Boox 7 Go COLOR E-Ink Android E-Reader Review

[@katemallory]

I love the muted vintage looking style …

[@TenOfZero1]

I also love the idea of color eink. Even for taking notes, being able to highlight and put different colors would be great.

[@ForeverMan]

Wow, i just looking to buy a e-reader and this one was on the list already, great video Lon thanks

[@meandmyEV]

I might be a buyer if they could get the price down. Maybe we will see some Black Friday deals. I’d like to see it for $149. Great review!

[@ericfielding668]

I think B&W is the way to go at the moment. Colour will be better in 5 to 10 years.

[@keyboard_g]

Even that I doubt. Color e-ink has been around a while now. There isn’t high demand, and no competition among manufacturers. I’m leaning 10+.

[@Darethian]

Without adoption and sales it will not be in 5 years

[@ajwalker4416]

Thank you for this review. It's nice to see how far they are coming with color e-ink but also see how far they still have to go. I still don't think they are ready for prime time with the low resolution screen compared to their B&W counterparts. At any rate, your review also sent me to Amazon to grab some Star Trek comic books and I will enjoy them on my Samsung Galaxy Tab 😁😁

[@LonSeidman]

They'll look much nicer on the Tab ! :)

[@dennisrogers6786]

Its a matter of just downloading an app to secure it. Also, Afterall its an e reader first and foremost

[@NinjaRunningWild]

Boox Drop is probably just using Samba (or WebDAV) which is standard. RetroPie does the same. That shouldn't be accessible off your local network so I wouldn't worry much. I have a PocketBook Color. It's excellent for comics & other books with color. The display never quite gets white though. It gets down to a very light gray. For that reason I don't use it for the majority of my ebook reading, defaulting to my Kobo H20.

[@tivonutdc]

Definitely helped with some settings actually for a Boox Page. Thanks

[@gd.ritter]

@2:50 different PPI for color vs BW. Does that mean if there's any color on screen it's all at the 150 ppi? Or do those mix so BW elements are 300ppi but color elements are 150?

[@Sauws]

Does this ebook give the option to turn off the colors / grayscaling? I love that it has a microSD and USB C connection, not many other ebooks offer this combo, meaning that I can offload all my manga's.

[@angrysarcasm2229]

I'd pay extra if the battery could easily be replaced. Seriously, when are we going to get battery options to help devices last longer? I'd love to change the battery on my Oasis, but of course, it's impossible.

[@MsJacobowski]

@angrysarcasm2229 Kobo sells eraders with repairable screens and exchangeable batteries.

[@mvalotaire]

All the kobos I’ve used offer that through ifixit. I never popped open my kindle. But agreed, we shouldn’t be forced to buy a new device because a battery is dying. Brooks are slow by design and reading a book is slow by nature. Don’t really need all that speed.

[@bbgarnettTotallyNotABot]

Keep up the great work

[@dieserpaddi5845]

Thanks for the detailed review video for the very niche tablet. I have a question, would the size of the device be suitable for reading IT books, or is it too small for that? Such technical books often have smaller text and also some illustrations.

[@LonSeidman]

I'd say it's a little too small for that. There are a few larger letter / a4 tablets that'll do a little better.

[@garynagle3093]

I’ll stick to a true tablet for seeing your channel on KZbin.

[@jmr]

I don't think I would use my real account on this. Perhaps a disposable Google account. Maybe the disposable account could be added as a family member or something to access paid content.

[@zoiks6631]

This looks like a great device for people that enjoyed playing Myst on an underpowered PC back when Myst was released. 😊

[@hglim738]

Exact same form factor as Boox Page / Leaf 2.

[@destructodisk9074]

Anyone know if there is a good service for syncing Apple Books to an eReader? All of my digital ebooks and PDF magazines are DRM free and backed up to Apple Books. I still want everything on Apple Books so I can use my iPad for larger magazines and I can read my books if I don’t have an eReader with me. But also I would like to avoid having to update a separate ecosystem or device every time I get a new book to add to Apple books. To reiterate, my books were not purchased from Apple and I can freely download them from Apple’s Books app on Mac and move them to another service one by one, but I am hoping there is a service to have all my stuff synced.

[@coolerking7427]

Not worried about the security part. I would use a fake email anyway. I might buy one this weekend.

[@MrFabtahiti]

Also, there is an easy toggle to activate/deactivate the web server to drop boox, the security issue in this regard is not too relevant therefore. You will mostly use the ereader offline anyway to increase battery life. I have had mine for about a week and I really like it. Can be set exactly the way you want and once you do, it is very satisfying. I also don't have any ghosting now. Like you though, I didnt use my main Google account on it, but a secondary one, I dont trust it 100% and I really don't want to put a password on it.

[@kippshinabarger8110]

Kobo has the same thing (same screen), and you can get a stylus for it. They also have a smaller version, (6") no stylus support for it.

[@angiem1124]

But can you get kindle and other apps?

[@jela9706]

@@kippshinabarger8110 its the Kobo Libra Color for the stylus one and Kobo Clara Color for the non-stylus bit smaller and more compact. Although non of the Kobo has android capabilities and they have their own Kobo ecosystem just like Kindle.

[@Rkuuyam]

Does the volume buttons work as page turn buttons on the Kobo app?

[@gabaknegocios]

what about the amazon reader the kindle? is it better?

[@dimitribocciarelli2513]

Does have blue Light ?

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Awesome & Thanks :)

[@kimsooyon2632]

The battery is decreasing drmatically in 2 hours it reach 80% why?

[@pcklubas]

How long does it take to turn it back on from sleep

[@LonSeidman]

From sleep not long but if you have it set to shutdown after a certain length of time it'll take a minute or two to boot back up.

[@kloroformd]

Ahh, the Ford Probe. It's the Mazda that's a better Mustang than the Mach E.

[@LonSeidman]

My first car! Had the 93 4 cylinder version

[@keyboard_g]

Web server on by default and Android that will quickly lose support. Sounds like a color e-ink botnet waiting to happen.

[@roberthermosillo5727]

It is an interesting device with incredible technology. But unless you are in a place where your ability to charge your device is limited I see considerable downsides compared to other tablets.

[@aaaa7842]

Looks like usable device except for the price, should be 3 times cheaper, less than 100$, to actually be good value purchase, for 250$ I can buy a full tablet and do more things with it LOL

[@mikaelalopez9127]

~fones / ipad / tablet causes eye strain and headaches for some people when reading after a long while even after adjusting to grayscale screen settings

[@ericB3444]

This is a message to you in three years. On this day in 2027 I guarantee you this company is out of business. Between this product and the little phon they both have major drawbacks. People aren’t gonna be accepting of that movement on the screen that’s so poor. And the other one has no use case. Mets in 24 is my other prediction.

[@NinjaRunningWild]

If you're betting on Mets then you obviously have poor prediction skills. It's e-ink. This isn't for web browsing.

[@ericB3444]

@@NinjaRunningWild it doesn’t need to be color then it doesn’t need to do the other stuff then. Mets to win 24, 25 and 26.