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Kobo's new color E Ink eReaders start at only $150 (www.pocket-lint.com)

submitted 5 months ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Why can't they just use Android? I have books on all kinds of book stores.

[–] targetx@programming.dev 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Using Calibre you could probably glue that together. I wouldn't want Android on an ereader personally.

[–] juliebean@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

some ereaders do use android, my old onyx did, but honestly i much prefer the dedicated solution kobo has. they could use android, but if they've got the resources to make their own os targeting their actual use case instead of cramming a mobile phone os in there, why wouldn't they? even their os has too much cruft for my taste, but it is a lot less than an android ereader.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Onyx and Kobo do. But their battery life is way inferior to PocketBook, which uses naked Linux.

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'm not aware of any Kobo using Android.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

All kobos use a custom OS built on Android...8 (lol). Its not recognizable as Android, but it is the base.

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I'm dubious Android even serves as a base for Kobo's OS. I've seen no evidence to support that claim.

EDIT: if you are referring to Tolinos, they are not simple rebrands of Kobos.

[–] IrritableOcelot@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

No, I forget where exactly it was, but at some point last year I was deep in Rakuten's documentation and it referenced that the Clara HD's OS is based on a modified Android 8 kernel.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Since Kobo rebrands as Tolino too and one i had years ago was clearly some sort of Android, i think they are still? Maybe more locked down and under the hood?

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Tolinos use different processors precisely because they run Android, while Kobos do not.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Right, now i remember reading about that. Which is why i got an Onyx then. Thanks!