Uhambo lwe-E Ink kunye neCurious ye-Once-Hot E-Readers
Bekufanele ukuba yinto elandelayo enkulu.
Ngethuba behamba ngomgangatho weMiboniso yeeMveliso zabaThengi ngo-2010, abafundi be-E Ink babengenakukwazi ukuyikhumbula. Ezi zixhobo zingabonwa ngokubanzi kuyo yonke indawo, kunye ne-bevy yabakhiqizi ngokuziqhenkcelela ukuba bathathe igajethi kubabenzi abathengi kunye namalungu e-press technology. Ezi zibandakanya iminikelo eyayisuka kwimveliso esekelwe njenge-Sony ukuya kwiinkampani ezingabonakaliyo ezinjenge-Aluratek kunye ne-iRiver. Kwakukho novuyo oluninzi malunga nokuziphendulela okulandelayo kwezixhobo - ubugcisa be-E Inkolwazi.
Emva koko i-iPad ye-iPad yaphuma ngo-Ephreli ngaloo nyaka. Akuzange nje kuphela uSteve Jobs 'athathe kwi-slate ebongayo kwimakethe yeethebhulethi, yanciphise ngokwenene umgangatho we-E-reader kwicandelo lokufunda emva kokukhawuleza kubonakale nje ngokugqithiseleyo njenge-E Ink ebomvu nomhlophe. Njengamabonwakude e-3D, ayenzima kakhulu ngaloo nyaka kwi-CES, i-E Ink reader ingxenye yabuya ishushu yaza kungena kwiminyaka elandelayo.
Ukukhawuleza ukuya ku-2016 kwaye iqela elizikhukhumeleyo leemakethi ye-tech lizele ngamangcwaba okuzama ukuphumelela. I-Sony kunye nezinye iinkampani zikhuphe ngaphandle kweshishini le-E-reader ngokupheleleyo. Barnes noNoble, okwangoku, konke kuye kwaye kwanciphisa kwakhona izicwangciso zayo zokuzikhangela. Ngamhla, ama-Amazon amakhosi phezu kwe-E ink reader space naphezu kwefomathi yayo yokubonga ngenxa yoBume be- brand recognition kunye ne-E-book store.
Nangona i-Amazon ibambelela kubafundi bayo abahlukeneyo, kunjalo, kukho ezinye iindlela ezikhoyo-ngaphandle kobambalwa - kumgca wohlobo . Unomdla wokubona ukuba yeyiphi i-stragglers ezisele ezinikezela ukhetho olunamandla kwi-E Ink fans? Nalu uluhlu lweendlela ezifanelekileyo.
Kobo Glo HD
UKobo ulwa nolwaphulo olungileyo kumlawuli weemarike i-Amazon ixesha elithile. Ngokuqinisekileyo, uphawu lobunzima lwaluqala ukuqala kwentloko ye-Amazon kwisithuba sokugcina indawo. Kodwa ngoxa uKobo engenayo inxaxheba yengqondo engakumbi kwi-Kindle's Kindle line, izixhobo zayo zixhomekeke kakuhle kumncintiswano xa kuziwa kwi-hardware.
Phezulu kwoluhlu nguKobo Glo HD. Le E Ink Reader isele ibonakale nje kwinto yokuba ikhutshwe ngo-2015. Kwinqanaba apho abaninzi abakhiqizi bebhenyile khona, okubonisa ukuzibophezela kokuhlala kwicandelo. Yongeza into yokuba uKobo ngoku ulawulwa yiJapan e-commerce enkulu kunye ne-Amazon uRivalen Ranong kunye kwaye unokuqiniseka ngakumbi ukuba uKobo unesisombululo sokuhlala kwimarike.
Sekunjalo, imilinganiselo yiphina igajethi njengomfundi we-E ngumgangatho weso sixhobo kwaye i-Glo HD ayidangali ngaloo nto. I-hardware, umzekelo, ifanisa kakuhle ne-Amazon ye-Kindle Kindle Voyage (eyona inyathelo eliphuma kwi- Kindle Paperwhite ), edlala imidlalo efanayo ye-6-intshi ye-Carta E Ink. Bobabini baqhayisa ngamanqaku angama-300 nge-intshi yesisombululo nangona i-Glo HD iphuma phezulu kunye ne-1448 x 1072. Zinegunya elifanayo kunye ne-4 gigabytes yememori yangaphakathi.
Kodwa i-Kobo, ke, inezinzuzo zayo. Kubaqalayo, ivulekile ngakumbi kwaye ixhasa ezinye iifom zefayile, kuquka i-EPUB kunye nefomathi ye-MOBI ye-Amazon. Ukuba uyaluxabisa inkululeko, leyo ingaba yindawo ekhangisayo yokuthengisa. Ngokungafani nohambo lwe-Kindle, oluza kunye neenguqu ezixhaswa yi-ad, yonke iinguqulelo ze-Glo HD zikhutshwe ngokukhawuleza. Ngokuqinisekileyo, i-Glo HD iyanzima kakhulu kwaye iyimbi ngaphezu kohambo. Nangona kunjalo, ibuye ifikelele enye inzuzo: ixabiso. Ngelixa uhambo luhamba malunga ne-$ 200 (kunye neentengiso) njengoko kubhalwe kule nqaku, i-Glo HD ibiza malunga ne-130. Ngokuqinisekileyo umncintiswano ogqwesileyo kwi-Kindle Travel ngaphandle apho uhlala ungabizi ngaphaya komxholo ongekho-ntengiso we-Kindle Paperwhite.
Iindleko: $ 129.99 Okunye »
I-Barnes & Noble Nook Glowlight Plus
Njengoo-e-readers e-Sony, i-Nook yayisetyenziselwa enye yeenhlanhla ezikhokelayo kwisithsaba somhlobo. Kwaye ngoxa uBarnes & Noble babengenayo i-chops yobuchwephesha ye-Sony, bekuye kunenzuzo yokuba ne-online storestore ukuyifumana.
Ukujonga emva, iNook yasekuqaleni yayine-buzz enhle xa iphuma kuqala. Ngokuqinisekileyo ndandivavanye mna kwaye ndacinga ukuba yayilungele ukunika ukhuphiswano ngexesha. I-Barnes & Noble nayo yakhupha abafundi abaninzi kwi-Nook line, kuquka i-E Ink-Based Touch Simple kunye ne-Lightlight kunye namanye amapilisi asekelwe kwi-Android ye-Android line. Njenga-Sony, nangona kunjalo, i-Nook ekugqibeleni yaxhomekeka kwimfuno yemarike engaphantsi kwekulindelwe, ebangela ukuba ihluleke ukuzalisekisa isithembiso sayo sokuqala kwi-E Ink reader phambi. Okwangoku, iipilisi zeNook zahluthwa yi tsunami ye-iPad ngendlela efanayo nezinye izinto ezifunayo. Ngokukhawuleza namhlanje kunye ne-Barnes & Noble's Nook line ngokukhethekileyo ukukhethwa kweephilisi ze-Samsung ezahlukeneyo.
Umbala wandibuza xa uBarnes noNoble banquma ukuhlaziya umgca we-E Ink reader kunye nokukhululwa kweNook Glowlight Plus ngo-Okthoba 2015. Kubonakala ngathi kukho ubomi obunxele kwi-E Ink Nook emide emva kwayo yonke into.
Njengokuhamba kohlobo kunye neKobo Glo HD, i-Nook Glowlight Plus isebenzisa iteknoloji entsha yeCarta E Ink yokubonisa isikrini sayo. Kwakhona kubonisa umboniso wesi-6 intshi kunye nesisombululo sama-300 amaphuzu nge intshi. Njengoko ukhuphiswano lwayo, luye lubonise ukukhanya ukuze uqhubeke nokufunda ngexesha lokulala. Ewe, ndiyabona iphethani apha nazo zonke ezi zixhobo ezikhuphisanayo.
Nangona kunjalo, i-Glowlight Plus ineyona nto yokuthengisa eyintloko. Le E Ink reader empeleni ayinamanzi. Oku kuthetha ukuba ungayithatha nawe elunxwemeni okanye kwi-pool kwaye unemibuzo emininzi malunga nokutshabalalisa idivayisi xa kwenzeka ukuba uphuhliswe ngamanzi. Kwakhona kunokubonisa iifayile ze-EPUB, ngokungafani nomnxeba we-Amazon. Nangona kunjalo, lo mfundi akahambelani ne-Amazon ye-MOBI e-book format ifana neKobo. Ixabiso, nangona kunjalo, liphantsi kunezohambo kwaye lihambelana neKo Glo Glo.
Ixabiso: $ 129.99 Okunye »
Kobo Aura H20
Lindela, omnye uKobo?
Xa ndithe ukuba ukukhethwa kwimizimba emininzi yezinto ezingezizo eziqhelekileyo ezingezezihlobo ze-E Ink abafundi, andisaboni.
Oko kuthethwa, i-Kobo Aura H20 izisa izinto ezinomdla kwitafile ngokunjalo. Enye ibonakaliso enkulu kwii-intshi ezingama-6.8 xa kuthelekiswa ne-facto 6 intshi ezijoliswe yinkalo ye-E Ink abafundi ngaphandle kwe-Amazon's Kindle line. Ubungakanani obukhulu bukunika i-screen yangempela yepropati xa uthanda ukubonisa enkulu. Kwakhona isebenzisa i-teknoloji yeCarta E Ink yakutshanje, oku kuthetha ukuba awuyikunikela ngumbingelelo omtsha ngobukhulu.
NjengaNook GlowLight Plus, lo mfundi ubonisa ubungqina obuninzi kubantu abathanda ukuthatha umfundi wabo ngaphandle. Kanye njengoko igama layo lithetha, i-Kobo Aura H20 ayinamanzi ukuze ukwazi ukuyihambisa nawe echibini kungekho miba. I sixhobo sinokungena ngaphakathi kwiimitha zamanzi, umzekelo, xa ugcina iifaki zayo zivaliwe, kunjalo. Kwakhona kunothuli kwaye kungenasiphelo, kukunika ukhuseleko olongezelelweyo kwizinto.
Njengomntakwabo omncinci, i-Glo HD, iza ne-4GB yememori kwaye iyahambelana namafomathi eifayile ezi-14, kuquka i-EPUB kunye ne-MOBI. Isisombululo siwela kuma-265 amachaphazi nge intshi ngenxa yeskrini esikhulu kodwa esasomelele. Ubungakanani bobukhulu bomfundi kunye nesisindo senza ukuba kube nzima ukuhamba ngaphezu kwabafundi abancinci. , Ekugqibeleni, intengo iphezulu xa kuthelekiswa nomzala wakhe omncinci, iGlowLight Plus. Emva koko, iteksi layo eliphezulu lixabiso elincinci ngaphezu kohambo oluqhelekileyo kwaye ufumana ubungakanani obukhulu bekrini ukuqala.
Iindleko: $ 179.99
Kwaye unayo, ezinye iindlela ezinokuthi zenzeke kwi-Amazon's Kindle for E Ink readers. Ngokuqinisekileyo asishushu njengoko kwakuneminyaka emihlanu edlulileyo. Ngexesha elifanayo, kulungile ukubona ukuba kusekho ukhetho apho abantu abakhetha ukubonakala kwendalo engaphezulu kwe-E Ink.
UJason Hidalgo nguNgcali ye- Portable Electronics ye-About.com . Ewe, uyasilula. Nawe unokonwaba ngokumlandela kwi-Twitter @jhidalgo . Kaninzi "