Which ereaders have color

The front-light is only really necessary with color. There should be at least be two other color e-readers to be released this year. This video will give you a sense on the different e-readers and phones that are available and showcase their industrial design. Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years.

Michael Kozlowski Editor in Chief. Michael Kozlowski has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past twelve years. While it's not the first color ereader, the InkPad Color is the first with a large-screen display. That's a very comfortable size — hitting the sweet spot between portability and display real estate.

Running on a custom version of Linux, the InkPad Color is 8mm thick and weighs g, making it one of the heavier ereaders currently available, but still very portable. A 2,mAh battery should give you plenty of time with the device between charges, while Bluetooth 5. 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. Bigme is a relatively new brand to the e-reader space, and this is their first commercial product. It is only available in the Chinese market, so the UI and all of the stock Android 8. Luckily, you can sideload in your own apps and digital content, so there is lots of value here.

Word has it, you can install some Android launchers that will turn it into a fully featured English tablet. Pocketbook Inkpad Color — This was the first e-reader that utilized Kaleido 2 color e-paper. This 7. However, if any color reflective screen ever makes its way into a Kindle, it'll likely be ACeP because of its high color saturation, which makes it perfect for reading textbooks and comic books. Unfortunately, TCL missed their ship date. TCL North America did not respond to requests for comments.

New ereader screen technologies don't come out very often. Most new products are incremental refinements that release on a three-year cycle. Revolutionary technological leaps are rare.

So rare that when they do reach devices, it's a big deal. ClearInk first announced its technology in but has since picked up partners such as Lenovo and display manufacturing giant Tianma. Unlike the majority of e-paper displays, ClearInk manages to do a few things that its competitors cannot: cost-efficient color video, without requiring a backlight.

E Ink's Triton was the last color e-paper technology to hit ereaders but it never stood a chance of reaching Amazon's Kindle.

The Triton panel cost a fortune and suffered from a weak contrast ratio, high cost, and slow refresh rates. In other words, it didn't look good and couldn't play video. That's why it didn't last long. ClearInk, on the other hand displays color at around 4, colors, or High Color. Its video refresh rate of 33Hz equivalent to broadcast television or YouTube allows full-motion video. Here's an example I shot at Display Week The video and high clarity of ClearInk comes down to the type of ink it uses.

Both ClearInk and E Ink create images using electrophoresis, however, there's a big difference between the two. E Ink uses two pigments. The additional overhead of dealing with two pigments causes slower refresh speeds and choppy video.