Same Kaleido tech but they "unlocked" the speed setting so the refresh is so much smoother than this. There is more ghosting while scrolling but you can mitigate that with a manual refresh once you stop scrolling. I use it to save my eyes some wear and tear after abusing them for way too many years. 2022 is going to be a crazy year for eink I think.
I would ADORE one of these if the colour was a little better. The ONLY reason I have a tablet is to read comics; everything else I read on my Kobo. (B&W e-readers are great for manga though)
E Ink was made for specific purpose and objective. I have no illusions of the quality. If I'll watch a video, I"ll go back to my laptop. Comics are fine on e ink. Fried my eyes on a computer screen. E Ink is the way to go.
I’m hoping Pocketbook will put out a larger version that would be good for reading graphic novels. Smaller e-readers aren’t very good for that, so I rely on my iPad for larger format material.
I'm really glad color displays are getting better, but for me... The things I want to see in color, I want to see on a bigger screen. Especially for splash pages. Or a two-page ereader that folds, but I'd still want it to be at least double the size of the ereaders I use for novels. Im gonna be reading BD in there, not manga (a regular ereader is already perfect for manga), it's meant to be displayed much bigger and let's be honest, some of them would be illegible on a 6-inch screen.
My dilemma is that waiting for it to get better also means not supporting it while it gets better, which could prevent it from continuing to improve for lack of budget.
But yeah, give me an A4 or bigger, two-page ereader if you want me to buy a color e-reader. Until then I'll keep to novels and risk the backllit screens for comics.
at 4:10 you got a laptop kind with keyboard and touch on it, what device is it?
One big deal with colour e-paper is super low power data displays, for instance I have a project in mind that would benefit from displays that can operate at low power
@MrMobile 03:23 what is that LCARS display, i want it :) please
I like the less saturated color on this new Color E-reader. but yeah the changing state of colors needed improvement. low refresh-rate still a problem on the E-ink display.