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The frontlight on the inkBook Obsidian has some pluses and minuses. Personally I’ve never considered ereaders with 212 ppi to be a problem (not once have I found myself ever thinking while reading that the text is hard to read and needs to be sharper, but then again I don’t use small font sizes). Some will be disappointed that it doesn’t have 300 ppi like other ereaders (it has 212 ppi). Text looks good on the E Ink display, very clear and defined.

One notable difference is the lack of audio support on the inkBook Obsidian-it does not have a headphone jack. The main hardware components are identical, including the 6-inch 1024 x 758 resolution E Ink Carta screen, the two-point capacitive touchscreen, the dual-core 1.0 GHz processor with 512MB of RAM, the 8GB of internal storage space, and the inclusion of a microSD card slot. I thought I would dislike the sensor as much as the sensor on the new Nook GlowLight Plus since they are in the same spot, but I find it less sensitive so I’m not always accidentally touching it and getting booted out of the book (or maybe the Nook just trained me to stop touching that spot).įrom a hardware perspective, the inkBook Obsidian is basically the T62+ in a new shell.

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It’s kind of redundant because there’s a software button on-screen for back as well. There’s also a back button below the screen but it’s not a real button it’s a sensor. The only downside is they don’t work with most sideloaded apps, even though they did with the T62. They have a nice responsive feel and they are flush with the screen so they aren’t easy to accidentally press since they are surrounded by hard material. There’s a button on each side of the screen and they can be changed in the settings which one pages forward and back. It has a flush glass screen similar to the Kindle Voyage, but there are cutouts for physical page turn buttons instead of sensors. The overall design of the inkBook Obsidian is quite nice.

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But on the flip side Android offers more reading options and is open to a lot more possibilities. That being said, the inkBook still suffers from the same kind of issues that all Android ereaders suffer from: most 3rd party apps don’t work well because they aren’t designed for E Ink screens battery life isn’t as good as non-Android ereaders the page buttons only work with a few apps and the Android software is less-optimized than what you get on Kindles and Kobos, and it lacks some features that they offer.

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The preinstalled reading apps work well-I was especially surprised by how well PDF reflow works-and so do apps like Moon Reader and Cool Reader. The overall design is a step up from the others, the screen looks good, and Boyue’s software seems to be a bit more stable than Onyx’s Android software. The inkBook Obsidian is the nicest 6-inch Android E Ink ereader I’ve reviewed so far.

Page buttons don’t work with most sideloaded apps, mostly just the built-in apps and apps like Cool Reader and Moon+.

Some frontlight shadowing effect visible.

The E Ink screen looks great despite the lower resolution compared to some other ereaders.

Good amount of storage space, with a microSD card slot for expansion, which most ereaders don’t come with anymore.

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Open Android operating system allows for more possibilities and access to lots of reading apps, plus it comes with an appstore preinstalled to install apps.

Nice design with flush glass screen and physical page buttons-and it’s comfortable to hold one-handed.

The inkBook Obsidian sells for $99 from and for £99 from Amazon UK. Most of the differences are hardware related. The software is almost identical to the T62, with some subtle differences for Arta Tech’s apps.

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