Tolino Vision or Kindle Paperwhite? A comparison

With this comparison we show you the differences between the Tolino Vision and the Kindle Paperwhite and what the two ebook readers have in common.

Tolino Vision: The ebook reader can do that

Tolino Vision is the shared ebook reader by Thalia, Weltbild and Hugendubel and Club Bertelsmann. It was launched in April 2014 and is said to be a real competitor to Kindle Paperwhite. The following features make the Tolino Vision special:

• You can read ebooks and arrange them individually or add them to a collection. In addition, documents in PDF format can be converted into continuous text and the full-text search enables you to search the reader quickly and easily.
• In addition, the table of contents will help you navigate through the Tolino Vision. If you are in an exciting place and are disturbed, you can set a bookmark with a tap and lock the screen if you wish.
• You can adapt fonts and sizes individually and regulate the light infinitely - also determine the line spacing and the page margins and surf the Internet online thanks to the web browser. The integrated dictionary includes the languages ​​German, English and Italian, so you can look up unknown words in the text.
• If you wish to translate individual words, the dictionary with the languages ​​German, English, French, Italian and Spanish will help you. It remains open why not all languages ​​can be translated and looked up.

Tolino Vision: The technical side of the ebook reader

• The display of the Tolino Vision is an E-Ink Carta display that has built-in lighting. In order to improve the predecessor, the Tolino Shine, the book retailers are now opting for a revised surface that is better used to ward off dust and water splashes.
• You get 25 gigabytes of cloud storage that is available to you free of charge. An internal memory of two gigabytes ensures that you can save up to 2, 000 ebooks. The battery has a runtime of up to seven weeks and the display is 1024 x 758 pixels and has 16 different shades of gray.
• The system supports all open standard formats, such as ePub, PDF and TXT, and you can also borrow ebooks with the Tolino Vision, as it supports e-book rental.
• The Tolino Vision is currently available for € 129 postage free from booksellers like Weltbild and Thalia. However, you can also buy the reader in other shops online and in stores.

Kindle Paperwhite: The Amazon Reader can do that

In edition 02/2014, the Kindle Paperwhite from Stiftung Warentest was awarded the grade "very good". A total of nine ebook readers were tested. We'll show you what Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite can do:

• With Kindle Paperwhite you can read ebooks and customize them to your liking. For example, you can choose the font size yourself or take notes at a certain point and then share these notes. You can turn the page quickly and easily and, thanks to page flip, you can read through the book without losing your current position.
• The Whispersync technology also sets a bookmark and the "Time to Read" function tells you how much you still have to read until a chapter or the entire book is over. The dictionary saves your search so that you can train your language with Kindle Paperwhite.
• You can also view figure biographies with a click and look up certain terms on X-Ray or Wikipedia. Kindle FreeTime also creates a profile of your children and encourages them to read while improving their language skills.
• You can also use the Bing function to translate passages of text into other languages, such as English, Spanish or Japanese.

Kindle Paperwhite: The technical side of the ebook reader

• The Kindle Paperwhite's display is six inches tall and features Carta Epaper technology, which also has built-in lighting. It allows you to read in sunlight as well as in the dark. The ebook reader also has 16 different shades of gray. It is 169 x 117 x 9.1 millimeters in size and with its 206 grams it is so light that one-handed reading works wonderfully.
• The Kindle Paperwhite has WiFi and a device memory of 2 gigabytes, which is enough for up to 1, 100 books. You can also use the cloud storage for Amazon content. This is available to you free of charge and has no storage limit. If you barely read and use only a few functions, Amazon promises a battery life of up to eight weeks.
• Among other things, the system supports PDF and TXT formats and in particular all Kindle formats. However, common ePub formats are not supported. You can also borrow ebooks from the in-house Kindle library.
• Kindle Paperwhite is currently available for € 99 postage free from Amazon. You can also get the reader in other shops online and in stores.

Conclusion: Which ebook reader is the right one?

If you are looking for the right ebook reader, you should ask yourself which functions are sufficient for you. Basically, both devices have been revised. However, these innovations are limited, which is why the predecessor model might even be enough for some. In direct comparison, there are hardly any differences between the Tolino Vision and the Kindle Paperwhite. Here it is important to weigh up which functions are suitable for you. Overall, it is only subtleties that make the difference between the two devices.

• For example, if you are looking for more functions to look up people or train words, then you are well advised with a Kindle Paperwhite.
• However, if you want to read all common standard formats, you should use the Tolino Vision.

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