![]() ![]() For the Note Air, I feel comfortable writing like it's a note pad (though admittedly the screen is a bit bigger). Even then, I found the iPad 5 to have too small of a screen - I would always zoom in on where I was writing, but then lose out on the full page. For taking notes, the iPad screen is nice but I had to buy a paper like screen protector to get a good feel. Given that consideration and my use case, let me talk about the note taking on the NA vs iPad 5 (9.7 inch screen). I say this because I'm headed to grad school in the fall and want something to annotate PDFs and take notes on. So my thought was that even if the Note Air is more expensive than the 10.2 inch iPad ($329 + $100 for a pencil vs $480), I'd be more likely to productively use the Note Air. I’ve used an iPad to read ebooks in the past and would always get distracted by other apps or the internet. My first consideration is that I wanted something without the distractions of an iPad. I’ll walk you through my thinking since I just purchased a Note Air. What you don't get through Amazon is the case and extra tips, but I was not interested in the adhesive case (M1) and the folio case (M2) is not available as a free accessory through the US warehouse. If I had bought it through the Boox website, a return would have cost me round-trip shipping to Hong Kong plus a restocking fee if there were any damage to the item. What I decided to do is to buy the Note Air through Amazon, since the return would be free and easy. I've also never owned an e-ink device so it was somewhat of a tough decision. No one I knew had a Boox product so I wasn't able to try it out. I found the Note Air after considering the remarkable 2 and seeing the My Deep Guide YouTube videos. Its ability to use traditional Android apps can be very handy for occasional one-off purposes, but it doesn't have anywhere near the convenience or functionality of my phone (for daily app use/web browsing/videos/etc). (Someday I'll use it as an e-reader, too, if I ever manage to have that much free time again.) I primarily use the built-in Notes app and Google Calendar, plus Netguard to limit its phone-home abilities. It's my consolidated (and yet separated/organized) to-do list for all things work and personal, with all my notes and reminders easily accessible in one place, and it goes with me everywhere I go. Evaluate whether those drawbacks would be deal-breakers for your particular use-case, and make your decision from there.įor what it's worth, I love my Note Air, primarily for the writing functionalities. Spend some time browsing back through this forum, and you'll see the sorts of questions that new Boox owners have asked, which frustrations they had with user interface issues, and sometimes see reference to the lack of some particular functionality that they assumed it would have before they purchased. And I'm still learning new things/settings/functions here and there. I'm a technology power-user, and still found that I had a learning curve of about a month of daily use before I felt like I had overcome my lack-of-familiarity enough to use it to its full potential. Make sure you're willing to spend the time and effort overcoming the software/user-interface quirks and hurdles of a device that doesn't have broad mass-market appeal, and whose User Manual leaves much to be desired. But it definitely has its drawbacks, so you have to really make sure you want/like what it can do enough to not be bothered by what it can't do.īoox devices do not have the polished user experience of an Apple-or even the kinda-clean experience of an Android phone-and they are pricey. Having access to a fully-functional, color-screen, fast-responding tablet/computing device in a bigger form factor than a phone (without having to lug around a laptop) is awesome.īut which two are the MOST important to you?Ī) writing functionalities + e-reader screen = get a Boox Note Air or Note 3ī) writing functionalities + traditionally-functional tablet = iPadĬ) e-reader screen + traditionally-functional tablet = get an iPad and a Kindle (with the bonus that you'll get writing functionality on the iPad, but the drawback that it's not a device optimized for taking handwritten notes).Ī lot of students really like the Boox devices for class time, notes, and studying.The ability to read books and notes on a portable device without eyestrain from traditional LCD/backlit screens is awesome.The ability to take hand-written notes on a device is awesome.I really like the concept of merging an e-reader screen to a functional tablet with writing functionalities. ![]()
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