After reading the review of the Onyx BOOX Poke3 by @KelsonV I had a look at the BOOX range and ordered the BOOX Page. Here it is, on the right, next to my Kobo Clara HD.
So far, it has been good. I've installed the Android versions of Libby, Pocket and, yes, Firefox and they work fine. I've adjusted the E Ink refresh rates and button settings for the apps to work correctly.
However, due to my advanced #PIM processes, I rarely write things down on #paper.
I'd love to do so much more if there would be a great #FOSS solution for offline #handwriting#OCR. That would be a great investment by the #stationery industry! 🤔
It still offers better solutions compared to my #Boox#NoteAir#eink tablet.
#Readwise's Reader just released a new version on #Android and #iOS with paged scrolling. Meaning, it's no longer just endless scrolling, but you can use the physical buttons and/or tap to scroll page by page.
This is especially useful for #eInk devices, such as my #BOOX Leaf 2! Don't forget to enable reduced animations for an even better experience!
I investigated buying a Mira Pro from BOOX. Apparently it's impossible.
Here's a quote from their support team:
> The Mira Pro is not available for sale on the BOOX Global store. It is on sale by our resellers. After checking with our team, we are sorry that none of our resellers can deliver Mira Pro to New Zealand.
#BOOX uses a big number of #FOSS stuff in their #epaper tablets. I first thought it's just the #Linux#kernel which they don't release the source code. But I've realized they are using many more FOSS stuff. Like the #Android apps from #SimpleMobile which are not #copyleft but if they were, legally, BOOX had to free their source code, too. One might argue what is the difference when they don't release the source codes. The differences come up when BOOX is in a court. #GPL#free_software
I'm facing an issue where Zotero's built-in PDF viewer doesn't save highlights in the PDF itself.
Consequently, while my PDFs are synchronised across my devices, my Boox e-reader doesn't recognize the highlights made on other devices. However, all other devices running Zotero can access the PDF highlights from the Boox.
Is there a way to make Zotero include the highlights and annotations directly onto the PDF?
I'm looking to upgrade my e-reader. I've been a long-time Kobo user and; I like their readers and I have a fairly substantial library through them, but I'm not a fan losing the microSD slot.
On the other hand, Boox has some intriguing options and a color e-ink option, but I've heard that they're more of a tablet than an e-reader.
And I'm also a little disappointed that there are so few options out there for e-readers and e-ink devices in general.
1/ By request, I've taken some pictures of how comics look like on my newly arrived #Boox Ultra Tab C #eink#tablet .
I didn't buy it for reading comics, and frankly I wouldn't recommend it if that was your primary goal. Yes, it shows color - but the colors will always look rather flat, and there will often be some ghosting.
I tried a ton of stuff. I'm not happy with the results.
#Boox devices for academic reading and #Zettelkasten aren't making things convenient w.r.t. annotation export. So the workflow is going to be the same as on paper, I'm afraid.
Is there any truly great #Android#ebook reader for 'academic' workflows? (Using this on #boox eink tablet)
I want to highlight sections and annotate. Most of the time I want to annotate with a sentence or three.
It appears that most ebook readers render ePub beautifully, but then only support highlighting; or, like Moon Reader, the UI contains animation that apparently cannot be toggled off, so reading is bad on eink
My wife and I decided to go to bed at 20:30. We read a bit before sleeping instead of being cooped up in our separate offices. It has been hectic at work for the past few days.
I am #currentlyReading "Flow" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on my #Boox Leaf2. I got the KOReader app to sync the highlights to #Readwise and then to #Obsidian. It integrates surprisingly well, almost like a stock experience.
I use Pihole/Netguard to block the telemetry to Alibaba and co.
New Boox devices soon? (imgur.com)
Bigme inknote color review (www.androidpolice.com)
Onyx Boox Tab Ultra C Review: Delightful Heavyweight (www.yankodesign.com)
I am curious - has anyone tried out these color e-ink Android tablets with some popular drawing/painting apps?...