The Amazon Kindle range may rule the roost when it comes to e-readers but UK bookworms finally have another competitor they can consider if they prefer not to read on a device from Jeff Bezos and co. Swiss-based tech firm PocketBook has been producing e-readers for more than a decade but they’ve been tricky to get hold of on these shores until now. Brits can buy a number of PocketBook reading devices online in the UK.
This means you now have three solid e-reader brand choices, with Kobo also making some of the best devices in the business. The recent colour screened Kobo Libra Colour (£199.99) and Kindle Colorsoft (£269.
99) have impressed, but PocketBook has several colour options including the new compact 6-inch screen £149.99 Verse Pro Color or the high-end £27.99 InkPad Color with 7.
8-inch display. They both use the latest E Ink Kaleido 3 colour screen tech and promise two months of battery life between charges. These models plus several more from PocketBook’s wide range of e-readers are now available in the UK from trusted retailer Laptops Direct , offering you another alternative to the Kindle.
Though it has its own built-in store on its e-readers from which to purchase e-books, PocketBook differentiates itself from its rivals with its PocketBook Cloud service. “PocketBook Cloud is a cross-platform service that combines your e-reader, Android or iOS smartphones, tablets, and PC, linking all devices into one single ecosystem,” the company says on its website. .