Note Air 5 C

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Note Air 5 C

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[April 2026 Megathread] UX Feedback & Feature Improvements

Feature: NeoReader ecosystem expansion: (1) companion app for Windows / web and (2) vanilla Android NeoReader app The Friction:One of the biggest limitations of the BOOX experience right now is that NeoReader is mostly locked to BOOX devices. That makes it harder to build a seamless reading and anno

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RidiculousAnonymer in r/Onyx_Boox

April 13, 2026 12:18 PM

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Boox Android 15 OS completely closed ???

Note Air 5c here, Android 15 too Installing APK worked OOTB via built-in file Storage app, for CX File Explorer and Aurora Store I had to give permissions, but it showed me a prompt to do so, you can change that in Apps & Notifications > Permissions > In-app installations For permissions in Apps & N

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Aviletta in r/Onyx_Boox

February 20, 2026 10:37 PM

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Comparing Boox Go 10.3 Gen 1 and Gen 2 Lumi

Since you use it with and article on one sude and notes on the other (split screen) do you feel like its too small of a device to do this comfortably? This is my main issue preventing me from buying the Note air5C over the Boox tabXC (I havent purchased either yet). But, the Boox Tab XC is running a

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LostInMyADD in r/Onyx_Boox

April 3, 2026 12:22 PM

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Best e-ink tablet for heavy book PDF reading in a PhD?

Very similar situation as you. My decision came down to how much I needed a front light and how much I needed longevity in the OS. I landed on the Boox Note Air 5C after borrowing a Boox Go 10.3, but the darkness of the screen is depressing (I thought others were being dramatic). In daytime ambient

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Aranace in r/eink

March 1, 2026 5:47 PM

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Deactivate virtual keyboard when physical keyboard connected.

Heres a question, how do I turn the keyboard completely off whike the Boox device is in the keyboard cover? I use the Boox keyboard cover, but I dont always use the keyboard and often want to use my Stylus to write. But to do so I have to keep taking the Note Air 5C our of the keyboard cover for it

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LostInMyADD in r/Onyx_Boox

April 20, 2026 2:26 PM

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Palm rejection still an issue?

So, palm rejection isnt terrible, but its not perfect. What I have noticed is that using any apps like one note, its terrible. The experience is so bad - which is something worth noting because the biggest selling point of the Boox devices is the app support and freedom of an android system. But app

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LostInMyADD in r/Onyx_Boox

April 13, 2026 8:01 PM

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Returning Boox note air 5c

If you're just reading books, I would get a Kobo. You'll get the actual month long battery life that you expect from eink (I get a solid week of battery on my Go 7 B/W, definitely feel I got more on my Note Air 3 B/W which could almost do 2 weeks but I do tend to charge when I'm down to like 30% bat

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bullfromthesea in r/Onyx_Boox

April 16, 2026 3:28 AM

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Getting a work profile to be work with Intune Company Portal

For clarity, as I am an Intune admin trying to get this to work, some organizations allow for their users to use non-managed versions of apps along with App Protection policies to be able to allow their users access to the various office apps without corporate management of the device. However - bes

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Andrewbrianis in r/Onyx_Boox

April 14, 2026 7:45 PM

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Best open e-reader for text books and casual reading

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

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Yapyap13 in r/ereader

April 14, 2026 6:40 AM

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Introducing Scrawl, a handwriting-first keyboard for Onyx Boox

I went through a very similar arc with Boox + Obsidian where the constant mid-stroke conversion totally broke my train of thought, so the “write first, convert when ready” thing really clicks with me. On my Note Air I ended up doing this janky workflow of handwriting in the stock notes app, batch co

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CheckNo4103 in r/ObsidianMD

April 8, 2026 4:29 AM

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