![]() The main hardware components are identical, including the 6-inch 1024 x 758 resolution E Ink Carta screen, the two-point capacitive touchscreen, the dual-core 1.0 GHz processor with 512MB of RAM, the 8GB of internal storage space, and the inclusion of a microSD card slot. I thought I would dislike the sensor as much as the sensor on the new Nook GlowLight Plus since they are in the same spot, but I find it less sensitive so I’m not always accidentally touching it and getting booted out of the book (or maybe the Nook just trained me to stop touching that spot).įrom a hardware perspective, the inkBook Obsidian is basically the T62+ in a new shell. It’s kind of redundant because there’s a software button on-screen for back as well. There’s also a back button below the screen but it’s not a real button it’s a sensor. The only downside is they don’t work with most sideloaded apps, even though they did with the T62. They have a nice responsive feel and they are flush with the screen so they aren’t easy to accidentally press since they are surrounded by hard material. There’s a button on each side of the screen and they can be changed in the settings which one pages forward and back. It has a flush glass screen similar to the Kindle Voyage, but there are cutouts for physical page turn buttons instead of sensors. ![]() The overall design of the inkBook Obsidian is quite nice. But on the flip side Android offers more reading options and is open to a lot more possibilities. That being said, the inkBook still suffers from the same kind of issues that all Android ereaders suffer from: most 3rd party apps don’t work well because they aren’t designed for E Ink screens battery life isn’t as good as non-Android ereaders the page buttons only work with a few apps and the Android software is less-optimized than what you get on Kindles and Kobos, and it lacks some features that they offer. The preinstalled reading apps work well-I was especially surprised by how well PDF reflow works-and so do apps like Moon Reader and Cool Reader. The overall design is a step up from the others, the screen looks good, and Boyue’s software seems to be a bit more stable than Onyx’s Android software. The inkBook Obsidian is the nicest 6-inch Android E Ink ereader I’ve reviewed so far.
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