In 2023, Boox turned heads with the Palma. The system blurred the road between e-readers and smartphones, by combining e-paper with Android. The preliminary pitch was one thing alongside the traces of a phone-sized Kindle that’s sufficiently small to slide right into a pocket.
The product could be engaging for a lot of if that had been the one factor it dropped at desk. I say this as somebody who has taken his Kindle with him on the subway, solely to awkwardly dangle onto it for the remainder of the night time — and hopefully keep away from leaving it behind. The concept of a pocketable e-reader may be very interesting.
It’s clear, nonetheless, that Boox has bigger ambitions with the road. On Wednesday, it referred to the forthcoming Palma 2 as “Mobile ePaper for a Mindful Lifestyle.” Hyperbolic market communicate apart, Boox seems to check the product as a form of productiveness system with restricted distractions.
It’s a tough line to stroll, constructing a “mindful” work system. On this case, it means a 6.13-inch 300 PPI E Ink show with 6GB of RAM and 12GB of storage. The system will get a pace bump with a brand new octa-core processor and a fingerprint reader for added safety. Presumably the latter is useful for those who’re utilizing the system for greater than airport reads.
The Android system has entry to Google’s Play Retailer, additional blurring the smartphone line. There are additionally a pair of audio system and a 16-megapixel digital camera designed particularly for scanning paperwork.
The system is at the moment up for preorder at $280, which places it within the common worth vary for e-readers.
