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PocketBook 650 и 840

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Developers: PocketBook
Date of the premiere of the system: May, 2014

PocketBook 650

PocketBook 650 is first serial E Ink the reader with the built-in 5-megapiskselny camera and an auto focus. One more advantage of the device – the LED illumination allowing to read books and to browse documents even at weak lighting with comfort. The buttons of scrolling which are taken out on the back panel allow to use effectively all surface of the reader and give to the user even more options of comfortable interaction with the device.

Device very easy and compact: its weight is 175 grams, and the sizes – 162.7х106.7х7.9 mm. Designers transferred scrolling buttons to a back part of the body, and panels around the screen made almost imperceptible.

PocketBook 650 it is equipped with the 6-inch display of new generation E Ink Carta™ with Full HD resolution 1024 x 758 pixels and 212 dpi. It displays information contrastly and accurately. In addition to the camera which is built in the back panel in the device the pre-installed application allowing to recognize the finished shooting text and to convert it into the edited formats is had. PocketBook 650 can also read out and distinguish bar-and QR codes.

It will be provided to PocketBook 650 in three color options: emerald, white and dark brown. The beginning of sales of innovation of PocketBook 650 is planned for the end of June, 2014, its price will be 8990 rubles.

In the version of software 5.5 for PocketBook 650 function of recognition of ISBN (International Standard Book Number) which significantly facilitates search of the necessary book in online directories, shops and other web resources is implemented. Now it is enough to point the camera at ISBN, the application automatic will recognize it, and will load an online resource where you can purchase the book or find the additional information about the work. For convenience the application for ISBN of scanning is taken out by separate point in the menu of applications.

The design of the Camera and My Documents applications is also processed. Now it is possible to take pictures having called the camera directly from the application Gallery. Work with the section Library is optimized: search, autonomous from the register, is implemented, scrolling of pages with long lists is improved.

The read mode is finished that allowed to increase update rate of the screen when browsing pages. Therefore now nothing will distract you from reading favourite books. Besides, the mechanism of connection to Wi-fi networks is optimized, now it will be even more convenient to users to use network services.

PocketBook 840

The PocketBook 840 model equipped with 8-inch E Ink the screen and LED illumination for reading books even in very dark premises. Thanks to the display size during the work with PocketBook 840 on one page even more information finds room. It is possible to increase quietly a font and less often to leaf through pages. The device is ideal for reading special literature, work with tables and diagrams since the volume of its working surface is as close as possible to the size of standard textbooks. At the same time in Library each book is illustrated with a big cover now - it is one z pluses of the updated interface which is used in all new products. Also in the device the feature to group books in own discretion is added. For example, the user can create to the regiment "Historical Novel" or "Psychology" in which it is convenient to place works of a certain genre that considerably facilitates their search. To the right of the PocketBook 840 screen the rubberized band with buttons for browsing of pages is located. At the size of the reader 162.8 x 195.5 mm its thickness is only 7.3 mm, and display resolution of the device – 1600x1200 pixels.

The PocketBook company has a good news and to those who waited for emergence in shops of recently announced CoverReader device – unique E Ink the device for reading on the Sasumg Galaxy S4 smartphone already on sale. Its cost is 3490 rubles. The whole set of useful functions enters this rather low price: a possibility of synchronization with Samsung Galaxy S4 and display to E Ink the PocketBook CoverReader screen of texts of books, documents and also the passed calls and the SMS from the smartphone. At the same time the gadget saves smartphone battery power since when reading from the structure of PocketBook the screen of the smartphone can be switched off.


Also at the beginning of June, 2014 sales of the first vlago-and the dust-protection reader of PocketBook 640 with 6-inch touch E Ink Pearl the display start. Purchase the device which is not afraid of moisture, dust and sand has the built-in module Wi-fi, the E Ink Pearl screen with a contrast 1:10 a.m. which does not glare in the sun and does not damage eyesight, it will be possible for 6990 rubles.


Will conveniently work with new models of PocketBook thanks to new, more progressive User Interface (UI) interface at the heart of which simplicity of accomplishment of tasks, laconicism and intuitivism. Now at turning on of the device on the screen the digital library is displayed at once. Works in it are located depending on date of reading: on top there are 3 books which the user reads at present, and recently loaded literature, access to which is provided in one contact, afterwards is displayed. On the main screen only three most necessary applications are visible now, the others are taken out in fissile regions in upper and lower parts of the display. Any notifications appear in an upper part of the screen in the form of an envelope icon, and Setup which worked earlier as the application, are taken out in a separate menu item. Besides, thanks to the updated interface each structure of PocketBook can be configured "under itself": add function to the menu or move away them at discretion.


New devices from PocketBook support more than 20 most demanded text and graphic formats, contain a set of the ABBYY Lingvo® dictionaries. In addition to basic function of reading e-books in Russian with devices of PocketBook it is also possible to study foreign literature (thanks to the Text-to-Speech function), to listen to books and favourite music in MP3 format, to go on-line through the built-in Wi-Fi the module and to discuss the read works on social networks through ReadRate service. And the integrated Dropbox services, Books by e-mail and PocketBook Sync will allow to synchronize and transfer instantly content to the device without the need for connection to the computer.


Since fall of 2014 in shops there will be one more innovation announced recently – PocketBook CadReader, the first Fina ePaper the device created especially for work with images of Autocad from Autodesk. Diagonal of its thin and easy EPD display – E Ink Fina is 13.3 inches. At the same time the tablet allows to store drawings of more than 200 construction projects at the same time and to make changes to them as necessary.

Since October 28, 2014 everything is available updating of a firmware of the device to version 5.4 to all users of PocketBook 840. Transition to the new corporate PocketBook interface which was developed to make reading on the electronic reader even more comfortable will probably become the most pleasant and useful to users. Thanks to the new interface in the main focus of attention of the user there are books. "Library" – the most important and necessary section of the menu – is displayed now on the homepage. Books are placed as demand – there are works read at present and also recently loaded literature above. Fissile regions in the lower and upper parts of the display allow to provide quick access to the main menu items. In the new interface services of notifications which became significantly more informative now are also processed.

Besides, in new software specialists of PocketBook optimized operation of the preset browser. For comfort of users the maximum type size was also increased. It is already possible to download a new firmware of PocketBook 840 of version 5.4 on the official site of PocketBook.