best productivity device is called mom - tells you when to do what and how, reminds you of birthdays and to dress nicely, eat healthy and keep warm. will cook and do laundry if you dont have time too

@o_o_o-ls3wd

8 ай бұрын

Preach

@natechenheng1380

8 ай бұрын

nahh bro moms can’t dress us nicely all the time, you gotta have your own sense of style sometimes, it’s for the best

@gemlover202

7 ай бұрын

I want one, how much do they go for?

@lowwastehighmelanin

4 ай бұрын

Not mine.

@tanishq-kun

4 ай бұрын

Need a mommy

dude, I love your "blogpost" - not a word too many, straight to the point. no affiliate links, no ads, no nothing.

the entry level ereaders james recommended in this vid: • InkPalm 5 • Tencent Pocket 2 • Hisense A5 • Hisense A9 [not really entry level] lol idk if this is gonna be any useful but why not right

@ryanfinnamore1309

Жыл бұрын

useful. thank you.

@farkasambrus5741

Жыл бұрын

Not last one is not very "entry level" since it costs more than 400$

@malayman80085

Жыл бұрын

It can act as a dumb phone though which is cool

@pedroclaro7822

Жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thanks! The last one is ridiculously priced tho. Anyways you’re better off buying any old used version of whatever ppl use near you, imho

@ammardalati510

Жыл бұрын

it is useful thank you

i’ve been looking for different e-ink devices all over the internet!!!! very happy to run into your channel, loving the content. i’m from brazil and kindle still the most popular device when it comes to e-inks & e-readers… really hoping to see this device in the markets around here soon. xx

The amount of fans of DankPods it's just incredible, the widest and unthinkable range of people it's in there and I'm just happy to see such phenomenom

@blackroses6315

Жыл бұрын

i randomly stumbled on him a week ago and am a huge fan

@abk23

Жыл бұрын

man its absurd, i love his drums channel. its what pushed me towards starting to learn them

@mendoxx097

Жыл бұрын

@@blackroses6315 nice to read that, such a positive channel

@c9k

Жыл бұрын

He lives 40 mins from me, I'm practically famous

@mendoxx097

Жыл бұрын

@@abk23 The Drum Thing it's just WILD, Hope you enjoy drums for a looooong time 🙏🏻

James, your video was an eye-opener for me! I've been searching for a good e-ink device to enhance my productivity and reading habits. Your insights into various pocket-sized e-readers were incredibly informative. I'm intrigued by the Hisense A5 and A9 models, especially since I'm not a fan of Amazon's Kindle ecosystem. Your channel is a goldmine of tech advice, and I appreciate your commitment to providing thorough and unbiased reviews. Keep up the great work, and I'm looking forward to your future content!

Hey jay, thanks for educating me about e-ink readers!

Indeed your title is apt. You have convinced me to get my own pocketable ereader/anki device

i was searching what kind of ereader that should I buy and you read my mind right away thanks for that bro.

I bought it the exact same moment i saw it in your live! Been using it not that much though since i’ve been basically always home since then so just been into paper books and kindle, but it’s a must have of the days i go to the university! Not difficult to setup at all and for what it is and what it is supposed to be, works great. Maybe a little bit overpriced, but fine

Bought a Kobo Nia personally and I love it! It doesn't have quite the same store as a Kindle but you can move over any ebook from anywhere onto it and it's great!

Bought a hisense touch two days ago, glad to know I made the right choice. Replaced my smartphone with a 903kc and wanted something to replace my mobile entertainment. Thank you for all the tech inspiration

@cosmocarry

Жыл бұрын

What region/country are you in? Do you know if the cell service on the 903kc works outside of Asia?

@sIacker

Жыл бұрын

@@cosmocarry I'm in the US Northeast. The 903kc works in the US on tmobile/mint mobile.

@kaizaAurelius

Жыл бұрын

what website did you buy your Hisense touch?

@elliottguenther501

Жыл бұрын

Did you have a problem with audio that sounded super compressed? I've tried playing it off spotify and music i've downloaded and it sounds like I'm running it through a bitcrusher

I've had a nook simple touch since it was launched. What 12 years ago now? Something like that. It's battery has been replaced and it's screen is a bit worse than it was when it was new. But it's served me super well and I love it. It's not hardly a top of the line device not by any stretch. But it was easy to root. Overclocking it and installing a few custom apps really has made it continue to be fast enough and equipped well enough to serve it's purpose. I keep a Mobiscribe at my office. It serves as my work ereader and a note taking device. But if I'm taking a trip someplace and I want an ereader a plane or bus or train trip? The Nook is coming along. If I'm going to the beach? It's again the nook. I've gotten my money out of it and if it was lost, or stolen, or rendered nonfunctional at this stage of things I'd be ok. So yeah I can safely say I have no desire to use an Amazon device and really never have.

Literally the type of video I was looking for. I've been researching into pocketable e-readers lately and narrowed it down to either the entry level inkpalm 5 you mentioned or the hisense touch (though probably the lite version). What made you jump from the inkpalm 5 to the hisense touch and what's the battery life like on it (I've read the battery life on the inkpalm 5 isn't that great).

@Cwik878

Жыл бұрын

I have the inkpalm 5. I like it, but would rather have the hisense touch if I'm being honest, but the Hisense is pricy! Inkpalm's battery life is...okay. I get several days out of it with light use. A useful feature is that it turns off wifi everytime you lock which helps save battery in standby. Another con for me was that it came with no english out of the box, so I had to sideload an app to translate everything into English for me. Not the end of the world though - kind of a set it and forget it thing. Honestly, my biggest gripe with it is that it's too wide! lol I wish it was more narrow to make holding it more comfortable.

@uxoy

11 ай бұрын

Which did you end up getting? I'm trying to decide between those two options as well

@tokyostwilight

10 ай бұрын

me as well

I just ordered the Hisense A9 Pro as a detox/e-reader phone, can't wait for it amazing video ❤

I was waiting for this video! Thanks for the info and the blog post! BTW what watch is on your wrist?

I’m thinking of ordering a Hisense touch, was actually going for the ink palm 5, but the glossy screen is a dealbreaker. Thank you so much for this awesome videoooo 😊

@bl4h836

Күн бұрын

where do you get them im trying to find where i buy a hi sense touch

Great to hear this, previously was thinking of getting an ereader fro goodereader, but thank God that I didn't.

Nice video as always! Keep grinding sirr

Personally I'm a fan of the Onyx Boox Nova line of devices. 7.8inch(19.8cm) screen is the perfect "book size" for me. They also come with a proper stylus, so you can use it as a notepad. They come with Google Play support as well so you can install basically any ebook or news app(or game) you want. They aren't cheap since they are basically Android Tablets with expensive eInk screens, but they are so worth it. The only thing that really bothers me is that they still only come with 32GB of storage. At least put 64GB in there, the cost difference these days is minimal. PS: They now have versions with some color support. The colors aren't very vibrant, and you do sacrifice the black and white performance(turning on the two-tone side lighting helps negate this though), but it is cool to have.

@supreme3647

Жыл бұрын

hm, i feel like the nova line is a bit out of place in the model line. i think the leaf 2 is a better product at the same price point which doesn’t make sense, the leaf has a way sharper, clearer screen and page turn button buttons, sd card slot. only advantages of nova line is the ever so slightly larger size, better performance (which for reading is irrelevant), and the color option which for most people isn’t worth it

@japzone

Жыл бұрын

@@supreme3647 For me that near inch difference in screen size is a big difference, and the lack of stylus support is a turn off too. It is dumb that the Nova still doesn't have a MicroSD slot or larger storage options though. Also, while the Color version isn't as good at mimicking BW paper as a BW model, they have the Nova Air2 which is BW and has the same DPI, and hence sharpness, as the Leaf2.

@supreme3647

Жыл бұрын

@@japzone screen on the nova 2 just doesn’t look as good as the leaf 2 though for some reason, my friend has the nova 2 and side my side it’s pretty clear, try and find a video online and you’ll understand, i agree with the stylus thing but then again stylus is nicer on a bigger screen (10.3 inch +) imo so it isn’t a massive deal breaker, i do agree that the extra screen is nice, wish the leaf 2 was 7.8

@doc8125

7 ай бұрын

​@@supreme3647the "slightly" larger screen is big enough to where it makes manga significantly more readable (which is basically the only reason I went with a nova air). If I was doing book reading only then the leaf is a no brainier

@koto9x

4 ай бұрын

where do you get your mangas ?@@doc8125

Man, this vieo made me jump into the rabbit hole of small e-ink devices. Ened up ordering a Hisene Touch as well and I can't wait to receive it!

@madferalchicken

10 ай бұрын

How’s it going

I bought my A9 after I watched your last desktop setup video. Have using it for a week now, wow, should I say it's the most valuable phone I got. I finally quit the last bit of douyin or tiktok, no more youtube videos on phone, no more late night phone scrolling, got plenty more time to study, work, sport, and meditation. Dumb phone is such a brilliant idea for phone addicted people like me, not to say I can finally learn to read some books... Damn bro, your channel is a true treasure on the internet...😂

@BigKittyMad

Жыл бұрын

Ordered mine from aliexpress last week because of this channel haha

@evior5215

Жыл бұрын

@@BigKittyMadwhat store did you order from?

@Lilyanflower

Жыл бұрын

Where did you buy it? From aliexpress too?

@blackartist7

Жыл бұрын

@@Lilyanflower I m in China🤣Bought it from PDD for 1200 cny. Aliexpress will do, i suppose?

@caydem

Жыл бұрын

​@@blackartist7 Hi! Is it possible to ask for your help? I've got a question in a specific product that I can't find in taobao.

I just use the onyx poke 3 its super small and fits in almost any pocket. I wear cargo trousers all the time so I just chuck it in one of the side pockets and just carry it with me when i leave the house so I can read on the bus and during my lunch break at work

Thanks for the review. Much appreciated 👍

In my country, Amazon started to sell kindles below the cost os production, making every other company stop selling e-readers due to the financial loss they were getting, so our only accessible option of e-reader is kindle and that's pretty sad. Hope someday I'll get the oportunity to import one that I can write in

@lindy_brito

9 ай бұрын

givin brazil vibes

@AliFrostinho

8 ай бұрын

Hopefully that changes for you soon brother!

@Spectra628

6 ай бұрын

I know this is a late reply, but if you wanted to, the open book project is a DIY e reader that you can assemble using off the shelf parts :) I know soldering is not for eveyone though and components vary wildly in price across the world, but thought it was a cool option you might not have heard of!

This was interesting. I mostly read on my phone but I'm looking forward to learning more about readers which have a bigger screen than my phone

My personal best purchase of 2023 thanks to you

I bought an e-note taking device some years ago, and that was gamechanger for me. I want to mark thinhs when reading a book, and the process for it on normal touch devices (long press word, be happy when you actually got the correct one, dragging through the text untill the correct end, press the "mark" button, etc) is just frustrating. With the device I can just take the pen, and mark and scribble however I want in a fraction of the time!

hey james, really nice video! could you please tell me where you get your e-books from?

Thanks you James, I ve been thinking about getting a kindle but then again I thought maybe a standard tablet to do more task on it. I got into researching e-ink tablets but they seem expensive for the experiance. I think I will look into that. Any e-ink tablets video coming up any time soon ?

Thanks,, you speak in a very good way , I don't know how can you be afraid of presentation lol

Oh wow, you're the kid with the crazy baggy drip in my computer systems course (few years ago?). wish I came across this channel earlier, you've got some cool content.

Do you have a AMP/DAC for your pc? If so, can you make a video of your audio setup?

Would be awesome if you could do a set up video on how to read manga on it. I've been trying to find the perfect device to read webtoons/manhwa on. I use tachiyomi everyday for hours and I found a tablet size that would be perfect. Something like a 8.9 inch to mimick the page size of a manga. Needs to have good colors and smooth scrolling. Its I haven't found anything that has those specks.. closest thing is the Lenovo LEGION Y700 tablet but its not available in the USA yet. I could just cover a glossy screen with a matte screen protector so that's not much of an issue.

thanks for this video James! I'm seriously considering buying one now. Do you know how would I transfer e-books from my Calibre library on my macbook to the Hisense touch? What software on Hisense would be good for this? I haven't used android for almost 10 years now. Thanks again!

What brand/model watch are you wearing? Looks nice

Hey James, have a question here. Do you necessarily need an iPad for cs major?

How well do these pocket-sized e-reader handle technical books? Are they able to display code snippets well?

Thank you for your interasting video from Japan. I’m just wondering how you get ebooks?🤨

can you pls make a video on how to make a productive journal that traces our activity btw love your videos

@surimsine08

Жыл бұрын

Not very journal-like, but I recommend the app "everyday". You can create personalized goals, select the days you want to accomplish them on, and get an overview of your success rate.

@yashbhalerao5288

Жыл бұрын

@@surimsine08 thanks i will give it a try

How much I addicted to your videos.. omg🥺❤

Thanka ,, you speak in a very good way , I don't know how can you be afraid of presentation lol

I have been waiting for this i am very happy that you saw my comment and others comment for making a video about all your e-reader.

@One-mon

Жыл бұрын

thank you for hearting my comment. thanks A LOOOOOT

Where do you get your shirts from? (Old) tech shirts are amazing

Nice video! Excited to purchase one soon

lol I ended up ordering a hisense hi reader pro after watching this video, hope I'll enjoy my device as much as you do!

Thank you Jimmy 👍🏼

I am interested in how you use the larger tablet ereaders as well as which ones you have tried and recommend. I think you mentioned in a room tour that you use them to read manga?

Hey james Got any good other book recommendations. And how do I follow u on goodreads

Can you tell us what you think about the reMarkable 2

Got one of back in 2022 too, but I kinda wish I got the a5 for the cellular data. Carrying around my phone and my e-reader at the same time was kinda clunky and I never trained my instant gratification, so when I got bored, I kept grabbing my phone instead of my e-reader lol. I would like to just carry the e-reader and not take my phone places, but I do need my phone for emergencies and if my family calls. How do you go about this? Do you carry both?

@dvsavocs5290

Жыл бұрын

get a dumbphone

Which e-reader app do you recommend that can also sync between other e-ink devices such as the boox tablets?

I bought logikoma’s old Touch and I use it every day. The matte screen protector kept getting lifted on the edges. I took it off and it doesn’t really bother me, but I’m usually reading in low light.

what mic are you using at the beginning of the vid? tyty edit: think it might be a sm57 with locking windscreen. please correct me if i'm wrong

Greastest guy! Keep up the good work!

Can we read PDFs on these books? Like PDFs stored in iCloud ? And will it sync if I annotate or highlight the PDFs if opened through these e-readers ?

how did you get the light phone esque home screen? is that from the unlauncher or aio launcher?

just a question out of curiosity, i do believe you highlight texts and quotes from a book using that ebook. where do u transfer those after? do you write it on a ntbk or do you use an app? :0

@666indygo

Жыл бұрын

i’m fairly certain he uses syncthing, he says so on the blog post.

@ariansans

Жыл бұрын

i remember now thx ;)

Live in Finland, and ordered a Hisense Touch, from the good-e-readerstore, apparently located on NA. 2 months later, no sign of it, and the support is the most awful I've ever seen. So just a note, The availability of these devices outside of China is pretty nonexistent.

@jvscholz

Жыл бұрын

yeah goodreader is a cancer within the eink space they spread misinformation and have horrible business practices. sorry you got caught up with them would 1000% avoid anything to do with them

@ozame

Жыл бұрын

​@@jvscholz Yeah, they seemed a bit shady, but some people on reddit seemed to have at least got what they ordered, so I gave them a shot. Shouldn't have...

@dvsavocs5290

Жыл бұрын

aliexpress is probably better

@karanpathak-rv4ii

Жыл бұрын

@@jee.2026. bro i am also from India i did my research and got to know that this device is not well known in India like i phone if you get a piece of this device you have to pay around 60 thousand or more ... but apart from that in gujrat and in maharastra companies were starting to design this kind of products for students to giving them a little bit push to get them in track of studies apart from the social media .. thats all for you to know and keep studying bro stop watch this productivity hack and that get your ass in your study table and start preparing for iits or becoming a billionare you might not know but to be a billionare in india its not that hard if you have skills and workaholic atitude so keep studying bro best of luck

@yoman6367

Жыл бұрын

​@@jee.2026.Ali express dekha?

Keeping us on our toes I see

in your opinion what benefits does it have that you don't get with an iphone + kindle app?

yo james have u ever gotten to work the network tethering on your kyocera phoen?

got a kindle paperwhite and a kobo elipsa. they work fine but your devices look interesting, definately more pocketable.

what watch are you wearing?

this is a weird question but does anyone know how are called the pants that James use? they seem so comfortable...i need to use something comfy this winter

Hey man recently stumbled upon your channel and you seem to make some great content but your latest video is like 4 moths old now, are you planing to upload more in the future or is the youtube done for you?

Hey Found this video… and I have been wanting an e-reader for a bit . I am digging this , where can I buy it for a good price with out getting scammed? And a good one… definitely got me interested. Have a great day!

Just bought myself a Kobo Libra 2 the other day and now this video is making me wonder if I fumbled hard. Do you actually use your compact e-ink devices for things other than reading/listening to books? Like does it have a precise enough touchscreen to take handwritten notes with a stylus or something? Or is that a job left to bigger devices like the boox/remarkable tablets?

@merulox

Жыл бұрын

in the exact same situation as you rn, except I plan to keep my libra 2 and maybe buy a hisense touch

@praenoto

Жыл бұрын

Personally, I find anything smaller than 10-11 inches too small to comfortably take notes on. I don’t use my e reader devices for anything other than reading. I don’t think you fumbled at all - I much prefer the size of my 6” e readers.

how do you get the home screen with all the stuff in this segment? 4:33

Bro love your videos I was just watching another video in the same channel

Can you post the list of e readers u have and which u recommend?

exactly the video i needed

W vid, will you please review your boox e readers next 😳

Can you make a video how you sync the reading progress between devices?

what type of books are you reading and or would recommend?

👍 Does google maps still not work even if you sideload it?

Bro pleaz which material do you use to make your videos

What do you use for streaking James?

That's a lot of books in year! Do you have book recommendations?

Your content is amazing

Does it support the kindle app?

I ended up buying the Note X aswell. Have you been able to update the firmware on yours? I cannot somehow update it..

Do you think you'll try the Boox Palma now that it's out?

I used to have a nook a long time ago and that thing was awesome I read so much

I remember using my iPad mini for reading and all that stuck with me was how heavy it was. I guess, you sometimes don’t know what to search for.

what type of launcher ur using ur home screen here and on ur boox is the same what launcher do u use???

lets gooo a new video commenting before watching since i know it's a good one

I see Guts and Casca 👀…. thank you you for all the eBook content I’m all for it

what ereader would you recommend for standard size ereader?

Do you find the Display big enough to read Manga with Tachiyomi? Or do you need to scroll/zoom alot to read certain pages?

@jvscholz

Жыл бұрын

it's doable, not ideal-when the panels span two pages it's sort of a lot of zooming but otherwise it works in a pinch

Hi james What is the best timer you use for pc And good work Edit : i mean a pomodoro timer that you can make it 50/10 timer

@cong9288

Жыл бұрын

I think he mentioned his pomodoro timer in his top 10 productivity items video or whatever the title was

god damn another james valdez scholz banger

hey james can you do your own guide for compsci?

Finally you uploaded

heavy lifting w that hair my guy gs

where do you found the wallpapers for your devices??

What website would you recommend is a good place to purchase a hisense ereader in the united states?

does anyone have a recommendation of one with a microsd slot? this hisense sounds great but no microsd kinda kills it for me, especially if i can put flacs/manga on it too. i had a kindle i gave to my mom so i’m in the market for a new (smallish) e reader.

wanted a hisense touch for a while but getting it in central europe seems impossible

yaaye sooo slayyy... hope u have a greattt dayyy... love u and take care...❤