I was doing some investigation into where all my tech is based and Remarkable e-ink tablets are based out of Oslo, Norway.
I love my Remarkable Paper Pro and was thinking of getting the Move 2 so this is good news to me. Thought I’d share.
I was doing some investigation into where all my tech is based and Remarkable e-ink tablets are based out of Oslo, Norway.
I love my Remarkable Paper Pro and was thinking of getting the Move 2 so this is good news to me. Thought I’d share.
If you want an e-ink reader from Europe, there are InkBook,
ToledoTolino, and Pocketbook. I went with an InkBook myself because it supports the lending app used by my local library as well as Pressreader, which I can also access through my library. Inkbooks are not widely available in my country bu tyou can buy them directly from the company in Poland via inkbook.eu.I can’t find anything on Toledo but the others look interesting. Thanks!
Sorry, I misspelled. It’s Tolino and they are German. https://mytolino.com/ I never looked into them in any detail. They seem to have their own ecosystem with their own book-diistribution, akin to Kindle using Amazon. I wanted an “open” reader where I can get books from various sources and install my preferred apps. The InkBook runs a modified version of Android and you can install (sideload) very many Android apps.
There are some drawbacks to InkBooks though. The OS is based on Android 11, I believe, which is extremely old for a current reader so I wonder if my library app will cut support for my device before it is worn out. My perssonal experience with the Focus Plus is also that the built-in pdf reader is bad., I’ve not been able to zoom in to remove the margins and only show the text, for instance. The list of supported languages is also relatively short if they want to be relevant in all of Europe. (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Hungarian, Dutch, Polish, Slovenian)
There are not a lot of InkBook reviews available, but I found a site with fairly extensive reviews in Polish, which the help of my browsers built-in translator I had no problems understanding the meaning.
6" Solaris: https://swiatczytnikow.pl/test-czytnika-inkbook-solaris-szesc-cali-z-androidem-innowacyjnymi-przyciskami-i-przezroczystym-etui-duo/
7.8" Focus Plus: https://swiatczytnikow.pl/test-inkbook-focus-plus-osiem-cali-z-szybka-aplikacja-do-epub-androidem-i-funkcjami-dostepnosci/