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Pocketbook 626: reviews about the electronic book. Cover for Pocketbook 626

Electronic "reader" PocketBook 626 Touch Lux2 is called experts of one of the most technological in the line of Touch. The model is distinguished by its stylish design, the highest screen quality and functionality. The most common market modification of the device - PocketBook 626 Gray. Reviews of users and experts about the novelty are diverse, but in general they boil down to a positive assessment of the gadget.

Despite the fact that some functions that were present in previous models were excluded from the device, the style and performance inherent to the brand remained, as the specialists admit, at the level. This opinion is also shared by users who willingly leave feedback on the experience of operating the device.

What are the most notable features of PocketBook 626? Reviews of owners who have studied the capabilities of the device - what is their degree? The device is praised or criticized more?

Specifications

"Reader" is equipped with a 6-inch display, made using E-Ink Pearl technology, a processor with a frequency of 1 GHz, 4 GB of flash memory (expandable to 32 by additional microSD modules). The device is able to recognize almost all common formats of electronic documents and pictures. There is WiFi support. The device is running Linux.

The above-listed characteristics of "iron," experts believe, are more than enough to perform basic user tasks. "Readers", unlike their "colleagues" in the form of tablets, laptops and smartphones, refer to devices that are not designed to run games and do not require high performance applications.

Users who left on the fact of researching the capabilities of PocketBook 626 reviews, also find the totality of its technical characteristics as quite appropriate to the tasks assigned to the "reader". With a fairly democratic price (about 6-7 thousand rubles), its hardware characteristics, as the gadget owners believe, as well as the experts, are in no way inferior to those of competitive solutions.

Appearance

E-book has a stylish design with a minimum of refinements and external controls. The case material in the basic modification is gray, matte plastic, sufficiently resistant to fingerprints. There is a version of white color - PocketBook 626 White. Comments on the design concept of this modification of the gadget, left by experts and owners, are also very positive.

Buttons on the body are plastic. This impresses very many users who believed that the rubber analogs of these controls, which were used in previous models, were not a very good idea. Users who left after the exploitation of the PocketBook Touch 626 reviews believe that plastic is a material providing incommensurably greater comfort in controlling the device, as well as a much faster response of the device to external teams. In addition, according to many experts, this material is better combined with the elegant style of "reading room".

The functions of the keys are standard - "Return", "Forward" and "Home". The buttons are pressed very easily. The build quality of the hull is estimated by both experts and users as very high. There are no gaps, creaks and backlashes. In the lower end there is a slot for the USB cable.

Very many owners of PocketBook 626, whose responses meet quite often, note the minimal design of the device. There are no extra buttons, access to the main functions is opened by a few simple actions. The same opinion is shared by many experts who tested the possibilities of the "reader". The case of the device is very thin (8 mm), and therefore any case for PocketBook 626 will look great, without disrupting the harmony of proportions.

Screen

Display "reader" was awarded by experts and users of the highest score. Very many noted really working anti-glare mechanism, convenient adjustment of the level of illumination. Regardless of the illumination, you can always choose the optimum brightness of the screen. Technology E-Ink brings the quality of the screen font to "original" paper, which reduces the burden on the reader's eyes. Concerning the PocketBook 626 display, user and expert reviews are exceptionally laudatory.

Some experts who have studied the capabilities of the device, complain about the insufficient sensitivity of the display to touch in the scrolling mode of the pages. But their opponents note that in practice this function is used relatively infrequently - in most cases you can get by using standard keys or the mode of turning the contents of the screen with a gesture.

Software

As we already noted above, the "reader" of PocketBook 626 is controlled by Linux OS. One of the most notable features of this operating system is the frequent release of updates (and this, as experts acknowledge, is related to the desire of developers to improve the quality of device management every time). There are no problems, according to experts and users who tested the device, in order to update the software via WiFi.

Controlling the screen

The key component of the "reader" software PocketBook Touch 626 is a software interface for controlling the screen. He, according to experts and users, is arranged in sufficient comfort. One of its main elements is the "Recent events" menu, which opens, you can find recently viewed or downloaded files to the system. The icons in the bottom area of the display (they can be minimized if necessary). Another useful element of the screen interface is the status bar. With it, you can open a calendar, make the necessary settings for lighting, view tasks, and see the battery level. The status bar also shows the progress of the synchronization process, as well as the status of the WiFi operation.

Wireless module PocketBook 626, as recognized by users and experts, works without failures, the connection keeps perfectly. Its availability, they believe, significantly expands the functionality of the device, allows it to be used not only as a media reading tool, but also as a successful solution for social communication on-line with applications such as ReadRate. Of course, users can also go online and work with them using the built-in browser.

File manager

Among other important components of the software is the file manager. Owners of PocketBook 626 Touch Lux2, whose reviews allow you to judge the quality of the device, talk about the interface of this application in an extremely positive way. And this is not surprising: the file manager has a lot of options, filters, the ability to sort the media, depending on the genre, author, date, etc. There is an interface for convenient search for the desired file (supports the very necessary, according to many users, the option of intelligent input, When the system offers whole words after entering the first few letters). To view the images there is a convenient "Photos" program.

Some users did not like the fact that the PocketBook 626 e-book, unlike many previous models of the Touch series, does not know how to play media files, it does not have a virtual player. However, according to their opponents, the lack of this option is not at all critical, since all elements of the gadget interface are perfectly designed, primarily for comfortable reading of books and viewing photos. Any other functions of the device would be of secondary importance, and the manufacturer probably took this fact into account. Concerning the possibilities that the PocketBook 626 e-book possesses, the reviews practically do not touch upon the aspect related to the lack of the ability of the device to play audio files.

There is an application with which the device user can buy "virtual" literature. It's about the online portal BookLand. By the way, many literary works can be downloaded from there for free. Use the interface of this online store, as experts and owners of the device note, quite comfortable: there are lists of recently published books, there is a convenient search system. In order to access all the functions of the portal, you must register.

E-book PocketBook 626 has a program module for notes. The user can, while reading the book, make notes with a virtual marker, sketches, write comments to the read (not only for himself, but also for subsequent publication in social networks using the ReadRate application). True, the toolkit for notes is fully applicable only to files like doc., EPUB, txt. Some popular formats (such as PDF) are compatible only with the function of creating bookmarks and storing selected sections of text in a separate file.

"Reader" is equipped with a set of several dictionaries for translating foreign words. There is a Russian-English module. There is a small encyclopedia of dialects from Foggy Albion. There is even an English-German dictionary. You can use them both by running in a separate window, and directly during the reading of the book: it is enough to select an incomprehensible word, as soon as a window will appear, in which variants of the translation will be offered. Many users confess that they have been looking for a device that has a convenient interface for using foreign dictionaries. The choice of Pocketbook, they admit, became the right decision.

Among other useful applications, preinstalled in the "reader" - Dropbox service (cloud file service), branded Sync store, interfaces for reading news, Internet browser, calculator, simple games. Users note that the manufacturer has equipped the device with more than enough software to complete the key tasks.

Device management

Among the most notable features of device management are personalization. This option implies the user's choice of the desired action after the device is turned on (this can be, for example, opening a file), the appearance of the screen saver, the type of fonts, or the themes. You can also assign actions to individual buttons. Many users and experts, having studied the functions with which the PocketBook 626 e-book is endowed, reviews about the device, especially respond positively to the convenience of customizing the gadget controls.

What other notable features will the "reader" offer us? There are interfaces that allow you to synchronize your device with various cloud services. It supports the creation of several personal profiles (in each of which you can specify individual settings). There is a function of data backup. Choosing the optimal intervals for switching off the screen and de-energizing the device, you can optimize the battery consumption.

Interface for reading books

Let's pass to the basic group of functions "reader" - those that are connected with the direct purpose of the device. The interface for reading books is designed, by the recognition of users and experts, quite conveniently. The name of the literary work is displayed at the top of the window. In the same area - search tools, the function of bookmarks, menu components. If you use the last option, a window will open where the information about the file will be displayed, as well as its display settings on the screen (font type, field size, line spacing, etc.). At the bottom of the interface, the page number (as well as the total number of the page) is displayed, along with a link to the content.

Users and experts are extremely positive about the interface that serves the main function, which the e-book PocketBook 626 Touch Lux2 is designed to perform. Reviews of owners and specialists are mostly filled with theses, reflecting the usefulness and convenience of tools developed by the gadget manufacturer.

Battery

The device is equipped with a battery capacity of 1,5 thousand mAh. The experts who tested the device made sure that when using it for two to three hours a day with an average brightness level and when the WiFi module is running, the battery lasts about a week. If the device is not used at all (but leave it on in the "standby mode"), then the battery life may be enough for about 14 days. Users who responded about their experience of operating the "reader" generally observe similar results.

Comparison with competitors

Despite the slightly higher cost compared to the main competitors (experts include such devices as Amazon Kindle 5, Onyx Boox C63), the device supports more different file formats. Also, as noted by many users who have experience not only with this device, but also with competing models, PocketBook has an unrivaled management interface.

Among the unique advantages of PocketBook experts call a powerful processor, a capacious battery and a sufficiently thin body, giving the device an elegant style. Many users note: even if you buy a woven cloth from a thick fabric for PocketBook 626, then visually the case will not become thicker. Undisputed advantage of the device experts, as well as its owners, called the excellent quality of the screen.

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