PocketBook Verse Pro E-Reader Waterproof | Eye-Friendly 6” E-Ink Carta™ HD Touchscreen | Audio-Book & E-Book Reader | Text-to-Speech Function | SMARTlight | 16GB | WiFi &…

Bought this as a birthday gift for my spouse. It replaces a discontinued Sony E-Reader. She absolutely loves this reader. It was easy to set up and transfer her books et al. If you don’t want to go the Kindle route, or use a tablet computer for recreational reading, this is an excellent option.

The Verse Pro is a good device, but still behind the competition when considering the cost of the device. Most people would be better suited with a Kobo or Kindle, but it does fill a niche of being the best 6″ device on the market that comes with page turn buttons.

Tip for anybody new to ereaders: Remember to turn off Wifi when you’re not using it! This dramatically improves battery life.

The good:

+ From a cold boot (powered off), the ereader turns on really quickly (under 10 seconds). In contrast, on Kindle/Kobo, booting is painfully slow.
+ The device feels great in the hand, significantly nicer than a Kindle Basic or Kobo Clara.
+ I’m not a huge fan of the stock reading software, but sideloading alternative reading apps is a breeze (shoutout to KOReader, which runs well!).
+ Page turn buttons! (basically extinct on 6″ models not made by Pocketbook)
+ Grooves on the page turn button which make them easy to find without looking at the ereader.
+ Beautiful 300 PPI display.
+ Much more customizable in terms of settings, in general, than Kobo and especially versus Kindle.
+ Native EPUB support and support for DRM’d books.
+ Sideloading books is a breeze.
+ Comes with a few public domain titles preloaded in several languages.
+ Pocketbook Sync is a great feature.

The bad:

– The biggest issue with the Verse Pro, by far, is the frontlight. It’s much less uniform/even than on other ereaders I’ve used. In the default orientation, the top of the screen is significantly brighter than the bottom (using a landscape orientation is even more disruptive as you’ll notice the different light intensity across the screen more often). If you do a lot of reading with the frontlight, consider another device unless the page turn buttons are must-have. You can still read with it OK, but you’ll have a better time using a reading lamp.
– The stock reading software lacks options compared to the competition (font weight adjustment, the ability to align text to the left, etc).
– Highlighting on the stock reading software is horrible.
– The Pocketbook Store is a suboptimal experience in the US, where I’m located.
– Slower than the competition due to the older Carta HD screen/processor (all currently sold Kobo/Kindle models, as of this writing, use faster, more modern screens).
– The page turn buttons require more force to press than I’d expect and are pretty audible.
– The page turn buttons are somewhat awkwardly located if using the device in portrait mode; they’re more suited for use in landscape mode. If you want to use them in portrait, you need to train yourself to hold the ereader from the bottom rather than the sides.
– The power and home buttons don’t have grooves on them like the page turn buttons and are tougher to find/depress.
– Sometimes there’s a high-pitched noise when turning pages (similar to coil whine if you know what that is). Not a big deal for me and I usually don’t notice it.
– The bezel and screen aren’t an exact match. Parts of the screen at the extreme edges are covered by the bezel unless you tilt the ereader in certain ways.
– There’s no option to use book covers when locking the screen (aka standby mode) without a little technical know-how and manually editing some files on the ereader, which is unfortunate (you can use covers as the “off” screen for the device though).
– The device seems to drain battery in standby faster than other ereaders I’ve used. You can work around this by powering it off (again, it boots really really quickly from a powered off state).
– No overdrive/Libby integration, though you can read books from it via Adobe Digital Editions.

Whether Pocketbook could integrate the latest technologies among the first, or it was always only their advantage, the way Verse Pro handles the various book formats, especially the most stubborn of them – pdf, is just amazing! Text-to-speech is unbelievably clear and accurate, thanks to so many voices available to download freely and it works across all formats. And physical buttons to turn the pages are very handy, you would never accidentally click on them. After trying Kindle Vogue and Kobo Aura One, Verse Pro eliminated for me all the disadvantages to read e-books vs paper…now it may be misses only the smell:)

It has no wifi 5.

Gute Qualität, Einfach zu Bedienen, Pocketbook halt.

Não percebo porque se compram outros readers.
Este é um reader completo. Abre todos os formatos.
É quase um mini computador… corre linux… tem jogos,etc…
Eu ja tive kindle, nook, etc… este sem dúvida bate todos.

A loja em Português de Portugal não existe ou é má… mas podem comprar livros noutras lojas que ele abre tudo! Até documentos de word…