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Having used Boox devices in the past (but not yet the Palma) I have a few thoughts on this one: 1. The phone form factor actually kinda makes sense to me becau
by pyrophane 3y ago
Having used Boox devices in the past (but not yet the Palma) I have a few thoughts on this one:
1. The phone form factor actually kinda makes sense to me because so few Android apps and websites are tablet optimized.
2. The lack of a fingerprint reader is a deal-breaker for me. I tried the Tab Mini C and found entering a passcode all the time to be too annoying. They put a fingerprint reader on the Tab Ultra and I don't understand why that hasn't been a priority on other devices.
3. Although I prefer the look of non-color eInk screens compared to the current generation color ones, they are worse at displaying apps & websites that aren't optimized for eInk (i.e, that aren't black text on a white background), which is most of them. As soon as you start adding color backgrounds, things can turn into an undifferentiable sea of black pretty quick, which makes a color display much better for this type of device.
I won't be buying one of these but I like that they are experimenting with different form factors and features.