At the end of last summer it was released a new e-book PocketBook 515, which is particularly compact – the diagonal of its screen is only 5 inches. This feature combined with the budget cost immediately interested fans of electronic reading and has gained great popularity. Weight of the PocketBook 515 is 131 g, thickness – 7.2 mm. The body of the gadget is made of high quality plastic. The surface of the front panel is smooth, and the back panel has a pleasant touch of soft-touch. The color of the back panel is invariably black. The front panel can be white, gray, or aquamarine.
Under the screen is a four-position navigation button with a menu button in the center. On both sides of this element are two more buttons – “Back” and “Forward. On the bottom face is a backlit power button and microUSB connector. The small size makes the device easy to hold and operate with one hand.
The five-inch display is made by E-Ink Vizplex technology. The screen of this model has 16 grayscale and anti-reflective coating. The resolution is 800×600 dots.
E-Ink Vizplex – the first generation of electronic ink. Devices with screens based on it now cost less than those of the second generation. However, the difference between them is not so great.
The built-in memory capacity – 4 GB, of which the user can access about 3 GB. There is no slot for memory card. The memory already contains a whole library. You can store or clear it at your discretion. Performance provides the processor with a frequency of 1000 MHz and 256 MB of RAM. Battery capacity – 1000 mAh.
This device recognizes the most common types of files containing texts and images. Among them are fb2, txt, office documents, pdf, djvu and others.
This book supports the American language interface. The software shell is organized conveniently and intuitively. Menu gives you ability to customize reading settings: font type, margins size, paragraph layout. Button functions for individual book formats can also be set. An important advantage of this device is the ability to create multiple profiles for different users.
In addition to reading, this device offers a number of applications: dictionary, calendar, calculator, gallery and a few games.
The company’s website offers a variety of dictionaries to install on the device. You can also find many books in several languages. The company also provides up-to-date firmware updates, which are easy to install yourself.
You can read the detailed description of e-book characteristics in the online store “Rosetka” or at the link //b2b.vc/181226. This model of “reader” has an official 12 months warranty.
Why were PocketBook e-books so popular among users? What qualities or features made them stand out in the market?