The InkPad’s larger screen, which makes it look more like an iPad Mini and less like an Amazon Kindle, is what’s going to draw more people to color E-Ink devices because it allows documents that can’t easily be resized (change the size of text and it can reflow to fit a screen, but that’s not an option with illustrations) to be enjoyed without having to constantly zoom in and out to make text legible. On a device that’s powered by a 1 GHz process and just 1 GB of RAM, zooming and panning large documents isn’t the smoothest of experiences, so while the InkPad isn’t as pocketable as the original PocketBook Color, the actual reading experience should be much improved.
Every new product (colour e Ink in this case) needs an iteration or two to get to where it needs to be. Despite what many claim about iPads etc there is something to be said for a reading device with weeks of battery life and the ability to be easily readable in bright sunlight. It’s a pity though that it costs $329 as that is a bit pricey still.
See With an Upgraded Color E Ink Screen, This Could Be the Perfect E-Reader for Comic Book Fans
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When we reviewed the PocketBook Color last year, we loved the device and the fact that true e-readers could finally display color, but its six-inch screen made it hard to use for reading comic books and magazines which work much better on tablets. The new PocketBook InkPad Color tries to remedy that with a larger 7.8-inch screen that uses E-Ink’s next-generation color electronic paper technology.