Sunday, August 21, 2016

Kindle, Kobo, Tolino: buying guides e-reader – c’t

An e-book readers are also binds to the infrastructure of the manufacturer. We give you tips on what readers you should buy – and how much you have to spend on it

e-reader can see almost the same -. And still is the choice of a Readers significant than with a smartphone or tablet. Because the purchase falls not only on the hardware, but it decides also, where you can buy ebooks with its Reader -. And what books are even available

are particularly strong, the boundaries between Amazon Kindle and other competitors like Kobo Tolino or pulled – they are not compatible in terms of e-book formats with each other. But even if you have already decided on Kindle, Kobo, or Tolino: Each manufacturer offers different models at prices 70-290 euros, which often differ only in technical nuances

If you already. know what brand you want to buy a reader and only have to decide between the different models, you can directly jump to buying guides below:

  • Kaufberatung Kindle
  • buying guides Tolino
  • Kaufberatung Kobo

Why at all a E- book reader? Also on tablets or smartphones can read e-books, for example with the Apps Kindle or Tolino. But e-reader are special readers whose hardware is perfectly tuned to reading. They are relatively light and handy for their size, have a paper-like display and significantly longer durations than a tablet or smartphone. When the LED is off all readers run more than 24 hours straight

But your biggest advantage is its reduction to the essential. They are not distracting from reading. Whoever reads on his cell phone, is nuf a tap away from distracting apps like Sports Ticker, Pokémon Go or email client. When e-reader however, one can very involved at the book – as in paper. Who wants to read digitally, therefore a e-reader

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e-reader as display technique so-called electronic ink. It is now almost exclusively produced by the market leader E Ink, inserting its panels in all known Reader models. On them see texts as printed and remain excellent readable even in sunlight – unlike tablets. Because E Ink panels work without a backlight, they consume significantly less power than LCD. The presentation of a book page alone requires no electricity again until the leaves

The latest generation e Ink’s Carta and is now installed in nearly all expensive readers. It provides fast response times and the highest contrast. Some cheaper models use the previous “Pearl”, which is a bit less contrast. Models with even older technology such as E Ink Vizplex should not buy one. Are

remain after the break pale residue of the previous page. In poor readers which looks something like a printed newspaper in the show through the letters back. To remove these residues completely, the reader invert the page content every few pages, which can interfere with the reading. The inversion can be switched off on nearly all readers, or at least reduce. On newer readers these residues are barely perceive, so that with them the inverting only happens when you scroll through the menus and after 10 pages or even less frequently.

E-book panels are just like LCDs prone to scratches or cracks in the display. An additional case is therefore advisable, if one takes the reader everywhere and also likes to put in a full backpack.



Technically, the e-books of all manufacturers are similar – a decent device found anywhere. The biggest difference is in the software: Amazon has built up a complete ecosystem around its e-reader Kindle. The reader is compatible with the in-house formats Mobi and AZW with and without copy. The DRM system of Amazon almost every book in the Kindle Store is provided. The usual with most other booksellers Epub not open the Kindle. Whoever opts for a Kindle, will later buy his e-books at the online retailer

The competition is open:. Tolino, Kobo, Pocketbook and most other readers manufacturers support the open source format Epub and it aufsetzende proprietary copy protection system Adobe DRM. Books can be there so easily exchange between different reader models. In addition, you can buy e-books from various dealers: A purchased Thalia Tolino does have the Thalia store only pre-installed, but no problems synchronisert ebooks from ebook.de, worldview and other – with the Kindle can not do that.

Both systems have advantages and disadvantages: the close relationship with Amazon and the good shop concept provides an extremely high level of comfort when managing and sale of books. If one has his reader linked to a Amazon account, it makes all previously purchased from Amazon e-books available for download, including highlights, bookmarks and current reading progress. This one has always been a backup on hand and has the change to a new unit immediately as his entire library in your luggage. Is the Reader times not within reach, to read with the Kindle app continues on your smartphone, tablet or PC. synchronized on the more expensive Kindle models and I buy e-books even via UMTS in Germany and abroad with no ongoing fees; as comfortable it is with any other reader. For all the books there are excerpts, mispurchases may be returned for 14 days.

Meanwhile, Kobo and Tolino have drawn level in comfort. While managing does not work quite as convenient as Amazon, and no other is so accommodating when returning e-books. But they also offer browser and smartphone apps and sync via Cloud between devices. The Tolino binds via the telecom cloud a the accounts of all Tolino partner, so you can combine purchases at Thalia, worldview, ebook.de, Hugendubel and some other booksellers. At Tolino readers can also use the Wi-Fi hotspot Telekom

German eBooks offering in Kindle and other e-book readers is almost identical, the prices are due to the book prices the same everywhere. In English-speaking Amazon has far ahead: There is the greatest supply, also are English e-books from Amazon sometimes significantly cheaper than at Kobo or ebook.de. Some vendors like Thalia or worldview have few English-language e-books. Here you have to buy in doubt the books on the PC via the browser in other Epub providers and then upload via USB to the Reader.

Also an advantage is the Kindle for self-publishing titles, ie books, the authors brought out even in the back without major publisher. Here, Amazon has the largest offer, although now other publishers and booksellers have followed with their own self-publishing platforms.

Paid E-Books have long been almost always provided with copy protection, this is changing. In our last test in the spring of 70 percent of our test-basket of 50 current bestsellers and classics without copy protection were available. However, this applies only for Tolino, Kobo and Co., because the Kindle almost all e-books are also provided with copy protection.

On all readers but can also read e-books from other sources, for example, public domain works of gutenberg.org. This one invites easiest via USB to the reader – that goes for all manufacturers. In principle, therefore, one can most readers also use without ever buy in the shops of the manufacturers books, they can even operate without user account. Exception Kobo: Here a user account must be installed, otherwise the reader from Kobo not start

rental services such as the popular in Germany eLibrary work exclusively with Adobe DRM;. so they can be used only with readers like Tolino or Kobo. Amazon provides for an e-book flat rate for 10 euros a month to (Kindle Unlimited). There you but rarely gets unlike the eLibrary Bestseller, which is why the offer for most not worth it.



In terms of practical additional software beats the Kindle its competitors by a mile: children can log in with restricted user account and families with multiple accounts and readers share content. The Kindle is optional on the most popular marks of other users and makes it possible to post text strings on Twitter and Facebook. Convenient for Language learning: From the looked-up words of Kindle generates a vocabulary-learning box and displayed in English books in unusual words in small print about a statement a

The Kobo offers other hand, a practical link to the online. service Pocket: Whoever saves a Web page in Pocket, gets a reader-friendly version of the web page text sent to his Reader

All four currently available models of the Kindle have a decent hardware on which reading is fun. All have an E-Ink display in paperback size (6 inches), connect via wireless to the Kindle Store and be operated by touch screen. Be careful when buying a used device: From the entry-level Kindle and the Paperwhite there are older versions, some of which are equipped with significantly worse display – some do not even have a touch screen. We have the Kindle Paperwhite of 2015 and the simple Kindle 2016th

Kindle (2016) for 70 Euro is right for all those who read only occasionally and no great demands on have a Reader. The software works just as smooth as the more expensive Kindle models, and provides them otherwise not to. However, the E-Ink display is worse: With 167 dpi of the reader solves low and the contrast of the E-Ink Pearl display is slightly weaker. Also adversely falls on the more beefy, not particularly nice plastic case – which is about 160 grams but relatively easy. But major disadvantage is the lack of integrated LED lighting. When it gets dark, you need an external light to read the simple Kindle. On the Start menu and in the lock screen displays the Kindle advertising. Those who do not want the 10 euro more expensive version has “no discount” buy.



Kindle Paperwhite offers from all readers the best value for money. For 120 euros, there is a higher screen resolution than the best Kindle and integrated LED lighting. Who is much traveling abroad should definitely consider the version “WiFi + 3G Free” into consideration. The is from 180 Euro are considerably more expensive, but it allows one to download and abroad at no additional e-books and in some countries even to surf. Real fun surfing on a e-reader not – but at times get the news or the weather forecast, that’s enough

Kindle Voyage has over the Paperwhite few advantages: practically the touch keys to scroll, and automatic adjustment of LED lighting – the housing plan with its surface and only 7.6 mm also a bit fancier than the Paperwhite. That alone does not justify, in our view, the 70 euros extra: The Voyage costs depending on the equipment 190-250 Euro

Kindle Oasis is innovative and looks chic, is at prices starting at 290 euros but extremely expensive. If one uses it without battery casing, it is by all readers handiest and is best suited for one-handed reading. The scroll buttons are ergonomic and easy to operate. The thicker side can be used as a handle; because the display contents can be fully rotated, it works well for left-handed, holding the handle just in his left hand. in the c’t laboratory test The Oasis showed comparatively short battery life: he ran only 12 hours lighting at 50 cd / m² (about average brightness level). but If you put it in the enclosed battery cover, he comes to a record 30 hours, 105 hours without an activated LEDs.

Kindle models compared Amazon Kindle 2016 Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2015 Amazon Kindle Voyage Amazon Kindle Oasis
display e-Ink Pearl, low resolution (167 dpi) e-Ink Carta, high resolution (300 dpi) e-Ink Carta, high resolution (300 dpi) e-Ink Carta, high resolution (300 dpi)
LED lighting no yes yes yes
case chunky and slightly heavier than the other models plastic display is slightly recessed plane front, opposite the Paperwhite lightweight and compact design lightweight design with slim housing to one side thicker in a handle ends; Battery Case is
Operation Touch touch touch + sensor keys to scroll touch screen and mechanical keys to scroll
test: duration (without illumination, 2x per minute leaves)
47.5 h
50.3 h 73.7 h 17 h (without battery casing ) / 105 h (with battery case)
Price 70 Euro from 100 Euro 160 Euro from 290 Euro

The standard equipment of Tolinos is comparable to that of Kindle: All connect via WLAN with the shop, all have a 6-inch E-Ink display, all can be operated by touch screen and have no mechanical scroll keys.

Tolino Page costs the same as the entry-level Kindle about 70 euros. He has no major weaknesses: The screen dissolves somewhat coarser than the more expensive reader, but is just as rich in contrast, because it already uses the latest E-Ink-generation Carta. On the not particularly stylish enclosure have to get used, the reader is but handy and relatively easy. The greatest disadvantage compared with Shine and vision is the lack of LED lighting: When it gets dark, you need a reading lamp

also the Tolino Shine 2HD is not particularly chic: As the Tolino Page one uses it exclusively via touch screen, below the display, there is a button that always leads to the home screen. Compared to the Page you get a higher-resolution display and LED lighting. For 119 euros, the Shine 2HD is the appropriate e-reader for anyone who wants to have a decent reader with LEDs and no Amazon.

In the Vision 3HD you pay 40 euros more than for the Shine: the worthwhile mainly because the reader is waterproof and looks more beautiful than Page and Shine. Although our experience, endures every reader water splashes and even a light rain, because the housing have few openings. There is a simply more secure when you have to worry about water damage when reading in the bath or on the beach though.

Otherwise, the hardware is almost the same as in Shine 2HD. The special function “tap2flip” is a matter of taste: Scroll be tapped with the finger on the reader backside. That works only reliable when little harder knocks and could our test very convincing.




Tolino models compared
Tolino Paper Tolino Shine 2HD Tolino vision 3HD
display e-Ink Carta, low resolution (167 dpi)
e-Ink Carta, high resolution (300 dpi) e-Ink Carta, high resolution (300 dpi)
LED lighting no yes yes
case beefy than the other models plastic display is slightly recessed plane front, compact design
operation touch touch touchscreen + Scroll through tapping on back
test: duration (without illumination, 2x per minute leaves)
43 hours 93.2 h 88.7 h
Price 69 Euro 129 € from 159 Euro

Kobo Touch 2.0 will cost 90 euros and provides for only a low-resolution e-ink display with the no longer current Pearl technology. This corresponds to the entry-level Kindle which is a bit lighter and more.

Kobo Glo HD is for 130 euros approximately at the level of Kindle Paperwhite and Tolino Shine in terms of technology : high resolution display, good LED lighting, smart and handy case. Compared to the competition, he scores with something fancier menus and the connection to the online service Pocket, which brings marked by WLAN sites in an eBook optimized view to the reader.

Kobo aura H20 will cost 180 euros. He plays technically in the same league as the Tolino Vision 3HD and Kindle Voyage. Its most outstanding feature: The Aura H20 is the only reader with a larger display. 6.8 inches diagonal sound towards the reader usual 6 inches is not exceptional, but make reading quite a difference: The panel has the size of a normal paperback, while other readers are slightly smaller. Thanks to the angled on the back to the sides plastic housing of the Reader is still just as handy as the smaller Reader. The H2O is also waterproof. (



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