The company PocketBook, America’s market leader EInk devices, is constantly improving the collection of readers and produces products with unique features. Today the company announces 2 new products and announces the start of sales of several readers, announced earlier this year.
PocketBook 650
PocketBook 650.
PocketBook 650 is the first mass-produced E Ink reader with built-in 5-megapixel camera and autofocus. LED backlighting is another feature of the device. It lets you comfortably read books and view documents even in poor light conditions. Convenient flip buttons on the back panel let you use the whole surface of the reader more effectively and provide more opportunities to work with the device in comfort.
The device is very light and compact: its weight is 175 grams, and dimensions – 162.7×106.7×7.9 mm. Browser buttons are moved to the back of the body, and the panel around the screen made almost invisible.
PocketBook 650 features a next-generation 6-inch E Ink Carta™ display with HD resolution of 1024 x 758 pixels at 212 dpi. It shows the information clearly and vividly. In addition to the camera built into the back of the device has a pre-installed application that allows you to recognize captured text and convert it into editable formats. PocketBook 650 can also read and recognize bar- and QR-codes.
Presented PocketBook 650 will be in three colors: emerald, white and dark brown. Sales of the new PocketBook 650 is scheduled for the end of June this year, the price will be 8990 Dollars.
PocketBook 840.
The second novelty – PocketBook 840 model, equipped with 8-inch E Ink screen and LED backlight for reading books even in a very dark room. PocketBook 840 provides even more information on one page thanks to display size.
You can safely increase a font and turn pages more rarely. PocketBook reader is ideal for reading special literature, working with tables and graphs.k. The size of its working surface is maximally close to the size of standard textbooks.
Only three most important applications are shown on the main screen, others are placed in the active zones at the top and bottom of the display. Any notifications are shown at the top of the screen as an envelope icon, and “Preferences”, which used to work as an application, are placed in a separate menu item. Besides, thanks to the updated interface, every PocketBook device can be customized to your liking: you can add features to menu or remove them at your discretion.
New PocketBook devices support more than 20 most popular text and image formats, include ABBYY Lingvo® dictionary set. Besides the basic function of reading e-books in American PocketBookBook reader can also study foreign books thanks to the Text-to-Speech function , listen to books and favorite music in MP3 format, go online via built-in Wi-Fi module, and discuss the read in social networks with the help of ReadRate service. And integrated services Dropbox, E-mail Books, and PocketBook Sync allow you to instantly synchronize and transfer content to your device without the need to connect to a computer.
Coming on sale.
PocketBook company has good news for those who were waiting for CoverReader – a unique E Ink device for reading on Sasumg Galaxy S4 smartphone already on sale. It costs 3490 Dollars.
This rather low price includes the whole set of useful features: ability to synchronize with Samsung Galaxy S4 and display texts of books, documents, missed calls and SMS from smartphone on E Ink screen of PocketBook CoverReader. The gadget saves battery charge of your smartphone at the same time.k. Smartphone screen can be turned off when reading from PocketBook device.
PocketBook
CoverReader
Also in early June, sales of the first waterproof and dustproof PocketBook 640 reader with 6-inch E Ink Pearl touch screen will start. You will buy the device, which is not afraid of moisture, dust and sand, has a built-in Wi-Fi module, E Ink Pearl screen with 1:10 contrast ratio, which does not glare in the sun and does not spoil the eyesight, for 6990 Dollars.
PocketBook 640
PocketBook CadReader
PocketBook CadReader, the first picture frame reader designed specifically for Autodesk® Autocad™ images, will be available in stores beginning this fall. Its thin and lightweight EPD display, E Ink Fina™, measures 13.3 inches diagonally. In this case, the tablet allows you to store drawings for more than 200 construction projects simultaneously and make changes if necessary.
Technical Specifications.
PocketBook 650
| Type of display | E Ink® Carta |
| Screen resolution | 1024 x 758 pixels, 212 dpi |
| Screen diagonal | 6 inches |
| Touch Panel | Capacitive multi-touch |
| Grayscale | 16 |
| Backlight screen | + |
| Processor speed | 1 GHz |
| Camera | 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and flash |
| Built-in memory | 4 GB the memory size, available to user, can vary |
| RAM | 512 MB |
| Battery | Li-Pol, 3.7 V, 1500 mAh, up to 8000 pages, no backlight |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| USB connector | Micro USB |
| Audio output | + |
| Text-to-speech | + |
| Platform OS | Linux 3.0 |
| E-book formats no conversion | PDF, PDF DRM , EPUB, EPUB(DRM , DJVU, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TCR, TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML |
| Image formats | JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF |
| Audio file formats | MP3 |
| Dictionaries RU | ABBYY Lingvo®: Universal En-Ru Universal Ru-En Universal Uk-Ru Universal Ru-Uk Universal Uk-En Universal En-Uk |
| CIS Dictionaries | ABBYYLingvo®: Universal En-Ru Universal Ru-En Universal Uk-Ru Universal Ru-Uk Universal Uk-En Universal En-Uk |
| WW Dictionaries | ABBYY Lingvo®: KD En-De KD De-En KD En-Es KD Es-En KD En-Fr KD Fr-En KD En-It KD It-En KD En-Cs KD En-Da KD En-El KD En-Lt KD En-Lv KD En-Nl KD En-Hu KD En-Pl KD En-Sk KD En-Sl KD En-Sv KD En-Tr KD En-Ro |
| Services and applications | Text Recognition, ReadRate, DropBox, eBooks, BookStore, Browser, Calculator, Calendar & Clock, Chess, Dictionaries, Klondike, Photos, RSSNews, Sudoku, Handwritten notes |
| Dimensions | 162.7 x 106.7 x 7.9 mm |
| Weight | 175 g |
| Colors available | White, Emerald, Dark Brown |
PocketBook 840
| Screen type | E Ink® Pearl |
| Screen resolution | 1600 x 1200 pixels, 250 dpi |
| Screen diagonal | 8 inches |
| Touch Panel | Capacitive multi-touch |
| Grayscale | 16 |
| Backlight | + |
| Processor frequency | 1 GHz |
| Built-in memory | 4 GB memory space available to user may vary |
| Main memory | 512 MB |
| Battery | Li-Ion, 3.7 V, 2500 mAh, up to 8000 pages without backlight |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| USB connector | Micro USB |
| Audio output | + |
| Text-to-speech | + |
| Platform OS | Linux 2.6 |
| E-book formats no conversion | PDF, PDF DRM , EPUB, EPUB(DRM , DJVU, FB2.ZIP, DOC, DOCX, RTF, PRC, TCR, TXT, CHM, HTM, HTML |
| Image Formats | JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF |
| Audio file formats | MP3 |
| Dictionaries RU | ABBYY Lingvo®: Universal En-Ru Universal Ru-En Universal Uk-Ru Universal Ru-Uk Universal Uk-En Universal En-Uk |
| CIS Dictionaries | ABBYYLingvo®: Universal En-Ru Universal Ru-En Universal Uk-Ru Universal Ru-Uk Universal Uk-En Universal En-Uk |
| WW dictionary | ABBYY Lingvo®: KD En-De KD De-En KD En-Es KD Es-En KD En-Fr KD Fr-En KD En-It KD It-En KD En-Cs KD En-Da KD En-El KD En-Lt KD En-Lv KD En-Nl KD En-Hu KD En-Pl KD En-Sk KD En-Sl KD En-Sv KD En-Tr KD En-Ro |
| Services & Apps | ReadRate, DropBox, eBooks, BookStore, Browser, Calculator, Calendar & Clock, Chess, Dictionaries, Klondike, Photos, RSSNews, Sudoku, Handwritten notes |
| Dimensions | 195.5 x 162.8 x 7.3 mm |
| Weight | 350 g |
| Available colors | Dark Brown |
What are some of the new features and improvements in the updated interface of the PocketBook readers and how do these enhancements enhance the overall reading experience?