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TOLINO
shine (Gen 5)
TOLINO
vision color
TOLINO
shine 4
KOBO
Clara BW
TOLINO
epos 3
KOBO
Clara Colour
POCKETBOOK
Era, 16GB, Stardust Silver (PB700-U-16-WW)
VALVE
Steam Deck OLED, 512GB
AMAZON
Kindle Paperwhite Sinature Edition (Model 2021),32GB, Black
VALVE
Steam Deck, 512GB
KOBO
Libra Colour, White
APPLE
AirPods Pro (2nd Generation), with MagSafe Charging Case, USB-C (MTJV3ZM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 13" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/10C), 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Starlight, Swiss keyboard layout (MXCU3SM/A)
LEGO
Star Wars - Venator Class Republic Attack Cruiser (75367)
SAMSUNG
Galaxy Tab S9 FE WiFi, 128GB, Gray (SM-X510)
SAMSUNG
Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 2024 Wi-Fi, 128GB, Oxford Grey (SM-P620)
APPLE
AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation (MXP93ZM/A)
APPLE
iPad Air 11" (2024) Wi-Fi, 128GB, Space Gray (MUWC3TY/A)
SAMSUNG
Galaxy Tab S9 Wi-Fi, 128GB, Graphite (SM-X710)
APPLE
iPad Pro 11" (2024) Wi-Fi, Standard Glass, 256GB, Space Black (MVV83TY/A)
APPLE
iPad 10.9" (2022/10th Gen) Wi-Fi, 256GB, Blue (MPQ93TY/A)
APPLE
MacBook Pro 14" (Late 2024), Apple M4 (10C/10C), 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 70W, Space Black, Swiss keyboard layout (MW2U3SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 15" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/10C), 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Midnight, Swiss keyboard layout (MXD43SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 15" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/10C), 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Midnight, Swiss keyboard layout (MC9L4SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 15" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/10C), 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Midnight, Swiss keyboard layout (MC9G4SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 15" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/10C), 8.0GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Starlight, Swiss keyboard layout (MRYR3SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 13" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/8C), 8.0GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Midnight, Swiss keyboard layout (MRXV3SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 13" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/10C), 8.0GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Space Gray, Swiss keyboard layout (MRXP3SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 13" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/10C), 24GB RAM, 512GB SSD, Midnight, Swiss keyboard layout (MC8Q4SM/A)
APPLE
MacBook Air 13" (Early 2024), Apple M3 (8C/8C), 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Midnight, Swiss keyboard layout (MC8K4SM/A)?
APPLE
MacBook Air 13" (Mid 2022), Apple M2 (8-Core CPU/8-Core GPU), 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Space Gray, Swiss keyboard layout (MC7U4SM/A)
APPLE
Mac Studio (Mid 2023), Apple M2 Max (12C/30C), 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD (MQH73SM/A)
APPLE
iMac 24" (Late 2024), Apple M4 (8C/8C), 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD, Blue, Swiss keyboard layout (MWUF3SM/A / Z1E5)
SAMSUNG
Galaxy A35 5G Enterprise Edition Dual-SIM, 128GB, 6.0GB RAM, Awesome Navy (SM-A356B)
SAMSUNG
Galaxy A25 5G Dual-SIM, 128GB, 6.0GB RAM, Blue Black (SM-A256B)
GEAR4
Crystal Palace, Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, Transparent (702007307)
SAMSUNG
Galaxy SmartTag2, 4-Pack, Black / White (EI-T5600KWEGEU)
SAMSUNG
Galaxy SmartTag2, Black (EI-T5600BBEGEU)
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After many, many years on the Kindle I tried another brand, the straw being that it stopped delivering newspapers and magazines (like the NYT and The Economist) in 2023. The Tolino Shine Color cannot do this either, but it promises a range of other, major goodies that the Kindle (still) lacks: color (quite relevant because I read mostly non-fiction, and diagrams, maps and graphs often use this), and format flexibility (both epub and mobi, plus pdf and comics compatibility).
Among those formats, reading mobi files is just awful. Files take ages to load, don't load at all or with garbled formatting. This is just misleading advertising. I dropped only one star because there is a workaround: I finally reconverted all my mobile files to epub with Calibre on a PC, and then all was fine. No such problems with pdf and cbz (comics) files.
The dictionaries are plentiful but a bit a primitive. Lookup on Google or Wikipedia works smoothly, though. No language learning tool either, as on the Kindle, nor a clipping file. Colors are a bit washed-out, but that is no problem when reading in blazing sunlight, which is what e-readers are made for.
B&W resolution is 300 dpi, as for the Kindle. The reader also uses a magnetic cover to put the device asleep, and has backlight. Storage is quite generous at 16 gb, and it is even (much) lighter than my Paperwhite. I also found the page layout better (you can kill margins and line spacing, and make text really small). Page turn speed, book navigation and the popup keyboard work OK. You cannot blow up images to full-page, as on a Kindle.
Overall, a very decent reader, and sharply priced here.
The Swiss store that supplies ebooks for the Tolino is understocked and (vastly) overpriced (again comparing to the Kindle). Sadly, each ebook store comes with its very own DRM, so you need to be a bit creative for reading books that you bought/buy from, e.g., the Kindle store on this device, or obtain your e-books from alternative channels. As long as books are sold with padlocks that only the companies hold the keys of, this business will not take off.