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Boox has introduced the Palma 2, the following model of its fashionable smartphone-sized e-reader. The Palma 2 addresses among the unique’s shortcomings, with a quicker processor to handle the unique’s laggy interface and by operating a more recent model of Android.
But it surely was the Palma’s compact dimension and entry to 1000’s of apps that helped it grow to be a preferred Kindle and Kobo different, and Boox isn’t messing with that formulation for the Palma 2. It options the identical 6.13-inch 300ppi E Ink Carta 1200 display as the unique (a era 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 velocity 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 newest model of Android, but it surely means the Palma 2 will get newer options like improved copying and pasting. It must also 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 gadget whereas nonetheless having the ability to shortly unlock it with only one hand.
Though leaked pictures from earlier this week advised Boox might 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 digital camera with flash as the unique, which the corporate suggests is helpful for digitizing paperwork.
Alongside the Palma 2, Boox additionally introduced two new e-paper note-taking units. The ten.3-inch Notice Air4 C options the latest-gen Kaleido 3 shade E Ink show with improved refresh charges and an octa-core processor that Boox says makes the pill 50 p.c quicker than the earlier mannequin. The $499.99 Notice 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 set up apps.
The brand new Boox Notice 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 Notice Max is sort of half as thick because the Boox Palma 2. However in contrast to Boox’s different two units launched at present, it received’t be accessible for preorder from the corporate’s on-line retailer for a couple of extra weeks.