PocketBook InkPad Lite

Product information

Key specs

Screen size

9,7 inches

Water-resistant

Memory card reader

Built-in WiFi

Total storage capacity

8 GB

Screen size	9,7 inches
Water-resistant
Memory card reader
Built-in WiFi
Total storage capacity	8 GB
Sharpness	HD Ready (720p)
Expandable storage capacity up to	32 GB
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Pros and cons

According to our e-reader expert

• You can adjust the brightness and color temperature of the light of your e-reader via SMARTlight.
• Thanks to its large size, more text fits on the screen of the e-reader and you can read very comfortably.
• You can use both the touchscreen and the buttons to control your e-reader.
• The e-reader includes a charging cable, but not a charger for the socket.
• Due to the size of this e-reader, it's less easy to take with you on the go.

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Description

The large 9.7-inch screen of the PocketBook InkPad Lite allows you to comfortably read your favorite books. Thanks to the SMARTlight screen technology, you can adjust the brightness and the color temperature of the screen. This way, your books are always clearly legible, regardless of the amount of ambient light. In addition, the screen is easier on the eyes. So you can fall asleep more easily at night. You can easily turn the page with the touchscreen or physical buttons. And with 8GB of storage, you have enough space to store 6000 standard-sized e-books. Do you have quite a few digital books already? Expand the memory with a memory card of up to 32GB.

The large 9.7-inch screen of the PocketBook InkPad Lite allows you to comfortably read your favorite books. Thanks to the SMARTlight screen technology, you can adjust the brightness and the color temperature of the screen. This way, your books are always clearly legible, regardless of the amount of ambient light. In addition, the screen is easier on the eyes. So you can fall asleep more easily at night. You can easily turn the page with the touchscreen or physical buttons. And with 8GB of storage, you have enough space to store 6000 standard-sized e-books. Do you have quite a few digital books already? Expand the memory with a memory card of up to 32GB.

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Included by default

• Manual (2.12 MB)
• USB-C cable

Included by default

• Manual (2.12 MB)
• USB-C cable

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Key specs

Screen size

9,7 inches

Water-resistant

Memory card reader

Built-in WiFi

Total storage capacity

8 GB

Screen size	9,7 inches
Water-resistant
Memory card reader
Built-in WiFi
Total storage capacity	8 GB
Sharpness	HD Ready (720p)
Expandable storage capacity up to	32 GB
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Reviews

8 reviews

7,6/10 (8 reviews)

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Most helpful reviews

8,0/10

Well thought out but the screen is a bit of a bummer

• Advanced PDF reader (unlike Kobo Sage)
• screen size
• Screen resolution on the low side

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• Aleh
• 7 January 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

Perfect for PDFs

• Weight
• battery life
• Out of focus in lowercase

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• Tim
• 6 December 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,4/10

Does what it should do

• Very nice quiet screen
• Nice light weight
• bit slow internet

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• Ko louws
• 4 September 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

6,8/10

Large format e-reader for a reasonable price.

• The size
• Buttons difficult to find in low light as they have the same color as the edge and do not protrude.

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• Eelke
• 17 June 2023
• Automatically translated from Dutch

6,0/10

Would go for an inkpad X next time.

• Nice big screen
• Loading of books separately as well as folders
• Lighting is not even, that needs to be improved.

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• Jo
• 9 July 2023
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

would buy other type from this brand.

• big screen
• functionality
• went completely nuts after a few days. could no longer be operated, even after a hard reset

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• P. de wit
• 19 January 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

7,6/10

Do not purchase.

• Fast Charging
• big screen
• Home screen very unclear

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• P. de wit
• 14 January 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

Well thought out but the screen is a bit of a bummer

• Advanced PDF reader (unlike Kobo Sage)
• screen size
• Folding in table of contents (unlike Kindle)
• Screen resolution on the low side

The PDF reader is working properly (though hangs sometimes) compared to Kobo Sage; it also support more advanced formatting options. The non-distracting design and the good grip of its back side, table of contents folding, USB C, SD card slot are bonuses as well.

Sorry:

- I still was paying attention to a bit lower-than-usual resolution of the screen while reading. This prevented reading some of the PDFs full-page in portrait mode defeating the purpose of the purchase. (Though some "good" PDFs were readable in portrait, especially with the handy margin cropping feature.)
- The uneven backlight was a bit distracting when reading in the dark as well, especially in landscape that I had to use with some PDFs.
- It was also surprising that auto-brightness was not using a sensor but time of the day, which never worked well for me.
- The user interface of the library/home screen was scaled up too much that I felt like I was navigating an oversized 6 inch reader.
- Very often auto-rotation did not work well and I had to turn it again to trigger the orientation change. There were some smaller glitches like that, e.g. double presses on the power button not recognized sometimes.
- The hardware buttons are positioned well (unlike Kobo Sage, where they are too far apart) but it was hard to distinguish them in the dark because of the flush design.

• Aleh
• 7 January 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,0/10

Perfect for PDFs

• Weight
• battery life
• screen size
• Out of focus in lowercase

Initially I was disappointed with the sharpness of the letters on the screen, because I am used to the Inkpad 3. In addition, you can't set the exposure as soft red as the 3; it is rather yellow. I also thought I would miss listening to music or audiobooks.

But all objections actually disappear when you consider that the Inkpad Lite offers the same versatility as the 3. What I like is that you don't necessarily have to be online to transfer books. It is a closed system, which also works quickly.

Only if the letters are small do you miss sharpness. But from font 11, the image is perfect for me. The size of 9.7 inches means you can read PDFs with ease and frankly even better than on the 3. The zoom options, manual or automatic, are very well designed. You can even adjust how dark the background or foreground appears, so that any text or image is clearly visible (you can even remove the blur with it). I just had to learn the best way to hold the Lite, because I had to get used to the buttons, which are now on the right. I also really like the weight.

I use the Inkpad Lite purely for reading, but you can also browse the internet, draw, calculate and play a few games. That all works very well. If it ever got a sharper screen or the option for audio, it would be perfect for me. But I'm very happy with it at the moment.

• Tim
• 6 December 2021
• Automatically translated from Dutch

8,4/10

Does what it should do

• Very nice quiet screen
• Nice light weight
• Simple to operate
• bit slow internet

Perfect device

• Ko louws
• 4 September 2022
• Automatically translated from Dutch

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Specifications

Product

Product number

894867

Manufacturer code

PB970-M-WW

Brand

PocketBook

Warranty

2 years

Processing of your defect

Via Coolblue

Old product returned for free

Screen

Screen type

Electronic Ink

Type E-ink panel

Carta

Sharpness

HD Ready (720p)

Blue light filter

Resolution height

1200 pixels

Resolution width

825 pixels

Color screen

Screen size

9,7 inches

Touchscreen

Backlit screen

Pixel density

150 ppi

Memory

Total storage capacity

8 GB

Memory card reader

Expandable storage capacity up to

32 GB

Memory card

MicroSD, MicroSDHC

Internal RAM

512 MB

General properties

Operating system language

Dutch, English, French, German, Multiple languages can be configured

eBook store integrated

Text file format

BMP, CBR, CBZ, DOC, DOCX, FB2, HTML, JPEG, MobiPocket, PDF, PNG, PRC, RTF, TIFF, TXT, ePub

Photo file format

BMP, JPEG, PNG, TIFF

Supported and protected file formats

Adobe DRM, MobiPocket, ePub

Text-to-Speech function

Dictionary

Web browser

Plays music

Physical properties

Weight

0,369 kg

Color

Gray

Controls

Push buttons, Touchscreen

Width

17,3 cm

Depth

0,8 cm

Height

23,6 cm

Material

Plastic

Water-resistant

Bluetooth and WiFi

Built-in WiFi

WiFi standards

Wireless B, Wireless G, Wireless N

Bluetooth

USB connectors

USB port

Type of USB port

USB-C

Battery

Battery/battery capacity

2200 mAh

Standby time

6 m

Charger adapter included