I've had the Boox Nova Air for over a month now, so I feel qualified to offer some opinions on it. As I lack the inclination to write an in-depth review, I'm just going to list some likes and dislikes below.
As an overall endorsement, though, what I can say is this: I went from a tentative, exploratory buyer ("I can always just return it") to the point where if mine, through my own fault, broke tomorrow - I'd order another one immediately. I can't go back to a Kindle now - it'd be like going back to a flip-phone.
Likes:
Well-made, well-designed. Very light. I've had a few Kindles, my last being a Paperwhite, and this is better-made than all and lighter than any of them. It's bigger (and lighter) than the Paperwhite, and the light-colored front-facing borders work much better than dark ones, leaving the page feeling less constrained.
Good battery life. I use it for an hour or so every day (sometimes a lot more), and the initial charge lasted me more than a couple of weeks. In fact, I recharged it with about 30% left because I was tired of waiting for it to drop more. (This is with wireless and Bluetooth off, at about 60% brightness.)
It's a full freakin' Android tablet. Sure, it's got a much slower refresh rate than many applications expect, but many applications don't require fast refresh anyway. (You won't be watching video or playing real-time games on this thing.) You can customize a lot of things, including the reader application itself - heck, you can have a few you swap between depending on need. There's a lot of potential here, and I don't feel like I've explored it enough to really comment on it.
Dislikes:
It turns off (goes from 'device on, screen off' to 'device off') after a (customizable) period of time, and to turn it on again will take a good 20-30 seconds as it boots up. That may not sound like a lot, but if you're the type of person who likes to press a button and be reading in a few seconds, you'll either have to learn patience or set your shutdown timeout to an extended period (meaning you'll use more battery life than if you let it shut down more frequently). It also boots to the start menu, not continuing what you were doing before.
Luckily, you can set the time until it turns off, and until then it'll just sleep (keep the display and some peripherals powered down) until you wake it, at which point it immediately displays the last task you were doing. I have mine set for an hour, so if I turn the screen off and don't wake it for an hour, it'll power down.
When it powers down, the screen will briefly flash on - so if you set it to turn off after an hour of inactivity, then set the device down, in an hour the display will briefly illuminate as it fully powers down. It's slightly annoying and can hopefully be fixed with a firmware update, but might be a limitation of the hardware design.
Setting the brightness is annoying, and involved two sliders with different color temperatures, which skew the tint as you set them. So to change the brightness and keep the color temperature (tint) relatively the same, you'll likely have to click two sliders. It would be better if they could respect the user's chosen temperature and have one overall-brightness slider that adjusts both scales automatically.
At first it didn't always register my brief taps, but that issue quickly went away. I figure the tap-detection is a bit less sensitive than the Kindle's, which I was used to, but I must've subconsciously learned to tap a fraction slower, because now it seems to register my touches every time. I guess sometimes you just need to learn how things like to be touched.
All in all, as I say, the device is very much worth it for my needs. As to if it will meet yours - I hope the above will help you decide.
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This Item  BOOX Nova Air 7.8" Paper Tablet Android 10 Front Light 32GB 300dpi OTG USB-C ePaper E Ink Notepad | Recommendations  |  |  |  |  | |
| Price | Currently unavailable. | $199.00 | -8% $229.99 List: $249.99 | $159.99 | $167.91 | $299.99 |
| Delivery | — | Get it as soon as Monday, May 5 | Get it as soon as Monday, May 5 | Get it as soon as Monday, May 5 | — | Get it as soon as Thursday, Jun 12 |
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| Sold By | — | Moming Store US | Kobo US | Kobo US | Triplenet Pricing INC | BOOX Official |
| display size | 7.8 inches | 6.8 inches | 7 inches | 6 inches | 6 inches | — |
| display technology | Electronic Ink | Electronic Ink | Electronic Ink | Electronic Ink | Electronic Ink | Electronic Ink |
| memory capacity | 32 GB | 32 GB | 32 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 128 GB |
| model name | Nova Air | Meebook M7 | Kobo Libra Colour | Kobo Clara Colour | Kobo Clara BW | eReader | Palma Gen 2 |
| connectivity tech | Wi-Fi | Bluetooth, USB | USB | Bluetooth | Bluetooth | USB |
| file format | EPUB, PDF | WAV, PNG, MOBI, FB2, DOC, HTML, EPUB, CBR, PDF, CBZ, TXT, MP3, AZW3, GIF, BMP, RTF | Epub,Epub 3,FlePub,Pdf,Mobi,Jpeg,Gif,Png,Bmp,Tiff,Txt,Html,Rtf,Cbz,Cbr | EPUB, PDF, AAC | EPUB | EPUB, MOBI, PDF |
| input interface | buttons | buttons, touch screen | touch screen | touch screen | touch screen | buttons |
| battery average life | — | 60 hours | 4 hours | 49 hours | 7 hours | 1 days |
| cpu speed | — | — | 2 GHz | 2 GHz | 1 GHz | — |
| native resolution | 1872x1404 | 1648*1236 | — | 1280 x 720 | 1072x1448 | 1024 x 768 |
| bluetooth technology | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | — |
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| Product Dimensions | 7.64 x 5.35 x 0.24 inches |
|---|---|
| Item Weight | 8.3 ounces |
| ASIN | B099N374SD |
| Item model number | Nova Air |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. (included) |
| Customer Reviews |
3.9 out of 5 stars |
| Date First Available | July 16, 2021 |
| Manufacturer | BOOX |
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I still recommend my friends to buy this device because it protects you eyes
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che sia l'ereader definitivo? speriamo!
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Reviewed in Italy on March 4, 2022
Dopo una settimana di utilizzo posso dire il mio parere su questo Onyx.
PRO:
- legge qualsiasi tipo di file
- ottima illuminazione regolabile in millemila modi
- penna in dotazione (e di buona qualità)
- possibilità di prendere appunti anche agevolmente, ottima sensazione di scrittura
- molto maneggevole con lo schermo da 7.8"
- ottima resa nelle immagini
- possibilità di utilizzare alcune basiche funzioni da tablet
- discreta durata della batteria
- casse integrate per sentire audiolibri
- possibilità di registrare
CONTRO:
- al momento non ne trovo
La cosa che più mi interessava era di poter leggere qualsiasi formato di eBook, da qualsiasi store io li compri, e questo eReader lo permette senza problemi, anche la resa sui pdf è molto buona.
Si può accedere ai libri in due modi: 1) caricandoli sulla memoria dell'eReader, 2) accedendo alle varie app di lettura (kindle, kobo ecc.)
Se il libro è caricato sulla memoria dell'eReader è possibile anche utilizzare la penna per appunti, sottolineature ecc, se invece si accede dalla app la penna non sarà abilitata ma sarà comunque possibile evidenziare con l'apposita funzione.
Con una memoria di 32 GB diciamo che avrete spazio per una vita di letture...
Supporta il google play store, senza problemi, occorre solo abilitarlo dalle impostazioni, a quel punto potrete scaricare le app che vi interessano, ad es. Drive per salvare e condividere le vostre note.
La funzione Note è ben sviluppata, permette di scrivere a mano libera, convertire il testo tramite un convertitore automatico sufficientemente preciso (scaricate e abilitate il dizionario italiano, sennò non è così preciso..), disegnare, fare schizzi, prendere appunti di ogni tipo.
La sensazione di scrittura è molto buona, non è la carta ma si avvicina molto. La penna in dotazione è di buona qualità, dotata di magnete rimane attaccata allo chassis dell'eReader e non la perdete (e ci rimane davvero!).
Non ho provato microfono e registratore perché sono due funzioni che non mi interessano, ma ben venga che ci sono, volendo si possono sentire audiolibri o musica.
L'esperienza di lettura, la funzione che mi interessava principalmente, è molto buona, le regolazioni dell'illuminazione sono infinite, l'illuminazione laterale non affatica gli occhi e sembra davvero di leggere su carta. Le dimensioni contenute mi permettono di averlo sempre in borsa, per una lettura d'emergenza in sala d'attesa o per prendere qualche appunto al volo.
La connessione con il wifi di casa è stata rapida ed è efficace.
Il menù è completo, l'utilizzo intuitivo, personalizzabili i comandi gestuali (per es scorrendo dall'alto in basso si attivano le impostazioni quali luminosità, grandezza carattere ecc, dal basso all'alto si torna alla home).
Secondo me si tratta di un ottimo prodotto, completo e funzionale, è un ereader con le funzioni base di un tablet, ma se cercate un tablet guardate altrove, vi snerverà (touch screen non così reattivo, monocromatico ecc.), se cercate un buon ereader invece prendetelo in considerazione, è un po' più completo di tanti altri.
Io ne sono molto soddisfatta, dopo aver cercato parecchio in rete mi è sembrata la soluzione ideale per me e non ne sono pentita. Il prezzo, al momento di circa 350 euro, è proporzionato alla qualità del prodotto, lo ricomprerei sicuramente, secondo me li vale. 5 stelle!
Spero la mia esperienza possa aiutarvi nel valutare i vostri acquisti, grazie e alla prossima.
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