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Which model of Onyx Boox do you have? Can you give a brief pro/con? I've never heard of the company but man their devices are tempting...

• eggie 7y ago
  The devices are conceptually great: just an android tablet with e-ink. The software is kind of low-quality. They're fun to use, and good for reducing eye strain while doing things that you'd typically do on a phone, laptop, or tablet, without limitations. But... the devices are absolutely the most fragile electronics I've touched in 20 years. I've had two break on me in as many months, babying them and being incredibly careful. The first one developed a line of stuck pixels within the first week of use. It happened while I was using it, which was surreal to watch. They replaced it, but I had to pay shipping, which wasn't cool. The second locked up a few days ago. I rebooted it, thinking it'd be OK, but discovered that the capacitive touchscreen was not recognized. I'm not the only one. You can see dozens of people complaining about this here: http://bbs.onyx-international.com/t/boox-note-pro-capacitive-touchscreen-not-working/1852 http://bbs.onyx-international.com/t/boox-note-pro-capacitive.... Now I have to use the pen, which doesn't work everywhere in the interface (e.g. for reading PDFs, it's impossible to turn pages) and the device locks up after ten minutes. So I'll be sending this one back too, because I'm outside of the limits for a full refund. Maybe the third one will last more than a month. Their design and quality control are horrific. The high price of the device only makes sense from the perspective of them having to replace everyone's device three or four times. I hope e-ink screen having android devices become commonplace and onyx gets competed out of existence.
  • a-saleh 7y ago
    damn! I am glad I didn't run into the hardware problems
• a-saleh 7y ago
  Pro: - Scribbling with the pen is nice - I works nice as an ebook-reader - Don't have to think about synchronization, have dropbox, syncthing, e.t.c - both Google Books and Kindle app works really fine, have my magazine subscription app there - has bluetooth, used it with bluetooth keyboard, writing experience was decent, even with ~0.25 refresh rate - using termux is gimicky but I like having my cli tools t hand Cons: - attempting to use any other apps is clunky - stylus works well mostly just with the simple note app - startup takes long - is expensive
  • a-saleh 7y ago
    Forgot to mention the model :) I have 7.8 inch Onyx Boox Nova Pro