5/31/2023 0 Comments Calibre onyx booxThere is backlighting, so one can read it in less-than-perfect lighting, and the thing has 300 dots per inch resolution, which for e-ink really is more than sufficient. I have my Kindle and Nook and Google Books apps up and running on it, and they’re presenting text in the way e-ink readers present text, without eyestrain, which I appreciate. I got it and spend most of the afternoon fiddling with it and it’s… doing what I wanted it to, perfectly well indeed. It’s not just an ebook reader, and it’s not tied into a single bookseller ecosystem. And as a bonus, as an actual Android tablet, you can use it for other things as well. Then over the weekend I read this review of the Onyx Boox Nova 2, which is not only an ebook reader, but is an actual bonafide tablet running Android software - older Android software, to be sure, but new enough that every ebook app from every retailer works on it perfectly well. I had a Nook reader for a while and it was good, but there were some things I had on Kindle I couldn’t get on it, and so on. I’ve been wanting to get a new e-ink book reader lately, but the problem with doing that is, since most e-ink readers are tied into one book-selling ecosystem or another, you pretty much have to choose which retailer you read in e-ink from, whilst everyone else you have ebooks with, you read on a regular glowy screen. Today’s Tech Acquisition: Onyx Boox Nova 2
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