His love for technology began with the Nokias and the Sony Ericsons of the early 2000s, and he hasn’t looked back since. Prasham Parikh is a freelancer at Android Police, and you can catch him writing how-to guides, features, and reviews on smartphones or pretty much anything that has a battery in it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go back to finish the five books that I started but never completed. There’s a lot to like here and I’m surely not looking back at my Kindle. For this reason, I’m bumping up my review rating to an eight. It’s reassuring to see such commitment on the software front from Onyx, especially considering the premium you’re paying for this device over something like the Kindle. Long story short, the new update has made the Nova Air a lot more useful than it was, and that’s commendable. Documents are a lot more legible in this setting, and it’s more comfortable than ever to jot down notes while reading. That means you can now see the original font, font size, and margin settings in these files for a better reading experience.Īnother meaningful addition: you can now open split-screen windows in vertical orientation, which is a lot more practical than the horizontal option we had previously. Apart from cosmetic changes, the V2 engine powering the reader now supports more formats like epub, mobi, word, and html. The built-in NeoReader has also gotten a visual overhaul in the new software, and it looks cleaner than before. Onyx no longer offers cloud backup, so you’ll have to resort to integrated third-party solutions from Dropbox, Evernote, or OneNote. However, there’s one downgrade that’s worth noting. There are a few other tweaks, too, including the ability to add up to five custom brushes and an easier way to insert images. These handwritten notes can now be exported as vector PDFs, ready to be edited on your PC. The Notes app now supports copying and pasting hand-written notes from one notebook to another and it’s possible to even merge two notebooks into one. The app icons have also been updated to look a bit modern, for the lack of a better word. This interface can be accessed with a swipe from the right half of the status bar, whereas notifications reveal themselves with a swipe from the left. It takes up less space than the previous one and allows you to quickly edit the toggles, which wasn’t possible earlier. The first and probably the most noticeable change is the introduction of a revamped notification panel. Unfortunately, it doesn’t bring with it an Android update the Only a few months after its launch, Boox has rolled out a new system update (v3.2) that offers visual tweaks and adds a plethora of features that further refines the experience. However, this device is more a tablet than an e-reader, and that means updates are on the table. The software experience on my 5-year-old Kindle has scarcely changed over the years, and I wasn’t expecting much different from the Onyx Nova Air. There’s the spit view feature too, in case you want to read and jot notes at the same time (or open any two apps) but the display is too small to do productive work. The settings and rendering quality of the built-in reader trump running an app like Kindle on the Boox, but you will have to manage your library of DRM-free books the old-fashioned way. You can use the stylus to scribble over any of these files. The in-build reader supports 17 file formats, including epub, rtf, ppt, pdf, cbz, and it makes file conversion a thing of the past. The in-built reader is feature-rich and there’s probably every format setting that you could tinker with to make reading comfortable on it. Apps is where all pre-installed and third-party applications rest it’s a pity you can’t pin any of these apps on the sidebar. Boox also includes its own book store on the device but it’s chock-a-block full of royalty-free classics. The Library stores all your books and documents and stacks them on a virtual bookshelf, whereas Storage is a basic file manager. There are six main, self-explanatory, tabs that are all snapped in a sidebar: Library, Store, Notes, Storage, Apps, and Settings. The user interface is pretty straightforward.
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