My Favorite Boox Palma SECRETS

[@JasonHowell]

Do you own a Boox Palma? How are you using it?

[@heisenbergnl689]

I just bought one, thanks for the tips! I bought it so I can do things like reading and listening to podcasts/music without having the allure of a smartphone. I’m going to nerf my smartphone so it does only a few things like navigation. In this way I want to find the balance between the good and useful things and the addiction risk of a smartphone and too much screen time.

[@KevinGamin]

@@JasonHowell I bought one a few months ago prior to a beach vacation. It was perfect for beach reading, as well as reading around the house. I find it very easy to use one handed, which I find myself needing when one of my cats decides it’s time to climb up on my lap or on my arm for pets. I use it whenever possible when I don’t need my phone as the screen is much more friendly to my old eyes.

[@JasonHowell]

@@KevinGamin yeah man! Perfect for the beach!

[@wanderingwithstacy]

I only have book apps on mines. I love that I can read from Hoopla and Everand on this device!

[@KevinGamin]

@ Libby and Hoopla are awesome on the Palma. I don’t know Everand. Is that a library app or something else?

[@Lyzzzy511]

I just bought my Boox Palma, and it is a game changer. I love it to much! I get to have access to all reading apps, and not be contained in Kindle's ecosystem. Thank you so much for exploring the settings of the Palma, I'll go straight to it and customize it. Very helpful video! 🥰

[@JasonHowell]

Oh right on! Enjoy the Palma!

[@chrisrioux]

That’s good to hear! And I think you meant “too” much ;) I wonder why no one is comparing the Palma to the Hibreak by Bigme. I’m curious how the two compare, especially since the latter also comes in color e-ink.

[@peluso_palit]

I got a kindle. Recently I just purchased a Palma, it has become my favorite ereader. Love it so much. Worth to buy.

[@JasonHowell]

Yeah it's great. Enjoy!

[@mmem4264]

I just got the Palma 2 and I love it. I mostly use my phone to read web novels and now I have an e-ink device I can do that on instead. Something other devices like kindle were not very comfortable to do so. It’s great.

[@CWTime]

Can you Tell me if i can use every Picture (Self drawn maybe) as the screensaver/standby picture? I don’t find any Info about that and I would love to have my own Pictures as a screensaver😊 but all Reviews have the Same 2 Picture 😖

[@mmem4264]

@ I have no idea.

[@JasonHowell]

Yes you can select your own images for Wallpaper, Screensaver, and Power Off state. You just have to be sure your images are download to certain folders on the device. The functionality tells you where they need to be in order to pick them.

[@CWTime]

@ thats cool. I really think it will Look really cool when its in standby 😁

[@JPBVideo]

I haven't pulled the trigger on the Palma yet. I might though. I have an older Nova 3 from Onyx Boox and I've loved it. But one of the reasons I love it is because it comes with a stylus which makes it so useful as a notepad as well. I wish they would make a Palma that comes with a stylus but I'm not sure that's going to happen. Anyway, I'm happy to see Onyx Boox becoming more popular. It would be nice to see competition from US companies in this particular device domain.

[@daviddandrea6491]

Love mine. Read on it all the time. Convenient to hold. Customization is a huge plus for me. I find the shorter eye excursion per line during reading is very easy on my eyes. Also bought a boox go color 7. I don’t expect to be upgrading my kindles any time soon given how great these devices are.

[@JasonHowell]

Awesome! Shorter eye excursion? Not familiar with that part of it.

[@chrisrioux]

I think they mean less eye travel per line of text compared to a full size e-reader.

[@Lu.G.]

I'm a huge fan of Kindle, but if my eyes were younger, I might be tempted! 😆 So happy to see your subs number growing! 👏🏻

[@JasonHowell]

The 5k mark is near-ish! Haha

[@KevinGamin]

You might like some of the larger e-readers BOOX offers, especially the new Go line they just introduced.

[@beccastrong88]

I’m also excited at the idea of downloading my craft files on them and using it to display the pattern and not my phone

[@thesimplyspoiled1]

I just pre-ordered a Plama 2!! It’s not much different. But it does run on android 13. lol. It’s a beginning.

[@JasonHowell]

Thank you for the heads up! Going to try to get myself a review unit!

[@Stretch1931]

I love the form factor. It's a goldilocks device. I already have a Max Lumi 2, and a Tab C. Both are really nice and work extremely well. No complaints whatsoever. But for portability and versatility, this is really well designed. The fact that you have all the button and gesture options to really personalize it to your needs per app is wonderful. Yes, you lose a stylus support. No EMR devices can function on it. But it's not meant for that. It's meant for mobile content consumption. And still, it gives you access to the Google Play library that makes it much more useful than your normal Amazon Kindle, and can still let you enjoy all the Kindle content. So, it's not for everyone. Yes, it's less secure than the latest and greatest Android 14 Upside Down Cake. I would say if you intend to use it as a normal device, keep it off the LAN, since it would be a weak entry point for hackers. Other than that, if you treat it like another untrusted IOT device, then you'll be fine.

[@Byte_J]

I’ve got a Kindle Scribe but the fact that I can install an RSS reader on this thing makes it tempting.

[@JasonHowell]

Oh that's a great use for this device!

[@KevinGamin]

@@JasonHowellInoreader, Pocket, and Libby. That’s a lot of reading on a great screen!

[@CWTime]

Thats the best Video Ive saw so far for the Palma. I coulndt decide if I want to buy the Palma 2 or the Bigme Hibreak but Now I think it will be the Palma2😊

[@JasonHowell]

Best video, high praise! Thank you!

[@Techisamazing10]

Great video as always! :)

[@JasonHowell]

Thank you!

[@jeffhale1189]

Thanks for sharing. I will give it consideration. Blessings on your day.

[@JasonHowell]

Enjoy Jeff!

[@beccastrong88]

This is on my wishlist for Christmas. But if I don’t get it I am buying it myself. I am going on a cruise In Jan that I want to use it on and an all inclusive in May and this will be perfect to use at the pool. Since it connects to WiFi I can still have whatsapp on there to communicate with the butler service that will come with my room and I can leave my phone in the room safe.

[@JasonHowell]

Oh yeah, this would be perfect for those trips! I bring it on all my trips cause it takes up so little extra space! Have fun!

[@tojeemIV]

Out of curiosity, what's the orange-colored device top left of the background @ 0:29 ?

[@JasonHowell]

That is the Rabbit R1!

[@ahmedabdelmajid771]

For pdf scanned books, if i did landscape mode does it will work fine?? 🙏

[@JasonHowell]

So I just tested it. Yes, there is an auto-rotate setting and PDF books will display in landscape. But consider that it makes the page INCREDIBLY small and difficult to read that way.

[@Rexcrispy]

Great video, thank for the tips. Any concerns that the kindle app will stop supporting this old version of android at some point?

[@JasonHowell]

I mean, maybe eventually but probably not for a very long time if I had to guess. I don't think Amazon wants to stop supporting old versions of Android too quickly with the Kindle app. It's certainly in their best interest to keep more devices supported.

[@amipow]

I've owned a Palma since it was launched. I really enjoy using it, and would love if it had SIM capabilities. It would be a great minimalist phone that still has full Play Store capabilities. I downloaded Beeper to mine so I can send and receive messages through it as long as I'm on Wi-Fi.

[@JasonHowell]

Play store makes almost anything possible!

[@KevinGamin]

There’s speculation they released this version to see how well it did and that future versions with have SIM capabilities. We do have e-ink smartphones from Hisense and Bigme, but they’re aimed more at the Chinese market.

[@charleslapointe8948]

​@@KevinGamint'as dis de la merde, ils n'ont pas sorti une version avec sim.

[@chrisrioux]

I’ve heard the Hibreak by Bigme is just like the Palma, and has SIM options as well as color e-ink option. Not sure it’s as popular though. Not sure why.

[@KevinGamin]

@@chrisrioux First, its primary language option is Chinese and, unfortunately, the conversation to English isn’t complete, so it’s a little awkward to use for users who are primary English speakers. Second, I’ve seen mixed reviews about its call capabilities. The Palma at least does what it says it’s for well. There’s also the Hisense H9 e-ink phone, I believe, but that seems to have fallen off the radar.

[@plontik]

Hi, good video, thanx! Does the Palma has dark mode? I would like to read at night in my bed with as little of light coming from the screen … Thanx in advance 🙏🏼

[@JasonHowell]

You can get a dark mode option in apps (like the Kindle app) but not on the system level that I know of.

[@moisi93894]

On their instagram page boox posted that they were working on a dark mode for their native reader app, but it's gonna take a while until all boox devices gain access to it since there were some problems with the software version or something like that

[@14arjun14]

very good video thanks

[@JasonHowell]

Thanks for watching!

[@pamelascott8991]

I can’t get the volume buttons to turn pages, even after setting them to page turn in Kindle and Libby. Any ideas?

[@joyceleong6393]

Same here. Just got my Palma. The volume button set to page turn does not work for the kindle app.

[@spol]

Set to continuous scroll and set the buttons to scroll… sadly the only wat

[@Esli26]

I believe that that is because the kindle app hijacks the volume buttons. So you need to set the buttons to volume, and then use the kindle app settings to turn the 'volume key' into page controls. That's what another video said anyway

[@bricenoh]

on the kindle app click Aa to change settings while on a book...the more settings or something next to layout then use volume to change pages if you are not able to override it from OS side

[@briannhinton]

Is that an ms20 in the background?

[@JasonHowell]

Indeed it is!

[@millicentrose2099]

Can you increase the font size?

[@JasonHowell]

Yes, system wide and within apps for reading.

[@millicentrose2099]

@@JasonHowell thank you. that seals the deal for me. I appreciate you.

[@chrisrioux]

I wonder why no one is comparing the Palma to the Hibreak by Bigme. I’m curious how the two compare, especially since the latter also comes in color e-ink, and has SIM option to use it as your phone (I think).

[@JasonHowell]

I hadn't heard of the Hibreak until just now!

[@JasonHowell]

PS: Yes, those are birds in my fireplace!! (gotta do something about that, I suppose)

[@KevinGamin]

I think that add a relaxing ambiance to your video.

[@AdamColeridge]

Now in 4k!

[@JasonHowell]

I do what I can!

[@DeepDelta527]

What about the android 11 OS not being supported? What does that mean for the Palma?

[@JasonHowell]

I don't understand what you mean about Android 11 OS not being supported. The books Palma runs on Android 11. So it's supported on the device. Are you talking about potential upgrades down the line to Android 12 or higher? I'd be highly skeptical that that will actually happen.

[@DeepDelta527]

@@JasonHowell​​⁠yes. Android 11 is no longer supported as of feb 2024. Book releases firmware but Android 11 is no longer supported. It is common knowledge.

[@DeepDelta527]

Also the article you reference by David pierce specifically addresses this. I was just wondering what that actually means. He said in that article that eventually his apps would slowly stop working. I see other box devices with Android 11 but many new with 12.

[@DeepDelta527]

Also not trying to start a debate. Just genuinely concerned about it. I want to to know if you can get to the Liberty University online platform and library and if you can download logos Bible software to it with the 11OS. That was the reasoning behind my question.

[@chrisrioux]

From what I’ve read, this OS 11 is ancient, as it was released over 4 years ago.. Current Android OS is 15. This means not only lack of support for apps being updated in the Google Play store, but more importantly, lack of security patches for this older OS means it could be the low-hanging fruit on your LAN that lets hackers gain access to your network and potentially your accounts and personal data. I’m going to see if I can get a Palma 2 or something with a newer OS.

[@0o.dakota.o071]

I thought this was a phone, I was going to buy it, then realised it wasn't a phone now I'm on the fence about buying it. Esim would of been nice

[@JasonHowell]

Yeah, DEFINITELY not a smart phone! Who knows, maybe they'll do that someday. I know a lot of people say the same thing about it.