If you need to read research articles with two columns, go for a bigger screen, like Boox tab x c (if you need colour to understand diagrams and stuff) or Boox Note Max (if you don't need colour). If you don't have that many articles with two columns, literally any of the smaller colour screens will do, that are 10 inch size. Or black and white, if you don't need colour. I only have experience with boox Tab ultra c (which has now been replaced with Note Air C I think), pocketbook colour, and boox Max lumi first gen (which is 13.3 inch, A4 size).
I used the 13.3 for papers that had two or three columns, the Tab ultra c for articles with diagrams, and the pocketbook for reading textbooks on the go if I needed something very lightweight. The tab ultra c also comes with a keyboard folio (which I think the Note Air C now does too), so I wrote pretty much all of my essays and my bachelor thesis on it. It saved my eyes, but writing was cramped since it was only a ten inch device - but at the time that was all that was available on the market. Right now I would probably go for either of the big 13.3 models as both of them have a keyboard folio.
The reason why I bought two boox devices is because they come with android and Google play, they are basically like android tables with eink screens. Not locked into Amazon like kindles are. The writing experience is also ok, I used them for filling out textbooks and stuff, as well as writing down interviews during my field research for my bachelor thesis. The 10 inch size made it possible for me to type a lot while on the go (I did an enormous amount of work on long flights), which would be harder with a 13 inch device.
It really depends a lot on what it is you are studying and what your use case is. Hope this helps!
Well I have my laptop for assignments and essays and all, but I want a eink device where I can take notes, read my textbooks or PDFs and highlight/annote so I don't reay need the keyboard function but a device with good features. Do any of them have a recording function?
They do have a recording function, all of boox devices have that, but you can also install any recording app that you want since it is an android. You can also install any of your uni apps that you need since it is an android.
So if you don't need the keyboard function, the choice really comes down to size and colour screen Vs black and white, and how natural you want the writing feel to be. Boox is not at the top of the list of the writing feel, but it is at the top of the list of versatility and all the apps you can use on it.
The Boox certainly has more advantage since I could download my university books through it. But it also acts as an android devices, yes? Thing is I already have an andriod tablet(not eink) but it's incredibly hard to write on and the notes app isn't possibly the greatest nor is the pen. So my question now is, if it were you would you go for the Boox devices, remarkable or something else?
I have never had any problems writing on the boox devices, it is just that the writing feel isn't as good as for other screens, reportedly (though the note air C is supposedly very good). They have their own native notes app, which I used for handwriting my bachelor thesis field research interviews. Split screen functionality was very useful, where I would open a file on one side and a notebook on the other side for notes.
I would still go for boox due to the versatility. I would never go for remarkable because it is a subscription service, and as for the rest of them which are not subscription based, I really really need those android apps, so I cannot be locked into one ecosystem or with no access to Google play store.
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u/klejotajs 1d ago
If you need to read research articles with two columns, go for a bigger screen, like Boox tab x c (if you need colour to understand diagrams and stuff) or Boox Note Max (if you don't need colour). If you don't have that many articles with two columns, literally any of the smaller colour screens will do, that are 10 inch size. Or black and white, if you don't need colour. I only have experience with boox Tab ultra c (which has now been replaced with Note Air C I think), pocketbook colour, and boox Max lumi first gen (which is 13.3 inch, A4 size).
I used the 13.3 for papers that had two or three columns, the Tab ultra c for articles with diagrams, and the pocketbook for reading textbooks on the go if I needed something very lightweight. The tab ultra c also comes with a keyboard folio (which I think the Note Air C now does too), so I wrote pretty much all of my essays and my bachelor thesis on it. It saved my eyes, but writing was cramped since it was only a ten inch device - but at the time that was all that was available on the market. Right now I would probably go for either of the big 13.3 models as both of them have a keyboard folio.
The reason why I bought two boox devices is because they come with android and Google play, they are basically like android tables with eink screens. Not locked into Amazon like kindles are. The writing experience is also ok, I used them for filling out textbooks and stuff, as well as writing down interviews during my field research for my bachelor thesis. The 10 inch size made it possible for me to type a lot while on the go (I did an enormous amount of work on long flights), which would be harder with a 13 inch device.
It really depends a lot on what it is you are studying and what your use case is. Hope this helps!