{"id":898,"date":"2026-05-01T14:24:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=898"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:24:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:24:54","slug":"some-of-xteinks-credit-card-sized-e-readers-are-losing-their-best-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=898","title":{"rendered":"Some of Xteink\u2019s credit card-sized e-readers are losing their best feature"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A person holds the Xteink X3 e-reader between two fingers in front of a bookshelf.\" data-caption=\"The X3 is Xteink\u2019s smallest e-reader. | Photo: Andrew Liszewski \/ The Verge\ufeff\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Andrew Liszewski \/ The Verge\ufeff\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/xteink3_2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tThe X3 is Xteink\u2019s smallest e-reader. | Photo: Andrew Liszewski \/ The Verge\ufeff\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/870583\/xteink-x4-e-ink-reader-books-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Xteink X4<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/905258\/xteink-x3-e-ink-reader-ebooks-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">X3<\/a> are excellent alternatives to Kindles and Kobos if you want an e-reader that&#8217;s as easy to slip into your pocket &#8211; just not out of the box. Both devices come with stock firmware that&#8217;s clunky, limited, and occasionally confusing, but that can be easily fixed by plugging them into a PC to install <a href=\"https:\/\/crosspointreader.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternative software called CrossPoint Reader<\/a> which delivers a more polished user interface and improved functionality.  But now buyers report Xteink is blocking the upgrade, which might depend on where you live and where you purchase its devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The issue was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/xteinkereader\/comments\/1sytzut\/usb_device_not_recognised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported by a Reddit user<\/a> earlier this week when they discovere \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/921552\/xteink-x3-x4-e-reader-third-party-crosspoint-firmware-usb-blocked\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The X3 is Xteink\u2019s smallest e-reader. | Photo: Andrew Liszewski \/ The Verge\ufeff The Xteink X4 and X3 are excellent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}