When it comes to e-book readers, hardly any spectacular new devices have come onto the market in recent months. Tolino and Amazon (Kindle) practiced facelifts, while Pocketbook tried, among other things, a color display reader. Now the Swiss are coming up with a “normal” model, the Pocketbook Era.
Pocketbook Era: This is new
Pocketbook is launching the Era in time for the start of the 2022 holiday season – and advertises with functions that are particularly useful on the beach in the bright sun and one or two splashes of water. These include a waterproof housing according to IPX8, but also a more robust, i.e. more scratch-resistant “skin” and an integrated loudspeaker for listening to music or audio books. Alternatively, you can pair Bluetooth headphones or speakers.
Pocketbook Era e-book reader: Top display on board
The highlight of the Pocketbook Era should be the new display. With its 7 inches, it “only” offers the standard size, but wants to score with the eInk Carta 1200 technology. This offers a resolution of 1264×1680 pixels on the Era – with a pixel density of 300 dpi. According to Pocketbook, this increases the contrast by 15 percent compared to conventional Carta screens; in addition, e-book pages should be displayed even sharper. And: The response time of the touchscreen also benefits from the new technology, Pocketbook promises. Here, the Confederates indicate an improvement of up to 20 percent. Obligatory: the integrated Smartlight with adjustable color temperature.
Pocketbook Era: Fresh design for more convenience
Pocketbook has also worked on the case design: the display is now framed almost without a frame; Two tactile buttons on one side of the housing enable button operation for both left and right-handed people – thanks to a position sensor that detects the orientation of the reader.
E-book reader Pocketbook Era: availability, price
The manufacturer will launch the Pocketbook Era e-book reader at the beginning of July 2022 and will then call for 199 euros (silver case) or 239 euros (copper case).