PocketBook Era Color Ereader – 7 Inch E Ink Kaleido 3 Screen – Eye-Friendly Audio-Book & E-Book Reader – Text-to-Speech – Waterproof IPX8 – Bluetooth & Speakers – WiFi Cloud Sync – 32GB Storage

Awesome device for Koreader and for multilingual readers
This review is from the perspective of these use-cases:- Reading both English (US) and Russian/Cyrillic- Heavy need for offline dictionary lookup, especially with Russian-Russian and Russian->English dictionaries- Using mainly Koreader side-loaded over USB connection from MacOS – A lot of this review is of the pairing of Koreader with the device, not just the device itself- Using Calibre to organize and send books- No comics or any real need for color e-ink screen- Using side-loaded and koreader dictionaries- Comfortable with tech and tweaking configs- No experience with the store, I sideload books (the only way IMO) – if you’re a kindle store user – good luckThis thing is exactly what I was looking for.Move from Kindle:I had a Kindle Oasis, the latest version before they discontinued it. I loved the physical buttons but the battery was trash from the start, and the dictionary support was really weak.I needed1) better dictionaries (which the oasis didn’t support most common dictionary formats)2) you couldn’t select and define a word that is within the definition of a different word. No good when you have a weak vocabulary. The old kindle 3 could, but Amazon stopped caring about the nice finishing touches on the Kindle long ago.3) better battery lifeI chose the Pocketbook Era Color because it had:1) the ability to sideload koreader easily and good koreader integration (you can override the default reader to koreader directly without too much tinkering – nice. No jailbreak needed.2) I chose the color because it actually has better tech specs over the regular Era. I would gladly give up the color screen for sharper contrast and lower price – but I wanted that quad-core over the dual and 1GB of RAM instead of 512MB – anything to make these snappier – I chose to deal with potential contrast issues or darkness – worth it3) All the format support I could needExperience:- People here complained about “uneven lighting” – I don’t see that – either they’re picky or they fixed it. Looks even steven to me.- Nice build – doesn’t have the metallic casing of the oasis, and its a little thicker – but I kind of like it more for some reason – its not bulky, feels much better to hold, personal pref I suppose- Took half a day of tinkering to get it just how I like it, some of that was due to koreader being so feature rich, and not a knock on this reader at all.- Side loading koreader was a snap. no jailbreak needed, awesome.- I briefly took a look at the pocketbook default reader, and the dictionary requires either two presses to get to the word, or to go into dictionary mode, which I’d rather just hit the word and quickly get the pop up. It matters when your vocab is bad and you do this a lot. Maybe there is a fix, but I just chose to go the koreader route. Will be more consistent between this and future devices. Looks nice otherwise.- Koreader lets you associate the file types to itself, so you open the book in pocketbook, and it opens in koreader. Nice.- Battery life is great. Maybe not “new mac/iphone” great, but absolutely what i would expect and probably better.- I got the flip case (not shell) – you unclip a narrow side panel in the back, the cover attaches there flush with tabs on one side and magnets on the other. Works great – no it probably won’t protect the edges – get a shell if you need that. The cover is a good material that looks like it won’t fray like the oasis covers did.- Warmth/frontlight/night mode all work great under both pocketbook and koreader.- If you enable automatic frontlight settings, koreader won’t be able to modify the frontlight, so you’ll need to exit and disable auto front light – there’s probably an easier way but i haven’t cared enough to look- Dictionary support in koreader – solid, best experience I’ve had with it for both Russian and English. I pulled down a bunch of dictionaries, and the ReaderDict and Koreader Wiktionary dictionaries are by far the best. You can select the word, select another word within the first definition, and edit the word being searched for, and quickly switch dictionary as well as prefer a dictionary.- Initially koreader looks bad, you have to set the font and margins how you like them, and the possibilities are basically endless – Bookerly/Amazon Ember are available from amazon, PT Serif for proper Cyrillic display, whatever you want. Line spacing, everything.- FB2 support solid- I don’t really notice a resolution difference with the color screen – I know its there, but I’m impressed it’s not that noticeable.- I like the longer buttons way better than the little oasis buttons- Touchscreen is more….predictable…than the oasis. Oasis has a mind of its own.Negative experiences:- Yeah the screen is a little darker than what a paperwhite or oasis would look like. But its not noticeable really. I haven’t had the need to have the frontlight on maximum yet – maybe 80%. So that solves that problem real quick. Worth the better specs over the regular era.Kindle users:If you’re a kindle store user, you’re going to want to be careful what you buy here – here you’re out of the amazon ecosystem and need to get involved in managing your books. It’s a price to be paid for flexibility and options.Russian/Cyrillic readers:- FB2 instead of epub, koreader, ReaderDict and Wiktionary dictionaries, PT Serif with proper margins and line spacing, shortcut corner tap table of contents for those into classic literature with “complete series” ebooks. Get cozy with the koreader user manual. Perfect reading experience.Super happy with this.

Lightweight, compact, the settings can be in any language (not always a case with other e-books), possibility to highlight and note, and the most important is ability to download books from anywhere you want

Mein wertvollster Stück. Man kann viele Bücher lesen auch draussen an Tageslicht, der Kontrast ist hervorragend. Ich habe dazu eine “kwmobile Flip Hülle kompatibel mit Pocketbook Era/Era Color – Vorderfach Handschlaufe” gekauft um das E-book in der Hand besser zu halten. Ich liebe es.

Es muy práctico y tiene bonitos coloridos lo recomiendo