I recently bought boox air, a 10.3 inch eink android tablet. I read much more now that i ever used to, i had completely given up doing any kind of even moderate reading. My eyes have hard time adjusting to reading on a screen but do amazingly well on an eink device. I use google play books to read and reference books and it works amazingly well on boox air.
I bought one recently as well, and I'm glad I chose it over Remarkable 2. The writing+note taking ability is amazing and I'm loving it so far. I can turn it into a full-fledged screen by connecting my Apple BLE Keyboard. The best thing is the customization due to it being and Android device.
Edit: One cool thing is I can borrow eBooks from Berlin libraries using Libby app and my local library card. That plus Audible has been a game changer for my kid, and she can read all she wants without straining her eyes.
Heh,at least Remarkable gives you the root password and ssh access to the device. I don't know how that other one fares on that front? More and more, I can't stand being locked out of my devices.
yea remarkable is the choice if those are important to you.
For me being able to use pocket, play books, kindle and libby apps was important that having root password. I don't know if I can ssh into my boox air but I don't really care about that.
I agree. I had a Boyue Likebook and it was an underwhelming experience with its slow processor, underspecified self-draining battery, Android "support" (stuck on 6, most apps didn't run well due to the poor processor, poor battery), and the vague feeling that I didn't feel comfortable sharing my real Android account credentials on this device given that I didn't know what all it was running. I now have a Remarkable 2, which I thought I would use just for reading, but I have now grown to love its note taking abilities along with the API for transferring content.
Oh, I don't know yet. The remarkable does what it advertised for now, and I'm happy with such a basic usage.
However, if the company goes belly-up, if it stops supporting my device, if I get creative one day and have this awesome idea, I can implement it.
Of course, the Android ecosystem is quite open already, so this is a step-up from, say, a kindle. But having root access feels more like having the keys than sitting in a cab.
An idea I had for a while: draw simple schematics with the stylus, simulate them on the tablet with some SPICE implementation. Shouldn't be that complex :)
Is it possible to read Kindle books on that reader? I unfortunately have invested a lot of money building up my Kindle library, and I now feel trapped on Amazon's small screen e-readers. I've been waiting for a large screen Kindle for some time.
A cool thing to note is that you can't read Kindle "Textbooks" on any first-party Amazon e-ink device but you _can_ read them on a Boox e-ink device precisely because it runs Android (read: eTextbooks are supported in the Kindle Android App but not native Kindle devices).
Not to mention you can read other textbook-like sources on e-ink like O'Reilly Books and Scribd as well through their Android apps.
Source: Bought a Boox Max Lumi and it's been the best device I've purchased in years.
You can turn on paged reading rather than scrolling (and fiddle with some of the other settings around color conversion which had bad defaults) and it's as good as any other app.
I read an endless stream of academic papers, which why I opted for the lumi. Most textbooks are less dense (in my experience), so would probably be fine on an Air.
I'm worried about sharing my Google credentials with this device. It's a little known company that seems to have a lookalike being distributed from Russia and the other from China?
