Note Air 4C

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Note Air 4C

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E-Ink Device - Suggestions

IMHO, all Kaleido 3 color displays are flawed - dark and unusable without front light, muted colors, long pen tip to ink distance - compared to Gallery 3. I’ve tried the Boox Note Air 4C and was disappointed that I had to keep the front light on at all times, and the writing feel was not much better

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drhippopotato in r/eink

December 7, 2025 4:10 AM

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Do you like your Go 7? (longtime Kindle user considering the Go 7.)

If your use case is reading, then the Go 7 is a solid option.If, instead, it is note taking, then forget about it : the writing experience with the Inksense stylus is simply horrible when compared with what you have with an EMR stylus.Under any circumstances, keep in mind that the Boox OS is very fa

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AJP_Tatemae in r/Onyx_Boox

February 12, 2026 8:13 AM

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Digital artist considering e ink

Hi. Sorry not to answer your questions one by one, but overall, e-ink is not that good for drawing in my opinion. I'm also an artist and I have a boox note air 4c – I never found myself using it for drawing. There are no drawings apps to my knowledge, especially the ones that would come with a devic

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sonesli in r/eink

May 19, 2026 6:36 AM

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Whoops

You are not alone! On day 3 owning new Air 4C I put the reader into bag, hang the bag on the chair not realizing the bag strap is longer than the chair. So bag ends up hanging but also partially on the floor. I move the chair so one of the legs goes over the bag. Not noticing that I sit on the chair

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socar-pl in r/Onyx_Boox

May 31, 2025 7:50 PM

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Best reading and note taking device for my PhD writing

I've been trying to make boox note air4c work, but I always go back to ipad pro with pencil. Reading, notes, marking up pdfs, etc. Zotero, obsidian all just work.

acschwabe in r/eink

October 12, 2025 10:54 AM

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Any news for a Note Air 4 B&W version? (Also help me decide between getting the 4C, Go 10.3, or waiting)

The Tab X C is terrible for writing. Air4C writes better than the X C, but worse than the 10.3 or the Max. And they are both color screens, which is just plain downgrade for reading, even in full sunlight. The Note Max has terrible ghosting. And a lot of this If you want the best reader and writer (

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OG_CoolName in r/Onyx_Boox

June 12, 2025 7:16 AM

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Is the supernote nomad right for me?

I found the Nomad to be a harder writing surface especially since Supernote suggests using their Ceramic tipped pens. If you swapped to a different tipped pen it might be better. I went with Boox (Note AIr4C) which had a scratchier feel.

wshiu99 in r/eink

September 22, 2025 8:21 PM

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Looking for a device as a lecturer in Law

The Boox Note Air 4c and the Tab XC are great options if you need color. But color eink is not as nice as b&w: it's 150ppi vs 300ppi, it makes the screen much darker, and it increases the distance between the pen and the ink, making the writing experience worse than b&w. Since you said you teach law

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ShockSensitive8425 in r/eink

October 9, 2025 8:40 PM

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Tips on changes to the Gestures.

The oversight in this release is unbelievable. Removing the option to disable page turning by swipe, combined with the worst palm touch rejection in the industry makes the Note Air 4C an extremely frustrating device to use. I constantly swipe pages (unintentionally) when writing. This is so annoying

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Yondalar in r/Onyx_Boox

November 12, 2025 1:10 PM

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I've built a "Zero-AI" writing app for e-ink tablets (Boox/Supernote) because I was tired of laggy Android apps. Need 20 novelists to help me test.

I've bounced between a few and landed on the iFlytek AINote (turning off the bloody AI button). That's fairly new but loving it so far. I had a good time with the Boox Air 4c but found the colour not worth the muddy screen. The ViWoods AIPaper was beautiful (after I managed to turn off the AI button

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MaitiuCorbett in r/eink

March 23, 2026 5:50 PM

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