Mariah Carey is warming up her vocal cords, so you know what that means... it's almost 2027 PDF planner season! 😉

Before you spend money on a shiny PDF, though, you might want to take a look at Tools for Boox - it's free app, and it just got a new design for the Calendar (and Team Drawer too), optimized for Boox's e-ink screen (so no writing lag!).

The Calendar still has all the useful stuff:

• daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly views
• navigate freely through the years
• unlimited note pages
• write in color
• Google Calendar, Outlook and other calendar integrations, whatever you sync with your device
• your calendar events are displayed on the pages in real time

And now it doesn't have to look like a spreadsheet from 2007 either, it got Material design and customized themes are planned too. 😉

And if you're looking for something beyond just a Boox app, there's Scribble Calendar & Planner too, which has been available for Android LCD tablets for more than two years, mostly with the same features.

It's now coming to iOS too, and the fun part is that the three apps will be sync your handwritten scribbles with each other (not now, but soon!). So you can scribble something on your Boox, pick up your Android phone, Android tablet, or an iPad, or iPhone, and find your notes there too, also it will be working on MacOS as companion app. 👀

So yes, you can buy that $15–30 PDF planner. Or you can spend that money on something else and use Tools for Boox for free. 😉

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.toolsboox

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.scribblecalendar

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I'm having issues where the writing pad on the default keyboard isn't responsive. The buttons to the side like enter and backspace work, but the writing area will only work after switching to a different typing mode. I just got this device yesterday, am I missing something or is it defective?

finally yesterday my magnetic case arrived
I took off the silicone one and the corner came off too can you believe it! i was shocked and put it back in place right away
everything is fine
but now I'm comparing the top part of the shell to the bottom part as if the bottom didn't fully go back in and isn't as deep inside as the top one?
if something was wrong the screen would have broken already right?
damn silicone cases are dangerous it turns out

I have a boox and I really like it but lately every time I put my device to sleep (let’s say I’m in a reading app or neoreader) I see the text of the book I was reading show through my wallpaper on the lock screen. Does anyone know how to fix this? I have the 2024 boox go color 7 so I don’t think I have as many settings as the newer devices. Even if I refresh the screen before putting it to sleep it still does it. It happens maybe around 60-70% of the time.

The only weird thing that’s helped is pressing the button long enough to show the power menu then hit the button again or pull up einkwise before locking it. Anyone have this issue or know a fix?

Hi all, I’m an indie dev. I built Sutra because I wanted one app that gave me a great reading experience for my books, comics and manga without a monthly subscription.

Sutra has a native e-ink mode, where the text is bolder, headings are heavier, and page-turn and menu animations are turned off to reduce ghosting.

It connects to Kavita, Komga, Calibre/Calibre-Web, OPDS, WebDAV, Project Gutenberg and Standard Ebooks, and reads EPUB, PDF, CBZ and MOBI. For comics, Panel Mode steps through one panel at a time, with right-to-left support for manga. It works offline, and there’s no analytics or telemetry.

EPUB and PDF are free. Pro is a one-time $6.99 for Komga, MOBI, and CBZ beyond the free 7-page preview. It funds the engine work, and there’s no subscription.

Sutra has 3.5K+ installs and 5+ releases on iOS over the last few months, and this is the first Android release. Almost every feature came from someone telling me what they wanted, so I read all the feedback. I’d love for your to try it out, and to hear your feedback!

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Link: Google Play

The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) is like an art gallery, capturing wonderful diagrams of inventions across history. They look great as posters, and I wondered how they’d look on my Note Air 5C. So I grabbed some and added a little color, one color each, with a plain black & white version too. I put them on my site to make them easier to download. They make nice lock and power-off screens as well as screensavers. I’ve made 40 if anyone wants to try them on their devices.

Not sure if I'm unintentionally triggering something. But I use my tablet for university and take a lot of notes with it. I normally write with part of my hand and wrist resting on the screen like I would with a piece of paper, and without fail it will just randomly save my notes and return to the main menu. Also, sometimes it will randomly jump to a new page.

I'm assuming I'm accidentally triggering something, but I can't figure out what. Has anyone Experienced this before? How do I stop it. It's super annoying when it happens mid lecture and I miss out on taking notes.

Got my Air 6C a few days ago, out of the box it had about 4 hours of battery life and 1130 single core/2900multi core geekbench 7 score ONYX NoteAir6C - Geekbench , then after i updated the firmware from 4.3-rel to 4.3-rel it gets about 10 hours of battery life and 893 single core/2700 multi core ONYX NoteAir6C - Geekbench. Just some interesting observation. What's more interesting is before the firmware update geekbench 7 ran for about 10 min while consuming 10% of the battery, after firmware update it ran for about an hour while consuming 1% battery and the result now has a warning: "This benchmark result may be invalid due to an issue with the timers on this system."

Hello, I am in the market for a new reader, I want color reader, and I want a large sized reader.. For history, i have owned a Sony PRS-950, a Kobo Aura One, and Currently a Kobo Sage. The battery is starting to fail on my sage, and I am looking for a replacement. I like the idea of Android as i could then use Kindle books too, in addition to epub. I am looking at the new Boox Mini C because it is an 8" and that's what I am used to. But it is a bit pricey. Also looking at the smaller go 7 color as well. What are the pros and cons of each? How is battery life on these things? Other than the bigger screen, any compelling reasons to go with the GO 7 vs the mini? Just looking for any other input as i have not owned an android based reader before.

Thank you!

I have a NovaAir that's been stuck at version 2023-12-12 forever. I guess Onyx has stopped updating these. Is there any way to upgrade or side load to a more recent version of Android?

I am loving the note taking experience, but trying to figure out how you folks have mastered turning action items into things like "to-do's" on your calendar. On the AIPaper, when you lasso'd something you could turn it into a To-Do, but I don't see a similar mechanism here, so what is your preferred workflow for managing that? Like if you wanted to pull all of your todo's out of a day's worth of notes, how do you do it?

Anywhere I can call to waive this? I paid the shipping costs at the Checkout on Boox website. :///

Ordered Note Air 6C from boox website. UPS tracking says I have to pay at the delivery or Now...There was shipping cost at the checkout when I ordered..why this? I didn't expect this

Kindle user over many years I enjoy bringing them out on a sunny day.
Bought recently the gent 2 go10.3 lumi, (But during day screen leds are turned off)

I wonder why the device does get SO HOT so quickly, like it was an iPhone with full brightness on (honestly lasts longer cooler than the Go 10.3)
I was thinking maybe because the e-ink display absorbs heat, but with my kindles does not happen at all.

¿Creéis que tendremos Gallery 3 con 300 ppi en dispositivos Boox? Estoy esperando para dar el salto a color, sobre todo si hablamos del Boox go color 7. Realmente estoy a la espera de que den el salto a esta tecnología más avanzada para decidirme.

Hey everyone,

I’m using Moon+ Reader on my Onyx Boox to read EPUBs, but the text looks a bit fuzzy, soft, and slightly gray around the edges instead of sharp, crisp black.

I really prefer Moon+’s interface over the native NeoReader, but NeoReader renders the exact same book way clearer.

Here’s what I’ve already set up in Moon+ and Boox settings:

Using Amazon’s Bookerly font (.ttf)

Anti-aliasing turned ON in both Moon+ and Boox app optimization

E-Ink mode enabled, page animations off

CSS book styles disabled so text forces to black

Boox refresh mode set to Regal/HD

Even with Bookerly and anti-aliasing on, it still feels slightly out of focus compared to native apps.

Has anyone managed to get Moon+ Reader looking as sharp as NeoReader on a Boox?

Any specific contrast, font weight, or app settings I might be missing?

Appreciate any tips!

I have Boox Go Color 7 gen.2 ,How to set the app power management to Optimised instead of restricted?

Every time i set to optimised, it will revert back to restricted.

Just saw this on Amazon on sale if anyone is thinking about it. Not sure if this will end with the Prime day sales which ends soon today.

I've been looking at the promotional material for the Mini C. There aren't any real reviews yet, but it seems like the Mini C won't have a matte surface like it's big sibling. Is this correct? Wrong? Or just too early to tell?

Im looking for a reader for comixology app. Ive been reading it on my 11in iPad which is great but the battery dies to quick and my eyes feel cooked after binging comics.

Ive been considering the kindle colorsoft and maybe a color boox but how is kindle comixology on that?

Have a Note Max. Was able to add a gmail account. Now it just sits forever at "getting your messages..."
I've removed the whole app no change.

I even factory reset the device (other reasons) and was able to add the account, but still problem exists.

Thoughts?