An addendum for those interested in a bit more info on the GPLv2 licencing issue I mentioned as a con can be found here. Hopefully that helps clarify some things that viewers have been asking. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HUJMndJvK4M.html
They keep telling you, but it's always good to remind you: You're the best. Your attention to detail is coupled with a great passion for what you do. Take time to rest, take care of yourself and try not to waste time, energy and your balance with insignificant details, perfectionists like us are like that. I wait for note air 2 to read a bible in pdf and many other old documents. From a flamenco guitar enthusiast from Spain. God bless you. Thank you very much.
Voja, I ordered the Boox Air 2 based on several of your in depth videos of various devices. I had ordered reMarkable2, but quickly changed after seeing the latest Boox Note Air 2 reviews. Thank you!
Just Received The Note Air 2, Here are my 2 cents as an Engineer using this device for, diagrams, note taking, and as an E-reader for PDFs. Coming From a Tab S6 Note: I'm very picky - the Note Air 2 Tablet is: - Responsive Feels quick (possibly due to the animation and the speed itself) - Takes notes very well, the writing experience with the stylus is great, The level of latency is very low and doesn't put me off the writing experience. - Very easy to connect via USB and drag and drop PDFs to store them locally. - Comfortable to Hold, Not Heavy, However it's best used on a table - Sometimes while annotating a pdf the palm rejection might rarely trigger a page turn. - However, if you are use to pinching / zooming in and out of diagrams and figures or text frequently, then you won't be used to like you normally would with the responsiveness of a tablet. - The Note Air 2 Pen is: - Annoying in how it doesn't have a button (As it's much quicker for me to erase on the fly with it, than needing to always go to the top and select the eraser) - You can use a galaxy tab s6 pen right away with no setup, the button on the stylus automatically selects the eraser when pressed. May apply to other EMR Pens as well A Paper like screen protector on the Tab s6 VS the feel of the screen of the Note air 2: The Note air 2's texture and feel and writing experience feels much much much better. Not scratchy like, more flowy feeling. The Handwriting looks better as well The default note taking app compared to Samsung Note's is a bit of a downside, as there's no infinite page scrolling to make the page continuous. You have to start a new page if you cannot fit all your notes on one page. (Comparing Native Apps on the device, i know one note solves this) Definitely worth it. 9/10 For a Engineer / Uni student. Update Edit : If you can avoid the case, avoid the case. the corners crack so easily with gentle use. cracked 4 months in.
Very helpful as I am also an engineer. Trying to find a way to get rid of the problem I have with unorganized paper pads. Do you transfer your notebooks to google drive? Is there a synch option? Are the notes taken on the native app pdfs or what format...thinking of how these are looked at on a laptop or chromebook later. Thanks!
Like many others have mentioned, I want to say thank you Voja, for the great interest and care you take in providing analysis that can be relied upon. I can say that your Pros and Cons all fit with what I've seen in having my device for the last day. The AI (handwriting to text conversion) seems to be getting better - but I don't know why it would unless I've subconsciously improved my scribbly handwriting. A big fan of yours. Thanks!
Surely one of your very best reviews. You are a star and in a class by yourself, so good are you in reviewing and analysing these e-reader devices. Great that you list so many noticeable cons as well as so many more compelling pros for the Note Air 2 showing you are fair minded as well as immensely knowledgeable about what you are reviewing and talking about. As ever, thank you so much!
Thank u so much for both videos. Very informative. Ive been testing the Note Air 2 for about a week now. Still trying to decide if send it back or keep it. Ur video really helped me to explore and find useful functionalities hidden beneath the complicated menus and settings. Finding more and more pros every day. Thank you for your amazing work and enthusiasm!
They just released the updated firmware for the Note Air 1! Looking forward to hear your comments because I'm also tempted to update to the Note Air 2!
Thank you so much! I would love to hear if boox takes your feedback to heart Mine will be delivered on monday and I cant wait to use your planner with it
@@MyDeepGuide Okay, waiting :), Thanks. Also one thing in your deep guide if you can also add showcasing Manga/comics on these devices and battery consumed during Manga reading then it'll be great :). I realised this one was missing and honestly want your deep analysis on this too. I love reading Manga on my kindle.
Voja, You are a hero. I've just purchased a Note Air 2. Super excited. I've been using a Nova 2, but it's too small. I've had the Remarkable 1, but it is sooooooo limited.
Great overview Voja - as always, very complete, very objective. Spot on regarding one of your comments = the device is way too difficult to learn/use than it should be, remembering that this is NOT a laptop, and NOT an ipad, but a "simple" additional device to allow people to do basic tasks. The intelligence entry point is pretty high. My decision is whether i want to invest the time to learn all that just so i can, at first, take notes and read - which is the point of this whole class of products. That said, i agree that this is the best available device.
Hi Voja, thank you very much for this review. As always full of details and extremely objective. I am already looking forward to the full guide on Boox platform!
Really great that Voja started addressing the GPL licensing issues. As a prospective buyer who may not be tech savvy, many people have no idea just how paranoid to be about this issue and it leaves you wondering whether you can even safely use the device.
Hehehe, there's never need for for any amount of paranoia :) But there is a need to gather more information and shine a light on darkened corners and make sure everyone is playing by the rules. The general level of paranoia associated with this matter is without any foundation and is based on prejudice and wild assumptions that have no basis in reality. If it was an EU or a US company also not complying, we wouldn't be hearing of it in such a tone. So, yeah, the device is very safe to use, I have been using them for over 2 years and have never had any "strange" issues or anything like that. That being said, you should keep in mind that regardless of a device, if privacy is a priority, well, you can always install a good VPN and internet protection systems, since it's an Android OS, which is not the case with almost any of the competitors. Or keep it offline. Now with Boox Drop you could keep the device always offline and have excellent level of integration.
@@MyDeepGuide Android is licensed under Apache License and not GPL, which actually does not require you to redistribute the source code. Only the Linux kernel is GPL
@@MyDeepGuide I am really trying to, but as soon as I include links to sources my comments disappear. I have tried to mail them to you to the address in your profile. Hope that helps
Thank you for the very detailed review. Personally, I own a Note Air 1, and have had it for almost 1 year. It took me a few months to get it just the way I like it. I added the Doo-Droo screen protector, and as for the stylus, I stumbled on the RM1 stylus, with the original nib. The Doo- Droo protector and RM1 stylus is an excellent combination. Since I made the purchase about 1 year ago, I can't justify another 500 dollars for the new Air 2. Just not going to happen. I see your enthusiasm with the new device, but will wait until new OS 3.2 comes out, and see how it integrates with the Original Note Air. If I didn't have the Original Note Air right now, I would put an order in. I think I can get another year out of my original Note Air. Time will tell. Thank you again.
Thanks for some excellent coverage. I’m very much looking forward to the platform coverage video and learning tips and tricks as the manual from the vendor is somewhat minimalistic to say the least. If you can cover the use case of how to review a PDF file synchronised to the Boox via the auto sync app you recommend, then make annotations within the pdf on the Boox, and then sync those changes via auto sync back to google drive that would be of great use. At the moment I have set up the two way sync, but then how to edit the pdf without needing to ‘open in’ currently is a mystery … as opening in and adding annotations requires me to then save the pdf as a new file within the notes folder… which then creates issues around multiple versions and a lack of backup from the Boox back to google drive etc.
I recently received the note air 2 (tricky as I’m in Melbourne Australia) but found a local reseller/grey importer. I should get more time this week to test out a few scenarios in our innovation lab with a bit more structure to the test plans. Voja, I can directly send you my findings if interested; just shoot me your email. Cheers!
Brilliant review thank you. I had heard that Boox made optimisations for Evernote and this clinched it for me to buy the Air2 as I am a big Evernote user. Sad to see in your review that it is almost unusable. I do hope Boox and Evernote work these issues out.
Well, as I said, I am not an Evernote user, but when I attempt to use it like a normal person, it's not usable. So maybe there is a hidden menu somewhere in Evernote that magically makes it work great, but then that should be made clear by someone. As it is now, if you just install it and attempt to use it, it really doesn't work well at all.
Hello! I am Renato and am from Brazil. I am deaf. I bought a Boox Note Air2. I ask you .... Can a dual pendrive (type C) insert in the Boox Note Air2? I will learn how to use the Boox Note Air2 . You are a good teacher that teach how to use the Boox Note Air2 on RU-vid. God bless you.
Two things: 1. I want everyone to know how appreciative I am for your information. I asked a while back if my Boox Note Air was ruined by a magnet it got close to during a trip. It was horribly messed up. You said to live it alone for a few days and it may correct itself. IT DID! You should be sure to let everyone know. 2. I have found the Staedtler digital pencil, after more than a year's use to be the most comfortable and effective pencil. I have upgraded to the Boox Note Air 2 plus and have found that the Apple pencil magnetic sleeve can be sqeezed onto the Staedtler pencil. But now I am worried that the magnetic force will cause problems for the screen. What do you think? I am also wondering if you have an easy solution for transfer of notes from my old Note Air to my new one. Everything I have read is so complicated that I can't understand it.
Thank you for this very detailed review - I listened both parts (2h in total). I was thinking if it is worth to buy Onyx Books Note Air 2 over 1 as they look almost the same and older is cheaper. However, 1st version will require buying additional screen protector and digital pen to have acceptable writing experience but with new version it's all there out of the box and you say that writing experience is even better than on Remarkable 2 which sounds amazing. I will definitely go for Air 2.
I ordered one of the late Note Air 1 - got it delivered in September. This was apparently shipped with the new screen coating. Also, the pen looks the same, just still black. Also, it has the better magnetic strength.
Great review. My Max Lumi was just upgraded to 3.2 • and I have the same experience with poorer handwriting recognition - and it's the same machine as before. I do have text beneath the icons, though.
This is a huge disappointment if confirmed. Because I am looking at this machine mainly for handwriting recognition. Could it be because the processor is busy with many other tasks within the new version of the OS?
Well the phone or tablet heard me saying "remarkable" sent that to the AI, it combined the context of the video and delivered the currently highest paying ad campaign that is closest to the provided criteria :)
Thanks for such a thorough review. This is a really impressive machine! Regarding PDF annotations on highlights, at 11:45 you show a window with two tabs ('Annotation' and 'OCR Text correction'). You didn't demonstrate the second of these -- can we assume that it essentially allows you to write an annotation with the pen, which is OCRed into real text, and inserted as the annotation on the highlight? If that's the case then I'm 100% sold.
I have a much older Note model, so not sure about Note Air 2, but in my setting, I handwrite my comments on PDF highlights with the Onyx keyboard switched to the on-the-fly handwriting recognition. The handwriting input could be optimized for alphabet (right now it clearly is geared toward Chinese characters), but it is already good enough to be used.
@@Laurence80386 Be warned that the experience is far from smooth, formatting and correcting the handwriting recognition sure slows me down, but personally I still find it worthwhile for my purposes. I hope they improve it. Or perphas the new 3.2 software will make the handwriting on the Gboard actually usable (does not work on my old model, the lag is too much).
Oh hey my guy thanks to you I ordered a Nova air and now two note air 2's! Fantastic device but the stylus properly broke in a day! (Easy to replace with the Norris digital pencil so that's cool) Great job on these in depth reviews, I'd be super keen to see you do some on E ink display phones in the future as that tech matures!
@@MyDeepGuide oh man so I pocketed it into a little side bag and the nib (which for the boox stylus seems to be hollow?) exploded into tiny little pieces, then trying to remove the nib the EMR coil completely obliterated into a long stringy mess. Beautiful device though!
thanks Voja, great review. I'd like to see an option to "blend" or flatten layers on the platform though. Still very happy with the updates and increased performance. Hard call to upgrade.
Did you try other languages on the Note Air 2? For me especially the support of german would be important. (Umlaute)= "ä", "ö", "ü" Unfortunately I didn´t find any information on their website. Thanks in advance!
Hello! Thank you for your excellent work. I have the air 1. I think that a great pending issue in this tablet is the case. I have had 2 (without the adhesive) and both have the edges cracked without any impact. There are no resistant UAG-type covers on the market either.
I use the original with the adhesive tape, and that one has been working absolutely perfectly for over a year now. I'm sad they discontinued those, but people who never seen or used them were complaining about something they didn't know how it actually works, and as a consequence, the inferior version is now the standard. Too bad.
Thanks so much for your videos. I have been trying to decide between the Supernote and Boox Note Air 2. I need a device that I will allow me to search my notes, have a split screen that enables me to take notes while reading PDFs and doesn't require the nibs to be replaced. I'm not sure if the Supernote a5x has the split screen option. I would like your opinion on which one would be best. I'm a PhD student and want my notes to be searchable to assist with studying for comps. 🙂
I am very frustrated with the inscrutable user interface of this device. I have owned and used a Remarkable 1 tablet for many years(i also purchased, then returned the Remarkable II) and have mostly appreciated its user-interface and restrained array of functions. My use is, as an architect/builder, for dimensioning as-built projects, sketching construction notes for my subs, As an Android user, I thought Boox Air 2 would be a Remarkable on steroids. Instead, I find myself groping for utilities that will enable drawing, not knowing where and whether my sketching tools are hiding. A simple copy and paste effort is a frustrating quest thru gestures and pop ups to simply effect a paste. I think that Boox has tried to create a too-complicated resource for its users and in the effort, it has created a complex utility that doesn't simply do anything.
One question about using the "quick scribbles" for epub files: the current export only saves the annotated pages, in a manual manner. Between two Boox devices, say, does the scribbles even get synced among themselves? (It would then be a wild ask for syncing the quick scribbles to a local PDF file in its fullness, where quick scribbles can still be edited.) I guess these are just too much, and one'd better convert he epub thing into PDF in the first place?
Generally speaking, as a format, the PDF is a much better choice for writing annotations in, so yeah, that would be the best way. As for books and document markup and annotations, that is the thing I was disappointed in that it didn't make it into the 3.2, but they say that it should finally become available in 3.3.
@@MyDeepGuide Thanks a lot for explaining what to expect in 3.3. Even that I speak the same mother tongue, Boox support people do not seem to know as much as you do with regard to the synchronization business.
Sorry, which USB Power Supply I have to use to charge Boox Note Air 2? With my Smartphone's USB Power Supply is good (2 Ampere) or I have to connect to my PC? Thank you.
I was waiting for your review before I take a decision to buy it or not, but I couldn't wait, and I bought anyway. Well, I couldn't agree more with you in pretty much everything you say in the video. I am very happy with this device, and I think it worth 100% the money I have spent on it! The Onyx Boox Note Air 2 is "perfect" (or almost). I would to ask you something: Do you know which nibs can I use in the new pen? I need to use the original one (from Boox) or I can just buy a cheap one on Ebay/Aliexpress, and they will be pretty much the same? Even though I already have the device, I have learned a couple of new tips, I watched both videos... You did an excellent review!! Thanks!
Thank you very much, I am happy that you find the Note Air 2 as impressive as I do :) As for the nibs, nope, most of the magic in the writing feel is down to the nibs, so it really depends what material is used and how the structure is.
Man, oh, man. I still can't decide whether to get the Note Air2 for it's 10" screen or Nova3 Color for the colours. I don't think I mind the flaws on the current Kaleido Plus/Kaleido 2 display but I heard Kaleido 3 is coming out last year which did not happen, so I'm afraid to pull the trigger now because something new and certainly always better usually comes when I've already spent the money... Always did, many times. :P
I'm pretty sure not being able to have two instances of an application open in split screen mode is a function of android. Just like your phone, you can't have two instances of facebook running. An application is open or not. For the same reason, you can only have two separate applications running in split screen.
Hello Voja, Thanks so much for all your helpful information. It has made me a believer and regular user of e tablets now. One quick question I had was, if I have a boox note air 2 and I buy a samsung tab lite pen s6 or s7 do they need charging or are they battery free? if I have no samsung device will they charge with just using them from the boox note air 2 only? THanks so much
Love your honest reviews, good, bad, and ugly. I chose this tablet over others for the referencing and compatibility with Android and Google, Evernote, etc. Since it's been a year since you made this video, have there been any firmware or software updates that have improved the handwriting issues you described INSIDE of Evernote and OneNote apps? AND, does this handwriting issue carry over to basic/native Air Note documents? I would imagine the native writing on Boox documents should be much better/faster/cleaner.
Can you use the 'Search' function across all handwritten notes? Or only inside an individual note? Basically if I want to search for a keyword in a Note I made 6 months ago and have a whole library of them, can I do that? Or do I need to open every note and then keyword search? Thanks!
Thank you for your videos, they are the most complete. I have looked at all that I can. I have bought the Boox note 2 tablet but I have been thinking about what you say that it does not have the three EEE of security, to sell in Europe. He only has one E. Is that enough? What is the real problem that could be? I do not understand English well and sometimes the translator fails. Thanks.
Hello. I have just bought the Note air 2, and i must say, the text does not look very crisp. I suppose the screen protector makes it a little blurry. What do you think? The writing experience is good, but i"d like to have crisper image. Did anyone take off the screen protector?
You cannot take the screen protector off, because it is not a screen protector, it is a film applied to the screen, so you will damage the screen if you attempt to do so.
I look in the US store website and it doesn't have as many options and can't get the new pen. If I get the new pen from their non us site will it be compatible if I get the device from the US store?
@@MyDeepGuide oh!!! I just realized I was looking at the pen with eraser sold separately (only from Hong Kong warehouse) but the pen that comes with it seems to be good right out the box already. Do you feel the eraser is a needed upgrade? Thank you so much I love your videos!!!!
It really depends on your habits and what you prefer. Some people do find it necessary, some don't. Since you will receive a pen with the device, just try it out for a while and see for yourself if you need the eraser or not, and then you can order the pen. Thank you for the support :)
@@MyDeepGuide thank you. That's a good point is to just try it out :) US also has limited color on the case/cover (boo!). I'm still debating between this device and the supernote A5X and can't quite decide yet. I watched your videos on both. I'm torn between being able to create a title on the A5X and Note air 2 that has more capabilities and I like the that wider look device like you said in the caparison video and plus with their much improved writing feel...but it's more of my thinking for the future, like maybe I wanna do this later on ..etc. But for what I need A5x will prob do the job with less of a learning curve...so I'm still stuck lol
Hi Voja, I haven't read all comments, so hopefully you haven't answered the question yet: did you optimise OneNote before you wrote in it? I'm asking as the headings look the way they do "unoptimised" in 3.1, where the "Whiten Apps Background" is still ticked. Would the unticking even make a difference in performance? Thank you for two excellent reviews - as always ;-)
I gave up on OneNote pretty fast on my Samsung galaxy tab because even on that, whatever post processing it is doing frequently causes me to lose the first stroke of a letter or the first word of a line, and the palm rejection is so bad that it keeps switching off of the pen tool. The bamboo paper app is what I use for journaling on my regular tablet.
If this question has already been answered im sorry if I missed it. But can we make our own templates and/or upload templates to the device, and can it change handwriting to print either through an upload like remarkable or within the device?
Can you give us a link to tje pdf with image in order to compare speed pdf to my max 2 ? I have very complexed books and it's slow on my device soni want to compare with yournpdf!! Ty
Is this just overall better than the supernote a5x at this point? They are about the same price right now but I don't know how useful the supernote note taking features are
Hi Voya, in the notes app do the thumbnails stick around for you? Every time I navigate pages it starts generating the thumbnails from scratch. I wonder if there is an option for saving thumbnails.
Great review, I bought a Note Air based off your review and love it. As for the Onenote and Evernote issue, you can change the screen refresh under "scribble" in the App optimizations. You can increase the refresh time, meaning you need a longer lift off before it does the full screen refresh. Just letting you know :)
Thank you, but I'm trying to demonstrate what the actual, average user's experience will be like, to try and manage expectations. As for Evernote. No, never. That thing is horrible, even when it works :)
I mean I'm a huge nerd so I change every setting, but I wonder if you had a beta firmware, because even my default was 2 seconds. Seems like yours refreshed even while you were still writing. At least on my Nova Air you need to consciously lift your hand off before a full screen refresh. Maybe something was changed between beta and launch. Either way love my device, only got better now Onenote is usable :)
would you recommend note air? do you enjoy the writing experience? I dont need those fancy one note stuff. I really care about the writing expereine. I know boox use andriod 11, so i dont have to worry about customization.
@@henrytsao1 After 1/2 a year of using my requirements changed and I ended up buying an iPad Mini in the end. The Note Air is really only good for reading text and handwriting, outside of that the refresh is just too slow. My main issue is the battery, it's just far to small, 2000mah was a bad idea, 5000 would have been much better. Having WiFi/Bluetooth on sucks around 10% per hour, which is a joke. So if you're only going to use it for handwriting and not for anything else. Yes it's great, I actually prefer the writing feel over my iPad. If you plan to do other stuff the compromises slowly get greater the more complicated your task.
Hallo, nice video. I personally think that they lack also of a "single note backup function", i was thinking that it would been implemented with the BooxDroop app but it's not. If you need to move single notes on pc in native format for editing it on a second time than this is very difficolt with Boox platform, it's possible using the cloud and sync on some way but it's absolutely no vanilla friendly and no functional at all. I know that some people are ok with the total backup but others need a also a more detailed management. We rally lack of a feature for transfering note on native format at least in my opinion. I think Supernote have this already.
Anyway may be be they will bring this to us in future, their made a fantastic job and their firmware and base note taking app continue to improve, and i agree the Note air 2 it's amazing.
Lastly you can disable "general plam touch" from the menu (swipe down from the top)and also third party app workshop better. But yeah i agree, they must be improved a lot.
Hello everyone, I've had remarkable 2 what a great device but almost absolute limitations made me distasted of it. So I'm going for a Boox. I've found that both Note Air 2 and Note 5 are awesome for my choice but I'm just confused for the side/bottom space of width/height respectively on the devices and am curious which one of them gives Ease Of Use specially for longer writing and reading point of view. Would really appreciate if you guys can guide me on this. Thx
I have enjoyed your reviews on Note Air 2 and I am still in my trial period with RM2 which is okay but Connect forever seems expensive and I am not totally happy with how it copes with PDF docs how does Note Air 2 Plus cope with them thanks Danny
Hi Voja. Thank you for this review, and all the others that you make! I have both a reMarkable 1 and a Supernote A5X. I like both devices but for different reasons. So the reMarkable's writing feel is much better than the Supernote's in my opinion. But I like the annotation features of the Supernote, especially the annotation feature where you get a digest of your notes! Great! My expectation was that the Supernot would replace my reMarkable completely. However since I was quite disappointed at the writing experience of the Supernote that did not happen. So I have been curious about the Boox devices and if the Note Air 2 could be the best of both worlds here? Especially now when the writing experience seems to be on par with, or even supersede, the reMarkable! Does anyone have any experience of all three devices and who would like to share their experiences? Thanks again! And I'm eagerly waiting for the updated Boox experience series for SW 3.2! :)
@@yv1338 No, I don't know really. I think there are something but my impression is that it is not that good. This is one of the best features of the reMarkable. It wokrs surprisingly well! However, now you need a paid subscription to use that feature. :( I bought my device some before they swhitched to that model so I can still use it.
Hi Voja. Thank you for sharing these 2 videos. I just purchased the NA2 thinking it would be great for reading, reviewing and annotating tons of journal articles. Do you know if there is a way to sync pdf files with a cloud service that maintains pdf annotations and where the pdf text is still searchable? I went onto the Boox help center and these seem undoable. If so, this is a great (larger, personal) reading and note-taking device, but that’s it.
Thanks for the amazing review! Quick question, I've searched everywhere can can't figure something out. How can you quick-switch between notebooks? I am a recent switcher from RM1 where you could pull down from the top and switch to other recent notebooks. Anyone know?
To the right of the name of the notebook (when in a notebook) you will see a small arrow. Click it and you'll see your recently accessed notebooks. On OS 3.2 it has been changed to tapping on the notebook name and then on the folder icon.
Maybe not, but do keep in mind that if you buy the Note Air 1, you will need to spend some more money on a good screen protector and a good pen, and possibly nibs. Those can easily add up to $100 or so, and then you're looking at $100 difference. Even so, I can't say a definitive yes or no, not until Note Air 1 receives the update 3.2 and I am able to see how it performs. If Note Air 2 remains faster in pretty much every respect, then yeah, it's worth the extra $100. If not, then no.
Greetings Voja, thanks a lot for the review! I wanted to ask you something though as I'm already certain to buy the Note Air 2 thanks to your perfect reviews, considering I'm from europe and that if bought on their site the note air 2 comes with free accessories, I thought it was way better to buy it there than buying it from Amazon. There is one thing though, they offer the 40% discount for one accessory if bought in pair with the tablet, do you think the pen2pro is worth the purchase? Considering the fact that the standard pen is now dramatically improved and good by itself but I wouldn't want to miss the opportunity of this discount and then buy something in future for a higher price. Thanks Voja!
As far as I know, the Pen 2 Pro is the same exact pen, just with the eraser added at the end. Maybe it's more than that, but I don't really know, as I haven't had the chance to test it.
Thank you for the guide, amazing work. Could you please confirm if this device supports CBZ files for comics? I have checked on the website and it isn't mentioned.
Great reviews as always. Concerning transferring your notes (discussed at about 13:50)-so there is no highlight-text/copy-highlight-to-clipboard sort of routine in this device, at all? (Or did I misunderstand?)
If you install GBoard as your virtual keyboard, then there is and yes, you can do that. But I'm not sure how does that relate to transferring of notes? I meant backup of an annotated PDF or EPUB file, for example. So entire documents, not text selection.
@@MyDeepGuide Thanks for your reply. At 13:50 you say "One thing I really don't like is that you don't have an option of actually copying written text from Neoreader or a document into a notebook." By "written text" did you mean hand-written text that you have manually written ("freehand") onto a page, using the pen? I guess I'm not sure about your own meaning here for "notes." E-readers I've used up to now (though not Neoreader, yet) have ways of entering a note and anchoring it to a page or to highlighted text-the note could be entered via Bluetooth keyboard or via the device's virtual keyboard. I'm frustrated with an older Kobo device just now because there's no clipboard feature that would enable me to transfer that note text (or highlighted text) somewhere else, or share it. If the Boox devices have a system-wide clipboard, I would surely be able to highlight text, copy the highlighting to the system clipboard, and paste it somewhere else.
One e-reader app I once used (Bookari, apparently not currently maintained) had a full set of features pertaining to saving user-entered notes and/or highlights to HTML files, or sharing them if the Android device's wifi were turned on. It was a spectacular feature. I would be surprised if other e-reader apps are that full-featured (but I would be glad to learn that some of them are).
Yes, when I say written text, I mean text that has been written, not typed. When I say notes, I mean the Notebook functionality. So basically copying handwritten content from NeoReader into a Notebook, that's what I was talking about, that I don't like the fact that we can't do that yet.
@@MyDeepGuide That is an unfortunate omission. Judging by your past reviews the company is responsive to user feedback, so perhaps they will add the feature.* Does it make any difference if you first convert the handwritten notes to text? * I wrote to them about the omission of text-alignment controls from Neoreader, which is odd considering the other customizations the app supports. I hope they're listening to that suggestion as well.
The bottleneck will be the refresh speed of the screen, so faster the refresh mode you are using, faster the responsiveness will be (but the ghosting will also be increased). For me, a nice compromise is the Speed mode which works fine for regular typing, but not for coding.
Could the issue with One note or Evernote be it auto saving in the background or syncing with servers over the internet? Might look at the settings and turn that off?
As I said, I am not a user of either of those apps, so it might well be an issue of that type. However, as an average user, just installing the app and attempting to use it normally, those are the results. I tried to find such settings or some settings that could affect it, but I haven't located anything that helped. So, all in all, not a usable experience at this stage of development and needs significant improvements to make it usable in real life situation.
Hey man, thanks for your great review. I have three questions as I lost track of all the devices in the last months because I was busy playing New Dawn ;-) I would love to get a device that a) can be used as a monitor, b) is safe when it comes to data privacy and c) is compatible with Notion (I guess the latter one is impossible though). Does anybody has specific thoughts on that? cR
Thx! You helped me optimize it with all the new stuff they added! Can you try adding pdf files to see if they show up in the kindle or other 3rd party apps? I noticed this which isn't the case w/ the Nova device I have.
No text under icons? Come on, just as I'm looking to buy my first Boox device? 😞 Anyhow, I wonder why the Lumi 2 is so different on benchmarks... Thank you for your work, really.
It's not unusual, it takes a few updates to equalize the performance of all of the devices, but the graphic scores will always be lower on the Lumi, because it has to deal with a higher resolution and more pixels.
Nova Air vs. Note Air 2. 1) Is there more progress or improvement found in Note Air 2 compared to Nova Air in terms of writing? Or no difference at all? 2) 300ppi (Nova Air) vs 227 ppi (Note Air 2), is there a big difference between the two for reading? Thanks.
@@MyDeepGuide I can see the great writing experience from Note Air 2 due to its improvement. I did not see the reading experience at length. Does 227ppi make difference in tersm of reading experience in comparison with 300ppi (6’ to 7.8’ e-reader tablets)?
Hi! Thanks so much for the review - very thorough and extremely helpful. I'm 99% sold on the device! :) I do have a question, though: Does the Adoce Acrobat Reader support the split screen option (so I can open the notepad on one side and a pdf file on another)?
There's no need to use the Acrobat. NeoReader (the default reader) supports PDFs and split screen modes and performs way better than the Acrobat on this device, so I'd recommend sticking with the default reader to get the most value out of this device.
Hi Voja. Would you still use Note Air 2 as your daily driver or would you switch to Supernote A5X after their latest update? I need your opinion and appreciate it if you reply.
As I rely a lot in my daily work on PDFs, it would still be the Note Air 2, if I was choosing today. But if my primary focus was mainly on note taking or is the Supernote receives an update that allows landscape mode and page width fit to screen modes, then I would switch to Supernote. I hope this helps.
Hi, I bought the Note Air 2 as this guide showed me the pros that I need. However, I am unable to use the Google Play service.... What did I missed? How you guys managed to register your device into the play account. Thanks for the help in advance
I think that the process was shown in the unboxing of either the Note Air 2 or the Max Lumi 2. If you check the time stamps in the description of each video, you will find it.
Have you tried what writing feels like with for example the staedler noris digital jumbo? I got the Note Air 2, but I would like a stylus that has an eraser. It feels really slow to erase something especially in the reader without one.
Yes I have, and it's ok, but I am not a fall of the "rubbery" tip feel of the Jumbo. If you want an eraser then you can also get their new pen Pro version that has the eraser.
How do I get the NeoReader you talk about? Seen it in multiple videos. Thank you for theses amazing video. I saw a friend with remarkable, saw your videos and how they explain boox and have made the jump! Please where is this amazing neoreader!
This was really wonderful, any chance to review the new English Bigme pro plus with the Sony dpt color 10.3 inch screen? Thanks for these great reviews!
