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I have an old Kindle that I don't really use anymore, a Kobo Aura 2, and I recently bought an Onyx Boox Note Pro. The Boox is awesome. It was expensive, but I

I have an old Kindle that I don't really use anymore, a Kobo Aura 2, and I recently bought an Onyx Boox Note Pro. The Boox is awesome. It was expensive, but I think it was worth it. It's a huge 10" paperwhite tablet that runs custom Android. You would not want to lay in bed with it because of it's size and weight, but you can read large PDFs that are difficult to view on smaller screens (mostly due to obnoxious margins and font choices). Because it's Android I can install browsers and other apps that I might want. I mostly just use it as a boring reader though. The Onyx software isn't perfect, but it's pretty good considering. They are innovating, which is more than I can say for Amazon or Rakuten/Kobo.

Fnoord 7y ago
I own a Kobo Aura One, partner owns a Kobo Aura Two. I cannot recommend the One because it is too big; the other Kobo however are great. Onyx Boox Note Pro and ReMarkable are a completely, utterly different price tag and purpose than a Kobo or Kindle. A Kobo goes for 100-200 EUR (expensive ~40 EUR smartcover recommended though). Onyx Boox Note Pro and ReMarkable go for 350-500 EUR or so, and are also meant for drawing / note taking. I'm wondering what innovations you need on your Kobo though. I would like to have Calibre support, so that I don't need to have my books stored on the device, but 8 GB is a lot of space for books anyway. Other than that, it Just Works (tm). Syncing works. I can even put the radio off to save battery. FWIW, you can even run custom apps on them.