Because old kindles are about to show up on ebay for like $10-20 - how much do those open alternatives cost? They’ll be useless bricks to a lot of people - some will figure out how to use them in different ways, some will throw them away, and some will try to sell them for dirt cheap.
Whatever e-reader you get make sure it’s one that you can jailbreak to install koreader, beyond that it’s just personal preferences. Do you want hardware buttons or a touchscreen? Are you happy with a lower resolution? Do you need integrated light for the display?
Clara colour is also awesome if you’re not reading exclusively bw. It does have slightly worse low light visibility because of the filter layers though.
Any suggestions for which Kindle to get off of ebay for jailbreaking purposes, when they start showing up en masse?
Why get something just to jail break it when open alternatives exist?
Pocket Book is the most “open” I believe
Kobo is good and has a store
Onyx, exists, though I couldn’t tell you much - they are expensive.
Because old kindles are about to show up on ebay for like $10-20 - how much do those open alternatives cost? They’ll be useless bricks to a lot of people - some will figure out how to use them in different ways, some will throw them away, and some will try to sell them for dirt cheap.
Whatever e-reader you get make sure it’s one that you can jailbreak to install koreader, beyond that it’s just personal preferences. Do you want hardware buttons or a touchscreen? Are you happy with a lower resolution? Do you need integrated light for the display?
why not get a kobo clara bw instead
As someone who owns a Clara bw, I can vouch. They’re good little devices.
Clara colour is also awesome if you’re not reading exclusively bw. It does have slightly worse low light visibility because of the filter layers though.