The Best Tablets, E-Readers, and E-Notes To Gift to Your Family and Friends - Gizmodo

It has a lot of the same features as the pricier $599 5th generation iPad Air, including a 12.9-inch Liquid Retina display, a USB-C charging port, Touch ID biometric security, and support for the original Apple Pencil stylus, but moves the 12MP front-facing camera to the edge of the tablet so it’s easier to make FaceTime video calls in landscape mode.

Despite being $50 pricier than the much larger 10th generation iPad, it’s impossible to find someone who won’t be completely enamored with the $499 6th generation iPad mini the instant they pick it up.

Arriving late last year, the Kindle Paperwhite 5 came with some major improvements over previous models, including a larger 6.8-inch, 300 PPI E Ink screen, USB-C and wireless charging, and screen lighting with color temperature adjustments allowing for warmer tones at night that are claimed to make it easier to fall asleep.

The biggest reason to splurge on the $140 Paperwhite 5 is that it’s completely waterproof, so it’s completely safe to use at the beach, by the pool, in the tub, or during a hurricane, even if it gets completely submerged.

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It’s also completely waterproof, so users don’t have to be as diligent about taking care of it, and unlike the Paperwhite 5, Kobo boasts the Clara 2E’s case is made from 85% recycled plastic, with 10% of it sourced from plastic that was ocean-bound.

That means that you can either load your ebook and PDF files directly onto the Boox Leaf 2, or download the Amazon Kindle or Kobo apps and shop for titles through their respective stores

The recently announced Amazon Kindle Scribe, which starts at $340, boasts a 10.2-inch, 300 PPI E Ink screen and an asymmetrical design with a thicker bezel on one side making it easier to hold in one hand

It’s best feature might be a self-organized system of sticky notes that can be used to annotate ebooks and other documents, plus access to the expansive Amazon ebook store—one thing the reMarkable 2 does not