Pages Tagged “Mobile Devices”

Reviews

BOOX Go 7 Color (Gen II) ★★★★★ After five years, I replaced the Poke3 with the Go 7 Color. It’s a lot faster and more responsive, brings back physical page turning buttons, and adds (pastel) color. Like its predecessor it has a sharp e-ink screen and runs any Android-based ebook reader app.
Microsoft Surface Go 2 ★★★★☆ A great ultra-light Windows 10 tablet with detachable keyboard. Or an annoyingly slow Windows 11 tablet.
Onyx BOOX Poke3 ★★★★☆ I used the Poke3 as my main ebook reader for almost five years. It’s a convenient size, has a clear e-ink display, and can run the Android app for (almost) any eBook store.
Pebble 2 Smart Watch ★★★½☆ The rare smartwatch that was actually designed to work well as a watch. It was discontinued ages ago, but the just-announced Core Duo 2 is essentially an updated version.
Samsung Galaxy S4 (Phone) ★★★★★ Much as I like newer phones, there are a few things that I really miss about the S4, especially the ergonomics.

Books on Nooks
With Barnes & Noble’s new eBook reader, you could read a Nook book in a book nook.
(Oct 2009)
Kindle DX: A Digital Comics Platform?
The Kindle DX screen is comparable in size to a manga page. It’s black and white, but it could easily handle print comics without formatting or zoom.
(May 2009)
Kindle(ing)
Amazon’s entire home page is currently taken up by the announcement of their new eBook reader, Kindle. At $400 I’m not going to rush out and buy one, but it looks like they’ve solved some of the main e-book problems: it’s small, light and wireless, and they even bring up the reading-in-bed issue in the […]
(Nov 2007)