After switching to a Onyx Boox Note Air from an iPad I am so happy with this technology. Writing is truly paper-like and reading is so incredible. Latency is great, pens work nicely and are much finer and (can) have more friction than the Apple Pencil, contrast and resolution is great. And it is MUCH more versatile than a remarkable. Due to Android apps, more storage and great stock apps.
I know it is a bridge-technology at best but for me it beats any LCD/OLED screen by a mile. So I am more closely following this tech again now.
You can use any Wacom compatible stylus to replace the existing stylus and the third party stylus will probably perform better than the original based on other owners' reports.
Check these comprehensive three parts in-depth review video of the Onyx Boox Note Air by a reputable eBook reader reviewer [1].
My main complain is that it has a rather limited built-in web based app to transfer from your laptop/PC/etc to the device directly via WiFi but not the other around. If you want to transfer wirelessly from the device to your laptop/PC/etc you need to register with Onyx's portal and sync from there, thus it's a more cumbersome to use. Normally I just email the document to myself because unlike Remarkable's devices it has Android OS and normal browser being installed.
Depends on what part you focus on, it's an RLCD so it isn't based on e-Ink tech. Like an e-Ink though, it can be used in direct sunlight since it just uses ambient light. (Maybe it'll have a backlight like the Kindle Paperwhites)
I think the use case is similar enough to a color e-Ink devices.
Yup, isn't this just an LCD without a backlight? What's revolutionary about that? I had a Gameboy Advance back in 2001 that had a colour screen without a backlight.
I don't understand why they sell it as a full 'tablet' product, that I expect to be the basic tablet crap, instead of selling the screen itself to all manufacturer of devices that could be interested.
For years I was extremely interested in an e-Ink tablet for reading scientific papers, but while the technology and hardware became more and more available, I realized that there is no scenario that such hardware would ship with software able to properly annotate PDF documents in an interchangeable format (like valid PDFs f.E.). And that this would be stable and supported for some reasonable time.
Source: My experience with Android tablets, iOS and Linux PDF-Software and every presentation of eInk-tablets seen so far, where this is never really part of their pitch.
That's the exact purpose I got a reMarkable 2 for, and have been so glad that I did. It's not perfect, but it's a far better experience than using a tablet, laptop or print-out.
While it would run a complete Android OS, I mainly use it to transfer PDFs of papers/books onto the tablet, annotate them with handwriting and transfer the PDFs back to my laptop if needed. The annotations are stored directly into the PDF and all readers I tried it with can read it.
It was expensive, but it saves me from some Monitor time each day, which was worth it for me. Especially the A4 format of the tablet makes it very nice, it really ist just like a pice of paper with a pen to annotate it and that's why I enjoy it.
This lack of reliable handwriting is definitely an annoying point to me too. That being said, why do you think it won't get any better? Judging by their ads, Sony DPT-RP1 looked great in this respect. (I wonder if the actual experience matched the ad, though.) Furthermore, I wonder what you're referring to about interchangeability: are the current annotated PDFs somehow not interchangeable?
I'd love something without backlight (front light is OK and encouraged, similar to Kindle) as my main monitor. That would save me from so many of my migraines.
I'm waiting for the day a phone is available with a responsive, high resolution E-Ink type of display. My eyes are so much more comfortable reading on them.
[+] [-] ruph123|5 years ago|reply
I know it is a bridge-technology at best but for me it beats any LCD/OLED screen by a mile. So I am more closely following this tech again now.
[+] [-] teleforce|5 years ago|reply
You can use any Wacom compatible stylus to replace the existing stylus and the third party stylus will probably perform better than the original based on other owners' reports.
Check these comprehensive three parts in-depth review video of the Onyx Boox Note Air by a reputable eBook reader reviewer [1].
My main complain is that it has a rather limited built-in web based app to transfer from your laptop/PC/etc to the device directly via WiFi but not the other around. If you want to transfer wirelessly from the device to your laptop/PC/etc you need to register with Onyx's portal and sync from there, thus it's a more cumbersome to use. Normally I just email the document to myself because unlike Remarkable's devices it has Android OS and normal browser being installed.
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdQ5sXTJRMI
[+] [-] IshKebab|5 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] cfjgvjh|5 years ago|reply
I think the use case is similar enough to a color e-Ink devices.
[+] [-] simongray|5 years ago|reply
Looks like a fairly terrible product to me, having neither the advantages of a typical tablet or e-reader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_NksPKnuw
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[+] [-] greatgib|5 years ago|reply
I don't understand why they sell it as a full 'tablet' product, that I expect to be the basic tablet crap, instead of selling the screen itself to all manufacturer of devices that could be interested.
[+] [-] ianbooker|5 years ago|reply
Source: My experience with Android tablets, iOS and Linux PDF-Software and every presentation of eInk-tablets seen so far, where this is never really part of their pitch.
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[+] [-] florianfritz|5 years ago|reply
While it would run a complete Android OS, I mainly use it to transfer PDFs of papers/books onto the tablet, annotate them with handwriting and transfer the PDFs back to my laptop if needed. The annotations are stored directly into the PDF and all readers I tried it with can read it.
It was expensive, but it saves me from some Monitor time each day, which was worth it for me. Especially the A4 format of the tablet makes it very nice, it really ist just like a pice of paper with a pen to annotate it and that's why I enjoy it.
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[+] [-] averynicepen|5 years ago|reply
https://www.reddit.com/r/eink/comments/kjvsoj/dasung_just_re...
They also make a 13" you can buy now, I think.
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[+] [-] KaiserPro|5 years ago|reply
I'm struggling to find out who makes the screen and what specs it is.
Is it true e-ink? (as in, it doesn't need power to display images)
what bit depth is it running at?
[+] [-] maeln|5 years ago|reply
It looks like it is basically a LCD without backlight. So nothing to do with eInk technology.