Boox has introduced the Palma 2, the upcoming model of its usual smartphone-sized e-reader. The Palma 2 addresses one of the most original’s shortcomings, with a sooner processor to handle the untouched’s laggy interface and by means of working a more recent model of Android.
However it used to be the Palma’s compact measurement and get admission to to hundreds of apps that helped it transform a usual Kindle and Kobo supplementary, and Boox isn’t messing with that components for the Palma 2. It options the similar 6.13-inch 300ppi E Ink Carta 1200 display screen because the untouched (a year in the back of what’s discovered within the new Kindle Paperwhite) and as soon as once more comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of warehouse.
Even if Boox hasn’t shared particular main points, it says the pristine Palma 2 now runs a “faster octa-core CPU,” which is able to optimistically assistance accelerate the pristine e-reader’s interface. It additionally runs Android 13 rather of Android 11. That’s nonetheless a couple of generations in the back of the latest version of Android, nevertheless it method the Palma 2 gets more recent options like advanced copying and pasting. It must additionally give the e-reader a couple of extra years over the untouched prior to apps prohibit supporting its model of the OS.
The alternative noteceable improve for the Palma 2 is the addition of a fingerprint sensor built-in into its energy button, making it more straightforward to book the instrument presen nonetheless with the ability to temporarily unencumber it with only one hand.
Even if leaked images from earlier this week advised Boox might be getting rid of cameras from its smartphone-sized e-readers, that used to be most effective the case for a model of the Palma restricted to China. The Palma 2 has the similar 16MP rear digital camera with flash because the untouched, which the corporate suggests comes in handy for digitizing paperwork.
Along the Palma 2, Boox additionally introduced two pristine e-paper note-taking gadgets. The ten.3-inch Be aware Air4 C options the latest-gen Kaleido 3 colour E Ink show with advanced refresh charges and an octa-core processor that Boox says makes the pill 50 p.c sooner than the previous model. The $499.99 Note Air4 C additionally runs Android 13 and has a pristine “tablet-like UI” that the corporate says makes it more straightforward to customise its homescreen and arrange apps.
The pristine Boox Be aware Max is a black-and-white, stylus-capable pill that includes a bigger 13.3-inch E Ink Carta 1300 show powered by means of a 2.8GHz octa-core CPU. At simply 4.6 millimeters thick, the Be aware Max is sort of part as thick because the Boox Palma 2. However not like Boox’s alternative two gadgets offered these days, it received’t be to be had for preorder from the corporate’s on-line bundle for a couple of extra weeks.
