With the Viva, PocketBook has presented what it says is the first e-book reader with the new Gallery 3 color technology in Europe. This fixes many of the disadvantages of the Color (test) released in April 2020, including the low resolution associated with the color display.
Each pixel with its own color
The new e-book reader does not require additional color filters to display colored content. Since each of the individual pixels is now filled with color pigments, the full resolution of 1,440 × 1,920 pixels can be used with the corresponding display on the 8-inch display. In the end, this means the pixel density of 300 ppi known from e-book readers compared to the 100 ppi that the already mentioned PocketBook Color or the InkPad Color (test) from the same company were able to display. However, PocketBook has not yet announced how many colors the new reader can display. A corresponding request was made by ComputerBase to the manufacturer and will be submitted later with an answer.
The display, which continues to come from the specialist for digital ink E-Ink, has also been improved in other places. The ComfortGaze technology that has now been introduced is intended to reduce the effect of blue light on the eyes compared to the front lighting of previous readers by reducing the proportion of blue light (Blue Light Ratio, BLR) by up to 60 percent. The brightness and color temperature can also be adjusted to your own needs using SMARTlight.
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Partly known solid equipment
The technical basis is now a four-core processor, which is flanked by 64 GB of memory for your own content. It is not expandable with a memory card due to the IPX8 waterproof rating, which allows the device to be submerged in fresh water to a depth of two meters for up to 60 minutes without causing any damage to the device.
The other features are already known from other PocketBook readers: The Viva also supports 19 book and 4 graphic formats, and 6 audio book formats (M4A, M4B, OGG, OGG.Zip, MP3, MP3.Zip ) are issued. Bluetooth 5.2 is also available for the wireless connection to external output devices.
The design language introduced this year with the Era (test) is also continued in the new reader. This also has the extravagant appearance with new scroll buttons.
Expected to be in stores from March 2023
The new Viva is expected to be available at the end of the first quarter of 2023, but the price of 599 euros targeted by PocketBook should swallow one or two readers Let.
PocketBook Viva PocketBook Era PocketBook Color PocketBook InkPad Color Operating system: Linux proprietary operating system Display: 8.00 inches
1,440 × 1,920, 300 ppi
E-Ink Gallery 3, 16 shades of gray, illuminated
color display, ? 7.00 inches
1264 × 1680, 300 ppi
E-Ink Carta 1200, 16 shades of gray, illuminated 6.00 inches
1072 × 1448, 300 ppi
E-Ink Kaleido, 16 shades of gray, illuminated
Color display, 4,096 colors 7.80 inches
1,404 × 1,872, 300 ppi
E-Ink New Kaleido, 16 shades of gray, illuminated
Color display, 4,096 colors Blue light filter: Yes – Brightness sensor: Brightness sensor? – brightness sensor? Operation: Physical buttons, touch SoC: ?, 4 cores 1.0 GHz, 2 cores RAM: ? 1,024 MB Internal memory: 64 GB
(? available) 16 GB
(12.0 GB available) Variant 64 GB
(60.0 GB available) 16 GB, expandable
(15.1 GB available) 16 GB, expandable Connectivity: ?
802.11 a/b/g/n USB Type C
802.11 a/b/g/n/ac micro USB 2.0
802.11 b/g/n USB 2.0 Type C
802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth: 5.2 Yes Cellular: – Size (W×H×D): 157.0 × 178.0 × 7.8 mm 134.3 × 155.0 × 7, 8 mm 108.0 × 161.3 × 8.0 mm 137.0 × 195.0 × 8.0 mm Weight: 300 g 228 g 160 g 225 g Protection class: IPX8 – Battery: ? 1700 mAh 1900 mAh 2900 mAh Wireless charging: No Yes? Text formats: ACSM, CBR, CBZ, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, Epub, FB2, FB2.zip, HTM, HTML, Mobi (unprotected), PDF, PRC, RTF, TCR, TXT ACSM, CHM, CBR, CBZ, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, Epub, FB2, FB2.zip, HTM, HTML, Mobi (unprotected), PDF, PRC, RTF, TCR, TXT DRM formats: Adobe DRM E-Pub, Adobe DRM PDF, LCP Adobe DRM E-Pub, Adobe DRM PDF Adobe DRM E-Pub, Adobe DRM PDF, LCP Audio formats: MP3, WAV, OGG, M4B MP3, OGG, M4B Reading function: Text-To-Speech Price: 599 € 199 €/€239 from €179 from €279