Amazon finally has a colour Kindle, and it looks pretty good

For years, Kindle users have asked Amazon to make a colour version of its e-reader. Now, the company is finally delivering: it’s launching the new Kindle Colorsoft Signature Edition, a device that has a lot in common with the new Paperwhite, except instead of black and white it’s colour all over. The Colorsoft costs $279.99 and is available for preorder today, with shipments starting October 30th.

Making the Colorsoft happen, Amazon executives said at a launch event on Tuesday in New York City, required a lot more than just swapping in a new display. “Frankly, the technology just wasn’t ready” before now, says Kevin Keith, who runs Kindle products for Amazon. “And we now think the tech is ready.” (Kobo, Remarkable, and others might disagree that it wasn’t ready before.)

Yes, pretty late to the party, but it will be interesting to hear about comparisons with other colour eInk readers. The big downside of Kindles will still be there, though, namely the lock-in to the Amazon ecosystem.

See theverge.com/2024/10/16/242716…
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Kobo eReaders Software Features List: Apart from not reading Kindle format it actually has more features and mods than Kindles

For the most part all Kobo ebook readers run the same software and have all the same features, with a few exceptions. For instance, the Kobo Forma and Kobo Elipsa are the only two models with official Dropbox support to transfer files wirelessly, and the older models don’t have OverDrive built-in but they still support library ebooks.

One of the advantages with Kobo ereaders is they are open to installing other ebook programs and custom patches and mods, and you can use Calibre to manage your ebook library and collections. Check the Kobo section at MobileRead for the latest developments. These will not be covered in this list; this list is for official Kobo features only.

List of supported formats for Kobo ereaders: KEPUB, EPUB, EPUB3, FlePub, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ, CBR.

Imagine if Kobo was 'allowed' to read Kindle format ebooks from Amazon... it could be the end of Kindle, with some real competition. Calibre software though does wonders for finding ebooks and also 'converting' Kindle format to ePub.

See Kobo eReaders Software Features List | The eBook Reader Blog

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Below is a list of all the main software features that Kobo ereaders support, including the notebook and writing features that are exclusive to the Kobo Elipsa. I’ve decided to use a new format for reviews. Since software features rarely change from one model to the next, I’m going to start focusing mostly on hardware […]

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TCL's NXTPAPER display tech is cool. very cool.
Has the potential to be a disruptive in the tablet space

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