E Inkinga kanye noHlelo Olufuna Ukuvakasha Kwama-E-Readers E-Once-Hot
Kwakudingeka kube yinto enkulu elandelayo.
Ngesikhathi behamba phansi kwe-Consumer Electronics Show emuva ngo-2010, abafundi be-E Ink babengenakwenzeka ngokusemthethweni. Amadivayisi angabonakala cishe yonke indawo, ne-bevy yabakhiqizi ngokuziqhenya bexosha ukuthatha igajethi kubathengi abangase bakwazi futhi namalungu omshini wezobuchwepheshe. Lokhu kufaka phakathi iminikelo eyayisuka emakhakheni asungulwe njengo-Sony ukuya ezinkampanini ezivela ezinkampanini ezingaziwa njenge-Aluratek ne-iRiver. Kwakukhona nokuningi okuthakazelisayo mayelana nokuziphendukela kwemvelo okulandelayo kwemishini - ubuchwepheshe be-E Inkombala.
I-iPad ye-Apple yaphuma ngo-Ephreli ngalowo nyaka. Akukona nje ukuthi uSteve Jobs 'uthatha isiteleka esiphezulu emakethe yethebhulethi, kwanciphisa kancane kancane umkhakha we-E-reader okhululekile ekulandeleni ngemuva kokungazelelwe kubonakale sengathi u-E Ink's black and white display. Njengamathelevishini e-3D, ayenkulu kakhulu ngalowo nyaka ku-CES, ingxenye ye-E Ink reader yahamba ngokushesha esuka ekushiseni ize ingene eminyakeni elandelayo.
Ngokushesha ku-2016 kanye nengxenye eyaziqhenyayo yemakethe ye-tech igcwele amathuna okuzama ukuhluleka. I-Sony nezinye izinkampani eziningana zikhiphe ngaphandle kwebhizinisi le-E-reader ngokuphelele. UBarnes noNoble, okwamanje, kuye konke okwenziwe emuva kokuhlehlisa izinhlelo zayo zokuzikhandla. Namuhla, amakhosi ama-Amazon angaphezu kwesikhala se-E Ink reader naphezu kwesakhiwo saso sokubonga sibonga ukuqashelwa kwe- Kindle kanye nesitolo se-e-book ephethwe kahle.
Naphezu kokubusa kuka-Amazon nabafundi bayo abahlukene, kunjalo-ke kukhona ezinye izindlela ezingaphandle - nakuba zimbalwa - kumzila wohlobo . Ufuna ukwazi ukuthi yikuphi kulabo abasalayo abahlinzeka ngokukhetha okuqinile kwi-E Ink fans? Nasi uhlu lwezinye izindlela ezifanele.
I-Kobo Glo HD
UKobo ubelokhu elwa nokulwa okuhle nomholi wezimakethe i-Amazon isikhathi esithile. Kuyavunywa, lo mkhiqizo wawunzima ukuqala kokuqala kwekhanda lika-Amazon kwisithuba samabhuku esitolo se-digital. Kodwa ngenkathi uKobo engenayo impela ingqondo engakaze ibe yi-Kindle's Kindle line, amadivaysi ayo ahlangene kahle ngokumelene nomncintiswano uma kuziwa kwi-hardware.
Phezulu kohlu yi-Kobo Glo HD. Lokhu i-E Ink reader isivele iphawuleka kusukela nje yokuthi ikhishwe ngonyaka ka-2015. Esigabeni lapho abakhiqizi abaningi bebakhokhisile khona, okubonisa ukuzibophezela kokuhlala emkhakheni. Engeza iqiniso lokuthi uKobo manje unomnikazi weJapan e-commerce giant ne-Amazon uRivalen wezempi futhi unethemba elinengqondo lokuthi iKobo inezinsiza zokuhlala emakethe.
Noma kunjalo, isilinganiso sesegajethi efana ne-E-reader yikhwalithi yedivayisi yangempela futhi i-Glo HD ayidabukisi ngalokhu. I-hardware, isibonelo, iqhathanisa kakhulu ne-Amazon's Kindle Kindle Voyage (okuyinto isinyathelo esivela ku- Kindle Paperwhite ), edlala imidlalo efanayo yobuchwepheshe be-Cartoon E Ink. Bobabili bayaziqhayisa ngamaphuzu angu-300 ngamasentimitha angu-inch resolution kodwa i-Glo HD iphuma kancane nge-1448 x 1072. Zinekhono elifanayo ne-4 gigabytes yememori yangaphakathi.
I-Kobo, Nokho, inezinzuzo zayo. Okokuqala, kuvulwe kakhulu futhi kusekela amafomethi amafayela amaningi, kufaka phakathi i-EPUB kanye nefomethi ye-MOBI ye-Amazon. Uma ubiza inkululeko, lokho kungaba yindawo ekhangayo yokudayisa. Ngokungafani ne-Kindle Voyage, ehambisana nezinhlobonhlobo ezisekela isikhangiso, zonke izinguqulo ze-Glo HD ziyi-ad mahhala. Kuyavunywa, i-Glo HD ihamba kancane kakhulu futhi idlula ukwedlula i-Voyage. Kodwa-ke, kubuye nenye inzuzo: intengo. Ngenkathi i-Voyage ihlanganisa cishe ama-dollar angu-200 (futhi anemiphumela) njengoba kubhalwe phansi kwalesi sihloko, i-Glo HD ibiza cishe ngamaRandi ayi-130. Kuyinto ephikisanayo yokuncintisana kakhulu ku-Kindle Travel lapha futhi futhi ishibhile kunesiqephu esingenayo isikhangiso se-Kindle Paperwhite.
Izindleko: $ 129.99 Okuningi »
I-Barnes ne-Noble Nook Ukukhanya kwe-Glowlight Plus
Njengo-e-readers e-Sony, i-Nook yayijwayele ukuba omunye wabaphikisi abahola phambili kumqhele wohlobo. Futhi ngenkathi u-Barnes noNoble bengenayo i-chops yobuchwepheshe ye-Sony, kwaba nenzuzo yokuba nesitolo sokugcina esitolo se-intanethi ukusekela.
Uma ubuka emuva, i- Nook yasekuqaleni yayinebuzz obuhle uma ifika kuqala. Ngempela ngihlolwe mina futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kwakunzima kakhulu ukunikezwa umncintiswano ngaleso sikhathi. U-Barnes no-Noble bakhululwe nabafundi abaningana ku-Nook line, kuhlanganise ne-E Ink-based Simple Touch ne-Lightlight kanye namanye amaphilisi asekelwe ku-Android ye-Android line. Njenga-Sony, noma kunjalo, i-Nook ekugcineni yahlukunyezwa emakethe eyayingaphansi kokulindelwe, okwenza ukuthi ihluleke ukufeza isithembiso sayo sokuqala ku-E Ink reader front. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, amaphilisi e-Nook asuswe yi-tsunami ye-iPad ngendlela efanayo namanye ama-slates amaningi afisa. Ukusheshisa kakhulu namuhla futhi uBarnes & Noble's Nook line ngokuyinhloko ukukhethwa kwamathebhulethi ahlukahlukene e-Samsung.
Ngimangalisa ngakho-ke lapho uBarnes noNoble banquma ukuvuselela kabusha i-E Ink reader line ngokukhululwa kweNook Glowlight Plus ngo-Okthoba 2015. Kubonakala sengathi kukhona ukuphila okusele e-E Ink Nook endala emva kwakho konke.
Njenge-Kindle Voyage ne-Kobo Glo HD, i-Nook Glowlight Plus isebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha be-Carta E Ink kuboniswa kwesikrini sayo sokuthinta. Ibuye ibonise ukubonisa okungama-intshi angu-6 ngokuxazulula amaphuzu angu-300 ngamasentimitha ngalinye. Njengokuncintisana kwalo, kubuye kube nokukhanya ukuze uqhubeke nokufunda ngesikhathi sokuhlwa. Yebo, ngiyaqaphela iphethini lapha nawo wonke lawa madivayisi aphikisanayo.
Naphezu kokufana, i-Glowlight Plus inephuzu elilodwa lokuthengisa elibalulekile. Le E Ink Reader empeleni ayinamanzi. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ungayithatha nawe ogwini noma echibini futhi ube nezinkathazo ezimbalwa mayelana nokubhubhisa idivayisi uma kwenzeke ukuthi uphethwe ngamanzi. Iphinde ingabonisa amafayela we-EPUB, ngokungafani ne-Amazon's Kindle line. Kodwa-ke, lo mfundi othile akahambisani ne-Amazon MOBI e-book format ifomu leKobo. Nokho, inani lentengo liphansi kunezokuhamba futhi lilingana neKobo Glo HD emncintiswaneni.
Intengo: $ 129.99 Okuningi »
I-Kobo Aura H20
Linda, omunye u-Kobo?
Uma ngithi ukukhethwa kuyimikhakha engezindlela ezingezona zohlobo E E read readers, angiyifuni.
Lokhu kuthiwa, i-Kobo Aura H20 iletha ezinye izinto ezithakazelisayo etafuleni. Esinye isibonisi esikhulu kunazo zonke ku-6.8 amasentimitha uma kuqhathaniswa ne-facto 6 amasentimitha ahloswe yinqwaba ye-E Ink abafundi ngaphandle kwe-Amazon's Kindle line. Isayizi elikhulu linikeza enye indawo ye-screen yangempela uma uthanda ukubonisa okukhulu. Ibuye isebenzise ubuchwepheshe bamuva beCarta E Ink, okusho ukuthi awuyikunikela ngemikhiqizo entsha yobuchwepheshe.
Njenge-Nook GlowLight Plus, lo mfundi ubonisa ukugqama okungaphezulu kwabantu abathanda ukuthatha umfundi wabo ngaphandle. Njengoba nje igama layo lisho, iKobo Aura H20 ayinamanzi ukuze ukwazi ukuletha nawe echibini ngaphandle kwezinkinga. Idivayisi ingafakwa ngaphakathi kwamamitha amanzi, isibonelo, uma nje ugcina amapheya ayo avaliwe, Yebo. Kubuye kungenasisekelo futhi kungabi nesihlabathi, okukunikeza ukuvikelwa okungeziwe emvelweni.
Njengendodana yakhe encane, i-Glo HD, ifika ne-4GB yememori futhi iyahambisana namafomethi efayela angu-14, kufaka phakathi i-EPUB ne-MOBI. Isixazululo siwela emaqenjini angama-265 ngamasentimitha ngenxa yeskrini esikhulu kepha lokho kusenamandla kakhulu. Isayizi nesisindo esiningi somfundi senza kube lula ukuhamba ngaphezu kwabafundi abancane. , Okokugcina, amanani aphakeme kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nomzala wakhe omncane, i-GlowLight Plus. Khona-ke, ithegi layo elithe xaxa lisalokhu lithengisa kakhulu kune-Kindle Voyage futhi uthola usayizi omkhulu weskrini ukuqala.
Izindleko: $ 179.99
Futhi lapho unakho, ezinye izindlela eziqinile ezihlokweni zika-Amazon ze-E Ink abafundi. Ngokuqinisekile akushisi njengoba nje eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kuhle ukubona ukuthi kukhona izinketho ezikhona lapho abantu abakhetha ukubukeka ngokwendalo kwemvelo ye-E Ink.
UJason Hidalgo ungumchwepheshe we-About.com we- Portable Electronics . Yebo, uhlekwa kalula. Nawe ungahlehliswa ngokumlandela ku-Twitter @jhidalgo . Okuningi "