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I don't see any references to Boox or mobileread in this thread. What revisions are being introduced?

by fumar 9y ago

fencepost 9y ago
Ah, I'm sorry, you are correct. In the month-old discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865108 someone listed off the devices in this category (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865777), including two Onyx Boox units (13.3 & 9.7 inches). The Onyx Boox Max Carta should be available after the Hong Kong Electronics Fair - sounds like the same device but with a higher resolution screen. The Mobileread discussion linked from there is >60 pages of discussion including staff from the company, and there's discussion of a Boox Max 2 coming out later this year that will have the higher-resolution screen, touch instead of pen, an updated (but still slow) processor, possibly a bump in Android version (still ancient, jumping from 4.0.4 to 4.4 perhaps?). Doing a little digging, the processor change may not be a processing power increase but a power consumption decrease (i.MX6 to i.MX7). Note that all of this is unofficial and that it doesn't seem like the details have been finalized. I'll also note that (without reading the whole 60+ pages) I saw at least one person who'd also installed apps from the Google Play store and found that troublesome, particularly when updating the firmware in the device. Edit: after a bit more reading on Mobileread there might also be a 10.3" version of the Boox ("Boox Note") towards the end of the year; they're taking prototypes to the Hong Kong fair to gauge interest but would likely not do mass production until October (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=285006 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=285006)
- xtiansimon 9y ago
  You forgot to mention the "killer app" for the Onyx Boox Max Carta -- to act as a second monitor! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZTGULb4w54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZTGULb4w54 When I read this post about the Sony tablet, I'm thinking the product space is getting interesting--FINALLY!!

I don't see any references to Boox or mobileread in this thread. What revisions are being introduced?

by fumar 9y ago

I don't see any references to Boox or mobileread in this thread. What revisions are being introduced?

Ah, I'm sorry, you are correct. In the month-old discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865108 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865108 someone listed off the devices in this category (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865777 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13865777), including two Onyx Boox units (13.3 & 9.7 inches). The Onyx Boox Max Carta should be available after the Hong Kong Electronics Fair - sounds like the same device but with a higher resolution screen. The Mobileread discussion linked from there is >60 pages of discussion including staff from the company, and there's discussion of a Boox Max 2 coming out later this year that will have the higher-resolution screen, touch instead of pen, an updated (but still slow) processor, possibly a bump in Android version (still ancient, jumping from 4.0.4 to 4.4 perhaps?). Doing a little digging, the processor change may not be a processing power increase but a power consumption decrease (i.MX6 to i.MX7). Note that all of this is unofficial and that it doesn't seem like the details have been finalized. I'll also note that (without reading the whole 60+ pages) I saw at least one person who'd also installed apps from the Google Play store and found that troublesome, particularly when updating the firmware in the device. Edit: after a bit more reading on Mobileread there might also be a 10.3" version of the Boox ("Boox Note") towards the end of the year; they're taking prototypes to the Hong Kong fair to gauge interest but would likely not do mass production until October (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=285006 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=285006)

xtiansimon 9y ago
You forgot to mention the "killer app" for the Onyx Boox Max Carta -- to act as a second monitor! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZTGULb4w54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZTGULb4w54 When I read this post about the Sony tablet, I'm thinking the product space is getting interesting--FINALLY!!