The book does not cease to be a popular media that people continue to choose in our time. The only problem is that the book is large and thick. They cannot be put in a pocket, it is difficult to remove in a small bag and impossible to read at night without a bright light source. All of these problems solve e-book.
First and foremost, it is not necessary to refer to ONYX BOOX Darwin 3 as tablet! This is a reader and is designed for comfortable and prolonged reading books, not browsing websites or videos. It has E-ink screen, which is safe for eyes, since it is not a light source and directs a bright light directly into the eye. Although the illumination is still there, but all in good time.
Since this is not a tablet, even though it is running Android and there is Google Play, before buying you need to think you need. If you use all the features of tablet, then this device will not work, but if you prefer to only way to read books, it will be a good choice.
Its main advantages will not only small size but also large autonomy, which in normal use can reach months. Perhaps this is due to the peculiarities of the display, which does not spend energy on display. Energy is spent only at the time of image refresh.
Conventional E-Ink screens often display artifacts (the remnants of the previous image) with partial redraw. Darwin 3 to combat this phenomenon uses technology SNOW Field. It clears the screen and allows the reading to abandon a complete repaint with a fill of black.
The screen has a diagonal of 6 inches and can display up to 16 shades of gray at the level of contrast of 14:1 and resolution 758 x 1024 pixel. For the reader it is a very good indicator. And the screen is just touch, and Multitouch. In this ebook all the time enabled A2. When reading is a good thing, because it allows you to quickly flip through. But when browsing and Google Play, everything looks spooky, the same thing on the desktop book.
Though the touch screen allowing you to scroll the text by swipe or tap left side of the screen, and zooming to change the usual pinch, to turn pages also have physical buttons on the sides of the screen. They are located at a height that allows you not to reach for him, and to press them very comfortable. Though at first they seem too soft, but it’s a matter of habit, and after a while this feeling passes. If none of the options will not work, then there autoprotective pages.
In the process of reading available to all major settings, including the creation of bookmarks, and the adjustment of the rift and adjusting the brightness of the backlight.
Screen allows you to read books in bright sunlight thanks to its technology, but, as was said earlier, it has a backlight, which is useful in the dark. She gently illuminates the content, but it does not cause eye fatigue as it happens when using a tablet or smartphone. For greater convenience to adjust the brightness of the backlight can be a simple vertical swipe on the right side of the screen.
The Central button, which is the equivalent of the Home button returns to the previous level: in the case of NeoReader — closes the app, and in the case OReader — causes the actions menu.
Settings, as it usually happens in Android, a lot! There is power management where you can configure the backlight when waking up, sleep mode and the time interval until the sleep timer. You can check the amount of free memory, which, by the way, 8 GB. This amount is enough for a huge number of books. If this is not enough and you need something more, then you can insert a microSD card with up to 32 GB. This definitely is not enough for one school program.
Separately pleased with the setup controls when long press the page flip, you can configure any additional features like force updates to the screen and exit the menu.
There are language settings and apps, but this is of minor settings, which can simply help in customizing reader. Much more interesting to say what formats the device supports. And it supports almost all popular formats. At least TXT, HTML, FB2, DOC, DOCX, and EPUB for sure won’t be a problem. The text can not only browse, but also to change the font, size and some other parameters.
For convenience, the replenishment of the library and reducing the time spent on the search for books will work with network libraries, which are almost limitless. To implement this feature provides Wi-Fi module.
If you do not know a foreign language, but read books on it, in this case provided by the dictionaries and the possibility of translation from English into Russian and back. In order to see the translation of the word, simply select a word and get its translation.
If you need a third-party application, then it can be done through Google Play. You can download not only separate third-party reader, but simple app. Sometimes it looks very funny, but it is unlikely that you will want to use third-party apps. Too format reader itself is not suitable to use even simple applications, although formally it is possible to set even instant messengers.
A nice addition for the reader will be cover in eco-leather, which does not cause the feeling that it will soon collapse. During the test special care. the appliance was not, but any damage she got. Even the place in which it is bent, not covered with cracks and dents. For greater strength of the structure faces are made of plastic, which allows them not to scratch and not only to preserve the appearance of the case, but also reliably protect the device itself.
When you close the cover 3 Darvin goes to sleep, and when again open it, it “wakes up”. This happens by analogy with tablets that support this feature.
In addition, the cover has only the most necessary, namely, charging cable, power adapter and detailed instructions on page 32. And of course, everything comes in a nice cardboard box, which in itself alludes to the fact that inside it a quality product.
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