3 methods this Android E Ink pill outshines my Kob...

Boox is an attention-grabbing firm. The China-based E Ink gadget maker sells so many products that it is tough to determine what one is best for you. There’s the tiny, phone-like

Palma 2
, the expensive, stylus-equipped Note Max, after which the extra e-reader-like Go sequence, together with the Go Colour 7 (and shortly, the Go Colour 7 Gen II).

Given the Boox Go 7’s 7-inch colour display screen measurement and general design, the $250 pill is designed to compete straight with e-readers like

Kindle’s Colorsoft
and

Kobo’s Libra Color
. Whereas I am nonetheless loyal to my Libra Colour as a result of I respect its single-use simplicity, over the previous few weeks I’ve jumped into Boox’s versatile, Android-powered E Ink world.

There are fairly just a few issues I do not like concerning the E Ink pill that I will cowl in an upcoming story, nevertheless it’s additionally stunned me in just a few methods, notably with regard to how versatile it’s.

Boox Go Colour 7

Decision

1680 x 1264

Storage

64GB

Model

Boox

Display screen Dimension

7-inch

RAM

4GB

Display screen

HD Kaleido 3 Carta 1200 with flat-cover lens

Increase

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There’s nonetheless simply sufficient friction to stop me from doomscrolling

I at all times discover it tough to focus on studying longer-form content material on my smartphone, pill, or laptop computer. The siren tune of the endless doomscroll or a random

YouTube
video at all times calls out to me, and I discover myself ditching no matter I am studying way more rapidly than I might like. This is the reason I have been large on single-use e-readers just like the Kobo Libra Color. Regardless of their limitations, they hold me centered and, in flip, truly studying.

However after spending just a few weeks with Boox’s Go Colour 7, I perceive the attraction. All through the day, I will usually take down Notes in Google Maintain, whether or not it is grocery lists, duties I would like to finish, and even Pocket-lint headline or story concepts. Because the Go Colour 7 is powered by Android, I can simply open up

Keep
and write down no matter I must with out having to tug out my cellphone. The expertise is not precisely easy, even while you flip up the app’s refresh charge (extra on this later), nevertheless it works and has me turning to my cellphone rather less, which I respect.

This brings me to my subsequent level. A part of what makes the Boox Go Colour 7 work is that you could’t comfortably use it as an E Ink Android pill (The Verge’s David Pierce had comparable ideas concerning the Palma). Social media apps are a laggy mess and YouTube movies look terrible on the Go Colour 7 E Ink show, no matter how excessive you flip up the display screen’s refresh charge. However a podcast on Spotify or Pocket Casts, or launching Firefox to rapidly look one thing up? Boox’s Go Colour 7 can simply deal with these duties when you flip the app refresh charge up.

Perhaps you are uninterested in typing in your passwords manually and need to set up

1Password
on the E Ink pill, similar to you’d on a smartphone? You are able to do that too. There’s simply sufficient friction right here to stop me from diving into apps I do not need to be utilizing after I’m centered on studying, however the Boox Go Colour 7 remains to be succesful sufficient for easy duties like quick note-taking or listening to a podcast. This implies I am comfy leaving the home with simply Boox’s Go Colour 7 if I need to do some phone-free studying at a close-by park.

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Accessing my library of Kobo books was simpler than I anticipated

Simply obtain the app and also you’re in

sw

One of many causes I’ve by no means thought-about switching to a Kindle is as a result of I have already got a reasonably substantial library of Kobo books. Fortunately, making the leap to Boox’s gadgets is easy when you’re

coming from Kobo land
. All I must do is obtain the Kobo app from Google’s Play Retailer and signal into my account (after all, with the assistance of 1Password), and my library is there. I am even in a position to pick-up books the place I left off on my Palma 2, or Kobo Libra Colour, making the studying expertise that rather more seamless.

This additionally makes putting in apps like Libby, which is usually utilized by libraries, very straightforward, alongside Pocket (which you

can also use with a Kobo
), Google’s eBookstore, Moon+ (which is actually widespread with Boox customers), and extra. The truth that the Boox Go Colour 7 runs Android opens up app compatibility that is a lot wider than e-readers from Kindle and Kobo.

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I’ve by no means used a E Ink pill that is this customizable

You possibly can actually make Boox’s Go 7 your individual

Except for Kobo’s app for some motive, you possibly can customise precisely what you need the Boox Go Colour 7 two aspect buttons to do. That is one thing I’ve actually appreciated over the previous few weeks. On high of that, every app’s refresh charge may be custom-made.

I’ve rapidly realized that the Kobo app would not want a quick refresh charge, but when I am utilizing Pocket Casts or Firefox, I’ve to show up the refresh charge significantly for the app to be usable. To do that, choose the three-line settings choice beside the refresh button on the backside of the Go 7’s navigation menu. You possibly can then choose between Regular, Pace, A2, and Regal. You too can change different settings like an app’s DPI and colour by long-pressing on its icon and choosing Optimize.

Perhaps you need to change the system-wide font? You are able to do that within the settings. Maybe the usual

Android System Bar
is an eye-sore for you. Don’t fret, simply make it solely seem while you swipe down on the show. You too can change the Residence Display screen to launch a number of totally different choices, together with your apps or settings. It is even doable to vary what number of presses it’s essential to make on the display screen earlier than it does a full-system E Ink show refresh (the default is 10).

I will have extra on Boox’s Go Colour 7 quickly, together with among the key points I’ve skilled with the E Ink pill over the previous few weeks.

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