If you’re looking for a new ebook reader and want something a little different, there’s a PocketBook ereader with a 7.8-inch E Ink screen on sale at Newegg.
The PocketBook InkPad 3 Pro is marked down to $223. That’s $56 dollars off the regular price of $279 and is a good deal for a 7.8-inch ereader. According to the listing, the sale ends two weeks from now on April 27th.
The device has a 300ppi E Ink Carta screen and a frontlight with adjustable color temperature. There’s 16GB of internal storage, 1GB of RAM, and it has a dual-core 1GHz CPU.
PocketBook’s software is Linux-based and supports 19 different ebook formats, including common types like ePub and PDF. You can also use DropBox to wirelessly transfer content.
The InkPad 3 Pro also supports audio via Bluetooth or using a USB adapter. It has an older micro USB port instead of USB-C, and this model doesn’t appear to have a memory card slot like some PocketBooks.
PocketBook makes nice ereaders and they’ve been doing so for many years. They just aren’t very well known in North America and don’t seem to advertise at all. I haven’t reviewed this particular model, but I did review the color version last year, the Pocketbook InkPad Color.
I have this and can confirm there’s no sd card slot, but it is waterproof. It also plays nice with Koreader making it good for reading pdfs. With Koreader, its as good as the Boox Nova.
Unfortunately these are a bit more buggy than Pocketbook’s six inch models. That said, it still had eclipsed the Oasis 3 as my favorite ereader until the Nova Air C came in. Now its my second favorite.
I have this reader also. Pretty clean and modern form factor, the page/function buttons are there but stay out of the way otherwise. The previous Inkpad 3 had a microSD card slot, this newer Pro model took it out.
Device does feel sluggish and that’s one reason I am thinking of unloading it for something else. The last few software updates have sped things up to a much more tolerable state.