![]() ![]() None of that's present on the Inkpad Color. If you'd rather support your local library, you can use an app like Libby to send library books straight to your reader with just a few taps. With Amazon, you can navigate the company's e-book store right on your device and find a nice recommendation or two, or send them to your Kindle directly from your browser. It’s worth the effort, but your options are far more limited than on a Kindle or even a Kobo e-reader, and in any case, you’ll need a computer to get it done. You could do drag-and-drop in your computer’s file manager of choice, or you could use specialized software like Calibre to manage the details of all the books in your library. Unlike the Kindle, getting books onto the Pocketbook isn't convenient without third-party intervention. That’s mostly because the tech isn’t quite there yet, but it still dampens what seems like a pretty cool feature. It’s mostly any time the display needs to show color that it starts to lag. To be clear, the main things like scrolling through pages, loading e-books, and most things focused on reading, the InkPad Color is actually pretty quick. Amazon's offering isn't perfect, but the lag on the Inkpad Color is frustratingly cumbersome. ![]() Dragging the cursors to the right place causes a lot of jittering and lags well behind your finger movements. ![]() Highlighting on this reader is also nowhere near as snappy as on a Kindle. This happens from time to time on Amazon's Kindles when the device is still syncing files, but it happens frequently enough on the Inkpad Color to be annoying. When scrolling through your book library, you'll usually see text-based covers in place of the book's actual cover while the reader catches up. Nearly everything on the latest Paperwhite happens within a few milliseconds of your input, but loading colors on the InkPad slows it down quite a bit. Amazon and Kobo have done a pretty good job of offering readers fast refresh rates, but the Inkpad Color isn't anywhere near as snappy. The navigation buttons under the display make turning pages easier, but they're tough to use with one hand.Į-readers are typically slower than their tablet counterparts due to the nature of their screens. ![]()
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