[mcbetz]

Any first-hand experiences with the Nxtpaper devices? There's a lot of press coverage of the release official material, especially on the 14 inch model, but few actual reviews. Availability or even infos on availability is an issue, at least in Europe as well.

[djtango]

I just ordered the nxtpaper 11 arrives next week so will post back later.

I was torn between the HannsNote2 and Nxtpaper 11 but the battery life for the HannsNote2 is apparently less than 3 hours which I think is not going to cut it for a device which is meant to take me away from my phone

I ordered the nxtpaper from TechInn - I think they ship global

[djtango]

For anyone that was interested my Nxtpaper 11 finally arrived.

I am annoyed because I realised the Nxtpaper 11 is available on amazon.de the product listing was just buried because it hadn't bubbled up the search and its name isn't great for search.

Have only used it a few hours so some initial thoughts:

- this is my first ever real tablet but its heavier than I thought, its a bit awkward to read one handed especially without anything to grip, I might get one of those hand bands to get a lightweight grip

- the tablet is noticeably slow, you can see some slight frame choppiness when scrolling in Substack for example, but obviously way better than an eink reader

- the Nxtvision settings for reading mode and eye comfort mode are quite nice. Images and figures in documents look pleasingly "flat"

- the resolution is noticeably low, I do notice the DPI is not that crisp when reading PDFs

- I like the matte screen texture it is quite pleasing

- reading code on it via Github was quite fun/pleasant

All things considered for 250 Euros its probably worth a try if you're not too fussy. I can live with the shortcomings, this is a sufficiently niche space that it'll take a while for the perfect product to drop out.

I'd love to get my hands on a Hannsnote 2 to compare

[afandian]

I’m very close to getting a HannsNote 2. The battery life is disappointing, but it is very thin (maybe unnecessarily so). It’s no hardship to carry around a battery in a bag.

I have a crazy idea about VNC or SSH in which case a host laptop might not be very far away anyway.

[mtaras]

MKBHD did a review of a TCL phone with an NXTPAPER display and the screen looks like just a normal LCD with a matte screen protector. It has some extra layers physically to limit the amount of blue light, but it 100% looked like any other phone screen with a "paper-like" screen protector on top. The only other thing were the screen modes that would wash out colors (partially or completely) to imitate the "paper look", but it's still pretty much glowing like any other regular display

[djtango]

The other thing I saw that was remarked was the image felt very close to the top of the screen which improves the paper-like feel

[orbisvicis]

There are surprisingly few reviews of any nxtpaper devices outdoors. Chalid Raqami did a comparison with two generations of eink displays, stating that the nxtpaper 10s appears hard to read and washed out outdoors but the accompanying video clip hardly demonstrates that.