Pocketbook is refreshing its entire lineup of e-readers this year. The company is gearing up to issue the Pocketbook Viva with a Gallery 3 colour e-paper screen, the Pocketbook InkPad Color 2 and the Pocketbook InkPad 4. They have another device in the works: their flagship model, the InkPad X Pro. This new product has just obtained FCC certification to be sold in the United States, this is where the following information can be found.
Not much is known about the InkPad X Pro other than it will have a 10-inch black and white e-paper screen. It looks like Pocketbook will continue to use Mobius, which is a type of outdated E INK e-paper, that is plastic and very light. There will be WIFI 2.4G and Bluetooth for wireless headphones or earbuds to listen to audiobooks, music and podcasts. The home button, manual page turn buttons and everything else will be on the bottom of the e-paper display, making the bezels smaller around most of the screen. It will be powered by a 3,200 mAh battery and have USB-C. There are Android logos on some of the pictures, so the company might not be using Linux for this model, prehapes Android sideloading support?
There is also a WACOM logo, so this model might be the first Pocketbook that comes with a stylus and is designed as a digital note taking device or e-note, instead of a conventional e-reader. This would be the first time that Pocketbook has entered this space, which is long overdue.
The user manual, pictures and other specs are under embargo for 180 days, so there is little to go on. However, it will likely be similar to the InkPad X that came out a couple of years ago and was discounted earlier in 2023.
Michael Kozlowski is the editor-in-chief at Good e-Reader and has written about audiobooks and e-readers for the past fifteen years. Newspapers and websites such as the CBC, CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and the New York Times have picked up his articles. He Lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
