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There have been a slew of new e-readers that have come out during the past five months and it can be daunting to keep abreast of all of the different models. Some products are really good and provide a good value proposition, well others are totally abysmal and not worth your money. Good e-Reader basically reviews every single new e-reader and e-note, globally. So for every 4-5 … [Read more...] about The best new e-readers and e-notes for Spring 2021

Hanvon has a new product that has been available for a short while. It has a 9.7 inch E INK screen with a WACOM layer for people to take notes, edit PDF files and annointant ebooks. One of the most compelling aspects of this device, is that there are multiple languages supported, which is rare for a Chinese product, it has an English option, which changes the entire UI, menus … [Read more...] about First look at the Hanvon Smart Office 9701 E-Note

The Xiaomi InkPalm 5 Mini e-reader is tremendously pocket friendly and is one of the only one in the world currently available to easily fit in your pocket, the overall design is similar to a large smartphone. One of the drawbacks when you open it out of the box and start using it, is that everything is in Chinese, which limits the number of people who would see value out of … [Read more...] about How to get English working on the Xiaomi InkPalm 5 mini e-reader

The Guoyue V5 Color is a brand new e-reader that is using  E INK Kaleido Plus e-paper technology. It has a 7.8 inch screen and has support for WACOM pens, so you can freehand draw, take notes, make annotations and edit PDF files. This device is basically a white labeled version of the Bigme S3, which we reviewed a couple of months ago. It is suitable for a Chinese audience, … [Read more...] about Guoyue V5 is a E INK Kaleido Plus e-note

Sony Japan originally designed and manufactured all generations of the Digital Paper e-note. They released the DPT-S1, DPT-RP1 and DPT-CP1 over the course of the past six years. Intitially, these E INK based devices were only sold in Japan, until the US business unit formed and primarily focused on selling them to businesses and eventually to consumers via Amazon. Last year, … [Read more...] about Sony Digital Paper discontinued in Japan

The InkPalm 5 Mini is the first modern e-reader that is smaller than six inches, which makes it tremendously pocket friendly at 115 grams. This device features a 5.2 inch E INK Carta HD e-paper screen that is flush with the bezel, with a layer of glass. It has a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels and 284 PPI. It has 24 white and amber LED lights, so you can read during the night … [Read more...] about First look at the Xiaomi Moaan Inkpalm 5 Mini e-reader

Facenote is a relatively new company and they have two products in their portfolio, the Facebook F1, which is a 5.84 inch E INK smartphone with Android 9.  It is powered by a Snapdragon 439 processor, 4GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage. The phone has many different supported languages, such as English. They also just released a large screen E INK tablet, called the … [Read more...] about Facenote N1 is a 10.3 inch e-Reader

iFlytek is a Chinese company that primarily designs and manufactures e-readers for the domestic market. They released the iFlytek R1 a couple of months ago and it is actually very compelling. It can access the Migu bookstore, which is run by China Mobile and it is possible to pay for books with your mobile phone subscription, which is very popular. It can also access the … [Read more...] about iFlytek Migu e-book reader R1 is available now

Wechat is one of the most popular social messaging apps and the company has an e-reading app called WeChat Read, which runs as a mini program or standalone app. The application, launched in 2015, has reached 210 million registered users and 5 million daily active readers by the end of October 2019. It offers free and paid books, audible content, and membership programs. Wechat … [Read more...] about Wechat is taking pre-orders for a new e-reader

Many people have nostalgia for their first e-reader or gravitate towards industrial design. When Sony was making consumer grade e-readers, they would often be made of aluminium, instead of plastic. Early Kobo e-readers really stood out in a crowd, since they had colorful designs, while Barnes and Noble had an entire line of tablets such as the Nook Color or Nook HD, which … [Read more...] about Do not buy an old e-reader on Ebay