![]() ![]() In the past, using Boox products was like wading through mud. Part of that is that Boox’s own software game appears to have elevated. It’s on the software side that I feel like Boox has taken a big leap forward. But on the other hand, this was a supremely portable reader, like a beat-up paperback you can take just about anywhere. And to be fair, I was less comfortable while reading on the Palma, since I needed to grip the device more tightly with my whole hand and stretch my grip to reach the volume buttons (repurposed as page-turn buttons) on the device’s side. I’ve really come to love the design style shared by the Kindle Oasis and Kobo Libra 2, both of which feature seven-inch displays with physical page turn buttons you can rest your fingers on. I’ll admit that I didn’t expect to like a phone-shaped e-reader. It doesn’t have cellular connectivity, but otherwise it feels like a generic Android (version 11) phone, with four different side buttons, a USB-C charging port, and a camera on the back that Boox says is for “document scanning,” though it feels more like it was part of a reference phone design that had to come along for the ride. The $280 Boox Palma is slightly smaller than an iPhone 15 Pro Max, with a 6.13-inch E-Ink screen. But now, at last, I’ve gotten perilously close to finding an alternative to dedicated E-Readers.Īnd it’s shaped like a phone? One handed E-Ink An Android-based E-Ink reader offers the promise of a single device for E-Ink reading from disparate sources.Į-readers from Boox have offered appealing hardware, but keep letting me down with inferior software. ![]() The advantage of an Android E-Ink reader is that it can run any app-Kindle and Kobo, but also Libby and third-party ebook readers and newspaper apps and RSS readers. Boox Palma review: A phone-shaped e-readerīoox Palma (center) surrounded by more traditional Kindle and Kobo e-readers.Īs a big fan of e-readers, I’ve been experimenting with Android-based alternatives to the dedicated Kindle and Kobo hardware for a few years now. ![]()
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