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Pocketbook has been making e-readers for 15 years . Now they released their new Era e-reader, which just might be the best one they have ever released.The Era is quick and snappy.

For hard ware

The Pocketbook Era features a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display with E INK Carta 1200 e-paper display panel. This new e-paper technology is only in a few models right now, such as the 11th generation Kindle Paperwhite and the Kobo Sage.  It brings a 35% increase in overall performance when opening books or navigating around the UI. Whether you are pressing down on the physical page turn buttons, or tapping/gesturing, page turn speed has never been more robust, this is due to the 25% increase.

The resolution of the Era is 1264×1680 with 300 PPI. This will make the reading experience glorious. The screen is protected by a layer of glass and is flush with the bezel. The screen features enhanced anti-scratch protection, which gives more safety, even in the most active use. Moreover, waterproof Pocketbook Era is ideal gadget for reading in the bathroom or outdoors. The e-reader is protected from water according to the international standard IPX8, which means the device can be immersed into the fresh water to a depth of 2 meters, for up to 60 minutes without any harmful effects.

There is a front-lit display and color temperature system to read in the dark. There are around 27 white and amber LED lights, so the both warm and cool lighting that can be adjusted via slider bars. There is enough customization to craft your own ideal lighting experience.

This ereader features a dual-core 1GHZ processor and 1GB of RAM. Two different colors to choose from and each one has different storage. Sunset Copper with 64 GB of memory, and Stardust Silver with 16 GB of memory. You can charge device and transfer data according to the USB-C port. You can listen to music via the single speaker on the bottom of the reader or pair wireless headphones or earbuds and take advantage of Bluetooth 5.1. Another helpful feature is Text-to-Speech which turns any text into a natural-sounding voice audio track, and 26 available languages. It is powered by a 1700 mAh battery and the dimensions are 134.3×155.7.8mm and weighs 228G.

The Era have removed the buttons and page turn buttons from the bottom of the screen to the righthand side. It makes the ereader slim and make the button area wider.

For software

Pocketbook has always run Linux on all of their e-readers. This is the same OS that the Amazon Kindle and Kobo line of e-readers employ. This OS helps preserve battery life, because there are no background processes being run. It is also rock stable and seldom ever crashes.The main navigation has icons, with text underneath them. They provide shortcuts to your library, audiobook player, store, note taking and apps. Note taking is amazing section. It is a dedicated note taking app, which you can use to jot down notes with your finger or use a capacitive stylus.

The Pocketbook Era supports a myriad of ebook formats, such as ACSM, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, EPUB(DRM), FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PDF (DRM), PRC, RTF, TXT, and audiobook formats. Pocketbook pays Adobe a monthly fee for the Content Server.

One of  the popular settings on the Era is the visual settings. You can change the contrast, saturation and brightness. This is really useful if your reading a scanned document or maybe the text is too light and you want to make it darker.

More amazing features are waiting for you.