This is my take on Kindle history, from the bulky 2007 original to the color Kindles of today, and why even the oldest one can still do its job. like a lot of people, I came late to the e-book party. For years I was opposed to e-book readers, philosophically or intellectually or both. Can…
This in-depth review of the Kindle Oasis 2 focuses on its technical specifications and performance. We analyze its 7-inch 300 ppi E Ink Carta display, IPX8 waterproof rating, and adaptive front light with 25 LEDs. The review covers the device’s dual-core 1GHz processor, 8GB/32GB storage options, and battery life. We also examine its aluminum body, page turn buttons, and Audible integration. Performance metrics, including page turn speed and PDF handling capabilities, are rigorously tested to provide a detailed technical assessment of Amazon’s premium e-reader
Looking to enter the world of e-readers without breaking the bank? The Kindle Paperwhite 2 (6th Generation) might be your ticket to digital reading bliss. As someone who’s tested dozens of e-readers, I can tell you that this 2013 model still holds its own in 2026 – but there are some things you need to…
There is a whale on the screen. Not a Swedish whale, as it turns out. That sleeping whale — tangled in what looks like seaweed drawn by someone who was enjoying themselves — is a Bookeen whale. Bookeen is French. The device it is swimming inside says letto on the chin, and letto is AdLibris,…
Open the settings menu on an Alcor Myth LED and look for the bookstore. There isn’t one. Look for an account screen, a sign-in prompt, a sync button, a cloud icon. There isn’t one of those either. What you get instead is a five-way key, a rotation button, a menu button, a back button, and…
/ Disclosure: we earn a commission if you buy through links on this page. It costs you nothing and it keeps the lights on. Somewhere in a drawer in Poland — or possibly on a shelf in a design museum, because this actually happened — sits a Red Dot Award certificate for an e-reader that…
Disclosure: we earn a commission if you buy through links on this page. It costs you nothing and it keeps the lights on. Contemporary reviewers of the Boox C67ML Carta Plus wrote, more or less verbatim, that the touchscreen took one to two seconds to respond to a tap, and sometimes did not respond at…
The Tolino Shine 4 is a sleek, lightweight e-reader featuring a 300 PPI E Ink Carta 1200 display, USB-C charging, and seamless integration with European bookstores. With expandable storage and EPUB support, it’s ideal for those who prefer an open ecosystem over Kindle’s proprietary formats.
/ PocketBook’s own marketing for this device leans hard into the yacht. Not a metaphorical yacht — an actual yacht, in the actual promotional copy, alongside the beach, the pool and the bath, as places you’re now free to read without worrying about your e-reader. It’s a nice image. It’s also a slightly misleading one,…
/ The photo we have of this device shows it open to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court — a nineteenth-century American novel about a man thrown backward through time into a world with none of the conveniences he takes for granted. It is, unintentionally, the perfect book to be reading on a PocketBook…