Go 10.3 Gen II Lumi

This device seems like an extension of their failed enterprise strategy—designed for corporate IT procurement, which won’t be as sensitive to a quality of life difference like this. Tough to see the consumer who’d go for it. On a tight budget, a refurb Manta, Scribe on sale or with 20% trade-in disc

I think the issue is that the 10+ inch Android devices - since the screen itself makes them quite expensive already - is that they’re largely intended to be multi-functional tablet devices and e-notebooks. So they’ll have all the bells and whistles, as they’re going to be expensive either way. I’m g

Boox Go 10.3 Gen II Lumi? A bit above your budget though. I assume you’d want to use the frontlight occasionally, otherwise something like the original Boox Go 10.3. With the Libby support requirement, something that supports Android seems like a necessity anyway, ruling out ReMarkable. Several of t

What is obsolete? All you need is something that reads PDFs, mobis, basic word processing docs and takes simple notes. The Viwoods VI Paper and Onyx Boox Go 10.3 do both very well right now. Nothing even needs to be updated Unless you need a battery replacement, these devices can last indefinitely.

Lots of better alternatives. Viwoods Aipaper, Viwoods Mini, Boox Note Air 5C, Boox Go 10.3 Lumi, and others from Bigme and Supernote. They all run Android, are more powerful, have better screens, allow you to use apps, and are generally better priced.

The brand new Boox Go 10.3 Gen II Lumi sounds excellent (I have my eye on it - have some gift cards in a local store I need to use at some point, so I’m waiting for it to become available here). It’s around $450 though I believe. If you want colour … I have no idea what’s good out there. Boox Note A

As I said, I don’t really know anything about note-taking - it’s not something that has any value for me, so it’s never something I pay attention to when looking at reviews, heh. Re: the PocketBook Inkpad One - the primary drawbacks that I know of are that the screen is 227 PPI instead of 300 PPI th

Ideally the Boox Go 10.3 Gen II Lumi if you can afford it. The larger screen makes manga a lot more comfortable to read. Otherwise, the Boox Go 7 is basically the same, but smaller and cheaper. I wouldn't go below 7" for manga. And yes, go for a BW e-reader if you're mainly reading manga.

Other than the more expensive Android devices (Boox Go 10.3 Gen II Lumi, Boox Note Air 5C), which may just have far more options than you need, I guess maybe the Kobo Elipsa or the quite new PocketBook Inkpad One (probably the most “budget” device in this screen size, but for essentially just readin