cm0002@lemdro.id to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 26 days agoThe Full Story of BOOX: How a Chinese Startup Revolutionized the Global E-Reader Marketpandayoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down13
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minus-squarecm0002@lemdro.idOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·26 days agoSimilarly to @dg2445@sh.itjust.works I use their digital notebook. A Boox Note Air (1st gen) and it’s been really solid. They use android heavily so I’m not bound to their app store which I like. Case selection, for my model at least, sucks
minus-squarePMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·26 days agoThe fact that it uses Android is what draws me to it, bc I know I can side load whatever I want onto it. Thank you!
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·26 days agoYes. Boox is nice, if you want it for adding Android apps. I side load on mine a great deal. Fast things like games and movies don’t play nice with the slow eInk screen. But board games, puzzle games, digital comics, and simple websites all work great. I was surprised that background processes do fine, with some patience. I have something running to back up my notes to my NAS.
Similarly to @dg2445@sh.itjust.works I use their digital notebook. A Boox Note Air (1st gen) and it’s been really solid. They use android heavily so I’m not bound to their app store which I like.
Case selection, for my model at least, sucks
The fact that it uses Android is what draws me to it, bc I know I can side load whatever I want onto it. Thank you!
Yes. Boox is nice, if you want it for adding Android apps.
I side load on mine a great deal.
Fast things like games and movies don’t play nice with the slow eInk screen.
But board games, puzzle games, digital comics, and simple websites all work great.
I was surprised that background processes do fine, with some patience. I have something running to back up my notes to my NAS.