Note Max

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Note Max

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

  1. PDF handling — clean rendering, easy navigation, no fighting the device Boox and NeoReader is going to be best at this, e.g. it's very good at reflowing PDFs. 3. Annotation and highlighting — needs to work smoothly, and I would like to get highlights/notes out in a usable format. same for this. 4. Z
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starkruzr in r/eink

February 25, 2026 5:47 AM

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StarNote app is by Onyx international ie related to Boox!?!

So I gave it a few minutes' test drive, and found a few things. Nothing that can't be debugged and cleaned up, if the Devs really wanted to. It's not ready for a public announcement that "It's compatible, hooray!" yet, but it's better than anything we've ever had. Notebooks created in Notes, exporte

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Moist_Ladder2616 in r/Onyx_Boox

March 16, 2026 2:38 PM

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Cons or downsides to owning Boox

I'd say it depends entirely on your use cases and the models you are looking at. There are 12 current models of BOOX devices, which vary greatly in screen tech, size, stylus capabilities (capactive vs EMR vs USI), screen coatings, storage, and power. Trying to paint that variety with a single brush

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CheffoJeffo in r/Onyx_Boox

February 20, 2026 4:39 PM

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Best e-reader for a multi-column book?

You need size. 10 inches might work, but personally 13.3" like the Boox tab xc or the Boox note max would be a significantly better experience. If you can, scaling a printed copy of a page to the dimensions of whatever screen size you're looking at is your best way to get an idea of how well it will

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Particular-Treat-650 in r/ereader

July 10, 2025 1:46 PM

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should I trade in my boox go 7 (gen 2 BW) for the new go 10.3 gen 2?

The Go 10 is 2x as heavy as the Go 7 which for me is a no go. I love that I can pick up the Go 7 and read without the weight ever being an issue. Its about the weight of a cell phone. The Go 10 is the weight of a tablet. That's too heavy for me for long reading sessions. I still use my OLED tablets

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bullfromthesea in r/Onyx_Boox

March 19, 2026 2:33 PM

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I absolutely cannot decide on a model and it's driving me mad

I've owned and do currently own several Boox devices. To me you first need to determine if color is important to you. If not my recommendation would be the Go 10.3 or Note Max, since you do a lot of PDFs. However, if not having a frontlight is a deal breaker I would say go for the Note Air 4C or the

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Outside-Role-7216 in r/Onyx_Boox

July 6, 2025 2:29 AM

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Ordered from BOOX Shop-nothing arrived. Whats your experience?

There are users who have had bad customer service response but those have been from mostly unrealistic expectations. I've owned at least 8 Boox devices and think the quality is very good. The Note Max is one of my favorites. I'm hoping they make a version with frontlight sometime in the not toi dist

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Outside-Role-7216 in r/Onyx_Boox

May 1, 2026 4:54 AM

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boox tablets for essay writing

I do that in a Boox Go 10.3 and a Boox Note Max. It works well. You notice a bit of lag, but it is not frustrating. And it is much easier on the eyes. I use mostly Google Docs and Simplenote to insure a good sync. You can also type on the native note-taking app and supposedly it flows better.

Irgun_07 in r/Onyx_Boox

April 20, 2026 11:47 AM

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Recommendation for reading/studying

Two questions to consider I guess. Do you need access to the google play store or not ? Do you need color ? (Color devices in eink give quite light Colors and a darker screen) Based on what you said and if you don’t need the play store or color I would suggest Supernote either the nomad (smaller dev

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Sensitive-Binding in r/eink

January 11, 2026 9:50 AM

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LARGEST e-ink display I’ve ever seen. How can I get one and jailbreak it for my books?

Old Boox Max Lumi 1 or 2 would be good choice. There's Max's older than that and the current Note Max do not have front lights, however. Tab X C is color 13". I have a Lumi 1 and Tab X C and can confirm reading comics and manga on it is awesome but they're pretty bulky devices haha Bigme has a 13" o

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TalkingRaccoon in r/ereader

May 11, 2026 6:38 PM

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