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Old 06-02-2022, 03:33 AM   #1
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Another 7" Asymmetrical Reader
There's another 7", asymmetrical reader that will soon be joining the Kindle Oasis, the Kobo Libra 2 and (its cousin) the Tolino Vision 5. It's the PocketBook Era. (Supposedly coming out in July.)

Here's a link to the announcement in the PocketBook forum...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=347144

It has a smaller footprint than the Libra 2, the Vision 5 or the Kindle Oasis, but it weighs more. It's got a flush screen (like the Oasis), includes BlueTooth for audio books and TTS, but also has a built-in speaker, which makes Pocketbook's TTS feature more useful for me. (I don't own BlueTooth headphones and carrying around a BlueTooth mini-speaker is kind of a pain.) It comes in 16 GB and 64 GB versions (like the new Kindle Paperwhite). Supposedly it's going to sell for about $200 (for the 16 GB version). Unfortunately (I'm guessing) this will probably replace the Touch HD 3 (PocketBook's current 6", high-end reader). It still has ADE "built-in", integrated DropBox and the other features that I like about the PocketBooks.

I'm curious if anyone would consider Era reader in comparison to the Oasis or Libra 2? This may be one I'm interested in. Not sure yet I'll have to see some reviews). Oh, it has the E-Carta 1200 screen and USB-C charging port.
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Old 06-02-2022, 04:45 AM   #2
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Will the Era be using the latest version of RMSDK?
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The Pocketbook Inkpad Color already used RMSDK 11. Is there a newer one?
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Old 06-02-2022, 10:12 AM   #4
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Will the Era be using the latest version of RMSDK?
I have no idea. I'm guessing it will be using whatever the RMDSK PocketBook is currently using on their other readers. But, if you asked me what RMDSK was I wouldn't be able to tell you.

EDIT: Okay, finally looked it up. It looks like PocketBook updated to RMDSK 11 early in 2020. I think that's the newest version, right?

And now, at least, I finally know what it means... Reader Mobile Software Development Kit. I guess the version is important?
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Will the Era be using the latest version of RMSDK?
What is your fascination with RMSDK versions?

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No.

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The Pocketbook Inkpad Color already used RMSDK 11. Is there a newer one?
That's what I'm wondering.

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No.
What is the latest version?

And, my main question. Why does this matter?
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What is the latest version?

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If you are asking me, I don't know.
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If you are asking me, I don't know.
I responded to your post, but I was basically just throwing the question out there. By what I can find it looks like 11 is the latest version. I guess it means it has more features, but I'm still reading ePubs on older readers and some of them (like the Sony PRS-T3) still look pretty good.
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I responded to your post, but I was basically just throwing the question out there. By what I can find it looks like 11 is the latest version. I guess it means it has more features, but I'm still reading ePubs on older readers and some of them (like the Sony PRS-T3) still look pretty good.
As near as I can tell from Adobe and it's partners such as Datalogics, RMSDK 11 is still the latest version.
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I guess the version is important?
To one MR user, yes. to the rest of the planet, not so much, I suspect.
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RMSDK is the underlying code for ADE. The latest RMSDK is supposed to be ePub 3 compatible. It follows the CSS and the text rendering is pretty good.
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I responded to your post, but I was basically just throwing the question out there. By what I can find it looks like 11 is the latest version. I guess it means it has more features, but I'm still reading ePubs on older readers and some of them (like the Sony PRS-T3) still look pretty good.
I prefer the Sony PRS-350 and old LCD Binatone Readme (uses old RMSDK) to the rendering of Kobo kepubs. I only use kepub for test, though I understand the features people like on it. For reading actual novels with sensible minimalist formatting I see no problem with current Kobo RMSDK and epub2. Screen size, quality, font, and unobtrusive formatting (not trying to ape an egotistical crayon dept in a paper Publisher's office) is more important than RMSDK version.

I'm very happy with my original Libra (7") or Sage (8") because easy to read and page turn buttons. The Notebooks on Sage have allowed me to give up writer's notebook, journal/diary and workshop notebooks. I thought I'd use the Elipsa for those, but bought primarily for PDF; however when I saw how the notetaking worked I bought a Sage. The Elipsa is often too big & heavy as notebook.

I fix Gutenberg ebooks automatically, the house full of random penguins needs cleaned out by hand and the 50 or so titles I've done from Wordprocessor files rarely need more than 3 image css files edited to match the WP view using a small page size in LO Writer. But I'm not fussed with popup footnotes, or enlarging images by tapping, or multimedia (apps make epub3 look stupid). I want to read. I've given up text books, but they and colour coffee table books still really need paper, though a 10" eink isn't bad for PDF and a high quality 2K or 4K 24" screen for big colour books as PDF.
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I responded to your post, but I was basically just throwing the question out there. By what I can find it looks like 11 is the latest version. I guess it means it has more features, but I'm still reading ePubs on older readers and some of them (like the Sony PRS-T3) still look pretty good.
RMSDK 11 has more features and does support ePub 3 better.Supposedly RMSDK 11 uses Readium. So I would hope that RMSDK 11 would be pretty good for ePub 3.
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I'm curious if anyone would consider Era reader in comparison to the Oasis or Libra 2?
It costs more for less storage than a Libra 2.

I liked the looks of the Era. But I couldn't see choosing it over the Libra 2 if I were looking at both.
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