Boox has introduced the Palma 2, the following model of its well-liked smartphone-sized e-reader. The Palma 2 addresses a few of the authentic’s shortcomings, with a quicker processor to handle the unique’s laggy interface and by working a more recent model of Android.
But it surely was the Palma’s compact dimension and entry to hundreds of apps that helped it turn out to be a well-liked Kindle and Kobo different, and Boox isn’t messing with that components for the Palma 2. It options the identical 6.13-inch 300ppi E Ink Carta 1200 display as the unique (a technology behind what’s discovered within the newest Kindle Paperwhite) and as soon as once more comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.
Though Boox hasn’t shared particular particulars, it says the brand new Palma 2 now runs a “quicker octa-core CPU,” which is able to hopefully assist pace up the brand new e-reader’s interface. It additionally runs Android 13 as an alternative of Android 11. That’s nonetheless a couple of generations behind the most recent model of Android, but it surely means the Palma 2 will get newer options like improved copying and pasting. It also needs to give the e-reader a couple of extra years over the unique earlier than apps cease supporting its model of the OS.
The opposite notable improve for the Palma 2 is the addition of a fingerprint sensor built-in into its energy button, making it simpler to safe the system whereas nonetheless with the ability to rapidly unlock it with only one hand.
Though leaked pictures from earlier this week prompt Boox may very well be eliminating cameras from its smartphone-sized e-readers, that was solely the case for a model of the Palma restricted to China. The Palma 2 has the identical 16MP rear digicam with flash as the unique, which the corporate suggests is beneficial for digitizing paperwork.
Alongside the Palma 2, Boox additionally introduced two new e-paper note-taking gadgets. The ten.3-inch Word Air4 C options the latest-gen Kaleido 3 colour E Ink show with improved refresh charges and an octa-core processor that Boox says makes the pill 50 % quicker than the earlier mannequin. The $499.99 Word Air4 C additionally runs Android 13 and has a brand new “tablet-like UI” that the corporate says makes it simpler to customise its homescreen and manage apps.
The brand new Boox Word Max is a black-and-white, stylus-capable pill that includes a bigger 13.3-inch E Ink Carta 1300 show powered by a 2.8GHz octa-core CPU. At simply 4.6 millimeters thick, the Word Max is nearly half as thick because the Boox Palma 2. However not like Boox’s different two gadgets launched immediately, it gained’t be accessible for preorder from the corporate’s on-line retailer for a couple of extra weeks.
