diff --git a/content/posts/onyx-boox-half-year-later.md b/content/posts/onyx-boox-half-year-later.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..59749df --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/onyx-boox-half-year-later.md @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +--- +title: "Onyx Boox Half Year Later 📚" +date: 2024-04-06T20:02:24+02:00 +katex: true +tags: ["random"] +--- + +Something completely different today. I've been using my [Onyx Boox Note Air 2](https://onyxboox.com/boox_noteair2plus) for half a year now and I thought it's a good time to share my thoughts on it. + + + +**tl;dr** The Onyx Boox is a great device for writing and reading, however iPad could've been just as good for me. + +## What's Onyx Boox? + +I like to write down things at work, in free time and I was always drowning in sheets of paper lying around. +One day I've learned about Remarkable and Onyx Boox and I was like "yeah, that's what I need". +Remarkable and Onyx Boox are e-ink tablets that you can write on with stylus. + +## Why Onyx Boox? + +After reading reviews I saw that while they're comparable in terms of price, Onyx Boox don't have a subscription model (with Remarkable you have to pay for cloud storage for your notes). +Additionally, Onyx Boox has Android and backlit screen, which is a huge advantage for me. + +## What was my experience? + +Let me just use bullet points here: + +1. When it comes to writing, it's great, it feels like writing on paper. +2. I guess that it's great for reading and annotating scientific papers. +3. The battery lasts for ever, the tablet is turning of automatically which is great. +4. Android works, you can check mails, browse the internet, visit slack. However, mobile phone is much better for that. +5. The notes I make are not beautiful, but I discovered it's because of me, not the tablet xD +6. Everything is smooth and nice, the screen is very sharp. +7. I thought, I'll read books on it and browse the internet, but mobile phone / Kindle are much better for that. +8. The backlit is great. You can adjust the color temperature and brightness which is great. +9. The UI is very... simple. I mean it's intuitive, but it's not very pretty, which is a shame. + +## Conclusions + +I'm happy with my purchase. Recently Onyx released a new model, with color e-ink screen, which is very tempting. However, I don't think I need it. +What I'm thinking actually is whether an old iPad with stylus would be better for me. +I paid ~2300 PLN, 570$ for it, for this price I could get a decent iPad, some mate screen protector and a stylus. +Some people say, they're distracted by iPad, but I think I could manage that. +And well, with iPad all the experience outside of writing would be much better. +That being said, I'm happy with my Onyx Boox. I'm using it every day and my notes are nicely organized. + +So this is the review, I hope you find it useful. \ No newline at end of file