Let me know which you go for and how you find it after using it. Here's the apple store at Amazon: amzn.to/4bbyK9H Check the e-ink tablets at the Boox websites: Note Air 3 C: shop.boox.com/products/noteair3?ref=0t1qqbSDWLMb (US and HK) euroshop.boox.com/products/boox-note-air3-c?ref=my_f5MKKrpQRge&variant=42939341373640 (EU and UK) Note Air 3: shop.boox.com/products/noteair3?ref=0t1qqbSDWLMb (US and HK) euroshop.boox.com/products/boox-note-air3?ref=my_f5MKKrpQRge&variant=43063001448648 (EU and UK) (These are affiliate links meaning that I earn a small commission if you buy through them, but there is no extra cost to you. Thanks so much for supporting the channel. 🙂 )
I’ve had an iPad Pro and Gen 2 pencil for years and recently got the Boox Air 3. The main thing I miss, coming from the iPad, is the awesome real-time handwriting recognition in Nebo. Nebo is really an amazing iPad note taking App. I use GoodReader for PDF reading on the iPad. I got the Boox, mainly for the nicer handwriting surface, and e-ink for more comfortable on the eyes reading with a bigger screen than my old Kindle. So far, I’m only missing the awesome Nebo real-time / accurate handwriting recognition.
I received my Note Air 3C yesterday and im really amazed by it! Only slight issue is it arrived with a dead pixel but it doesn't really bother me. As long as i can do my schoolwork flawlessly only it that's all i care about! Really took your advice on getting it and i couldn't have been happier! Keep on doing what you're doing!
@@lucaducato4369 I think its normal to have 1 or 2 dead pixels since e ink tablets (especially colored ones) are pretty new to the market so there are gonna be issues + you have warranty of 2 years incase something rlly bad happens
The video arrives at just the right time. I'll be picking up my Boox Air 3 (b&w) from the post office in a few minutes. Curious to see if it will truly change my life.
i have an iPad but i miss an eink display for reading. the price of the boox is quite steep thought considering that it doesn't replace the iPad for everything
This was insanely helpful for my (very long-winded) comparison of the two!! Thank you for that. I'm a college student in a very note-intensive program and find that paper is getting too cluttered, so I've been on the hunt for a digital replacement. I've had a lot of personal conflict with the idea as I've been slimming down my tech use a lot (I daily carry a flip phone and a 2DS, and have been majorly decreasing my screentime in general), but my course requires me to have a Macbook Air for Adobe use, which is my first introduction to the Apple ecosystem as a diehard Android user. I love the idea of E-ink and feel that it would be a closer match to the sensation of writing on paper, plus as it would serve a single use I'd be able to maintain that limited use. On the other hand, an Ipad would fit into that pre-existing Apple For School ecosystem but I feel like it's almost a personal failure to resort back to another new, complicated device and cannot for the life of me find any direction on how to dumb it down. (iOS doesnt even allow 3rd party launchers?!) I'm so torn over versatility and compatibility, and I'm also held back by drawing capabilities as Procreate is something I've yearned for for ages since my current 360 hinged laptop is getting so old it's too hot to set my wrist on to draw. My options are down to Ipad, which is more versatile and good for drawing but not paperlike and rather complicated, or E-ink, which is far simpler for what I need but also seems to knock drawing digitally out of the question.. This is so much more complicated than it has to be !!
Outstanding presentation and comparison. Kit Betts-Masters and My Deep Guide are THE go-to sources for impartial, reliable, and detailed information about all things related to monitors, tablets etc. I never miss either. Thank you, Kit!
I am a member of NA3C+Laptop/PC gang. People really compare e-ink with ipad even though it is very different since they are focused on they are both identified as tablet.
Have a boox tab ultra. I also have a remarkable 2, a galaxy tab, a apple iPad. I just pre-ordered a supernote nomad. I like the size. I can't get used to figuring out the boox as many times as I've tried to like it. I just can't. The partner app isn't so great either. But that's me I guess.
Love my Boox but I find I use my Galaxy Tab 7 more, it's slightly smaller and still uses similar stylus tech although it doesn't feel as good as the Boox, it definitely isn't tappy slippy glass like my iPad was. I find I use the "air commands" on the Tab S also, you do need to give the stylus a quick charge for those but they let you do things like tap the button to switch between favourite pencils on the notes app. I do wish that the drawing apps were as plentiful but I'm an awful artist so I stick with my Tab S and my daughter has the iPad. TLDR, Love the Boox but if you compare one to the Tab S, I feel it would be a much closer thing with almost the only choice being do you need the e-ink or can you cope with LCD / OLED.
hello, i've been browsing around looking at what's available in e-ink land. have you ever come across the pinenote? i'm curious how it performs on a few very basic levels: battery life, stylus integration and responsiveness, cpu speed (app load times, etc) and whether it's a true linux integration - will it run native linux apps or if not what its main limitations are. i heard that it's based on the bigme b1.
Only took 14 years for them to include a calc app in their tablet. I'm not a fan of any company right now, but I'll pick samsung for being more open and boox or supernote for eink stuff. Just the fact that what, apple has *3* different pens, all incompatible with each other, is beyond retarded.
Functionality the iPad whoops any Einks device ass no questions. The only actual benefit you get from eink is that it's easier on the eyes. That's it..solved.
Agree with you Kit, two different types of tablets hard to compare. I am driving myself nuts trying to pull the trigger on the Boox Air 3c.. I have a Supernote A5X and Galaxy tab S7+. The S7+ doesn't feel right when trying to write notes on it and I write notes of 20 to 30 page notes on my Supernote. BUT the air 3c keeps pulling at me because I liked to use a lot of Colored highlights in my paper notebook days and I can't do that on the Supernote. Which is why I might try the Note Air 3c? When teaching from my notes I miss the colored highlights which help me pace my teaching. Also wondering about the durability of the Boox device.
Durability should be fine. I skated mine across the drive recently, and it was a bit chipped on the corner, but otherwise fine! Coloured highlights are for sure a useful feature. You can sort by colour in the ToC and only export one colour if you like.
@@KitBetts-Masters Thanks Kit. I love my Supernotes have the A5X and A6X2 but didn't realize the gray highlighting would cause me issues while teaching. The highlighted colors kind of guided me in my paper days which makes it harder with the Supernote not having it. I appreciate all you do I bought my 1st Supernote last year watching your reviews. I do love eink for writing now over paper. And I had a lot of fountain pens in my writing days and used various colored inks in my teaching notes as well.
Hi! I am thinking about buying a note air3c for reading purposes (investigation articles, were color is important) and eventually taking notes on those. Im wondering if im spending to much money in it (around 450), because for the same amount i can have an ipad pro, but i actually have a macbook so i dont know if i would use the ipad too much. I dont know if there is another alternative to this product with this screen size and colored e ink display cheaper or the air3c is a must for me, thanks!
Awesome video. Thank you. I for one wanted this comparison. I only ever owned a Sony e-reader back in 2013 and hated it the moment I turned it on. I guess I didn’t expect the etch a sketch experience of the refresh screen. And how it was so hard to get anything to read in there. But fast forward to today where it’s a much better system and workflow, I think I’m ready to try again. I’ve only used iPads since then, but I’ve found myself reading less and less. My eyesight has gone worse and I just feel horrible all the time. So yeah, long story short, I might give this a go.
I am still stuck between the BOOX and ReMarkable. I want some kind of device which I can take out and make drawings (in a cafe or in my garden). Until now, I used simple old Wacom, connected to my PC, but I want something portable, smaller.... So which one is better for drawings? Not just taking notes or reading e-books...Or is there some different or better device for drawing, than these two?
The inabillity for calibre to work on Android and Read Era Premium to work on Windows makes me want to throw them all out the window. If anyone has the magic ap to highlight and listen on tablet then throw it back on windows ill love you.
Way to go for iPad would be a real eink screen, something like Huawei Matepad Paper rather than pseudo matte screen in 1TB/2TB versions which make it niche by definition. I want to keep my m1 Pro for speakers and keyboard, but this glossy screen is simply unusable.
Let me know which you go for and how you find it after using it.
Here's the apple store at Amazon: amzn.to/4bbyK9H
Check the e-ink tablets at the Boox websites:
Note Air 3 C:
shop.boox.com/products/noteair3?ref=0t1qqbSDWLMb (US and HK)
euroshop.boox.com/products/boox-note-air3-c?ref=my_f5MKKrpQRge&variant=42939341373640 (EU and UK)
Note Air 3:
shop.boox.com/products/noteair3?ref=0t1qqbSDWLMb (US and HK)
euroshop.boox.com/products/boox-note-air3?ref=my_f5MKKrpQRge&variant=43063001448648 (EU and UK)
(These are affiliate links meaning that I earn a small commission if you buy through them, but there is no extra cost to you. Thanks so much for supporting the channel. 🙂 )
I bought the air 3 c with your link a few days ago, thanks for such a high quality content
I bought air 3c for books but find out watching training videos is also super
I’ve had an iPad Pro and Gen 2 pencil for years and recently got the Boox Air 3. The main thing I miss, coming from the iPad, is the awesome real-time handwriting recognition in Nebo. Nebo is really an amazing iPad note taking App. I use GoodReader for PDF reading on the iPad. I got the Boox, mainly for the nicer handwriting surface, and e-ink for more comfortable on the eyes reading with a bigger screen than my old Kindle. So far, I’m only missing the awesome Nebo real-time / accurate handwriting recognition.
Exactly my peeve too.
That's not available in the android version?
I received my Note Air 3C yesterday and im really amazed by it!
Only slight issue is it arrived with a dead pixel but it doesn't really bother me.
As long as i can do my schoolwork flawlessly only it that's all i care about!
Really took your advice on getting it and i couldn't have been happier! Keep on doing what you're doing!
Thanks so much, really appreciate the comment and wish you joy of your new tablet!
I'm scared about the device. Is full of report about dead pixel issues. I want it but at the same times I can't trust
@@lucaducato4369 I think its normal to have 1 or 2 dead pixels since e ink tablets (especially colored ones) are pretty new to the market so there are gonna be issues + you have warranty of 2 years incase something rlly bad happens
I go for both. For me. they have both totally different use cases.
Absolutely agree! Interested in what apple are going to do with the iPad next?
Love my iPad mini I would get the new one that will eventually be released . I have boox air 3 , iPad mini 6, Supernote nomad. Waiting on the a5x2 😅
The video arrives at just the right time. I'll be picking up my Boox Air 3 (b&w) from the post office in a few minutes. Curious to see if it will truly change my life.
Amazing, wish you joy of it. Be prepared for a bit of a learning curve and adjustment time then persevere with it!
i have an iPad but i miss an eink display for reading. the price of the boox is quite steep thought considering that it doesn't replace the iPad for everything
This was insanely helpful for my (very long-winded) comparison of the two!! Thank you for that. I'm a college student in a very note-intensive program and find that paper is getting too cluttered, so I've been on the hunt for a digital replacement. I've had a lot of personal conflict with the idea as I've been slimming down my tech use a lot (I daily carry a flip phone and a 2DS, and have been majorly decreasing my screentime in general), but my course requires me to have a Macbook Air for Adobe use, which is my first introduction to the Apple ecosystem as a diehard Android user.
I love the idea of E-ink and feel that it would be a closer match to the sensation of writing on paper, plus as it would serve a single use I'd be able to maintain that limited use. On the other hand, an Ipad would fit into that pre-existing Apple For School ecosystem but I feel like it's almost a personal failure to resort back to another new, complicated device and cannot for the life of me find any direction on how to dumb it down. (iOS doesnt even allow 3rd party launchers?!) I'm so torn over versatility and compatibility, and I'm also held back by drawing capabilities as Procreate is something I've yearned for for ages since my current 360 hinged laptop is getting so old it's too hot to set my wrist on to draw.
My options are down to Ipad, which is more versatile and good for drawing but not paperlike and rather complicated, or E-ink, which is far simpler for what I need but also seems to knock drawing digitally out of the question.. This is so much more complicated than it has to be !!
One thing about the iPad. Body does is change the color and hue. You can make it a lot less eye strain. I have both iPad and boox 3c.
Thanks for this, I'm interested to know where they'll go with the iPad in the next generation.
Outstanding presentation and comparison. Kit Betts-Masters and My Deep Guide are THE go-to sources for impartial, reliable, and detailed information about all things related to monitors, tablets etc. I never miss either. Thank you, Kit!
I am a member of NA3C+Laptop/PC gang. People really compare e-ink with ipad even though it is very different since they are focused on they are both identified as tablet.
Have a boox tab ultra. I also have a remarkable 2, a galaxy tab, a apple iPad. I just pre-ordered a supernote nomad. I like the size.
I can't get used to figuring out the boox as many times as I've tried to like it. I just can't.
The partner app isn't so great either. But that's me I guess.
The only reason i use ipad is company requirement for intune on all devices. The day there is an e-ink that meets intune needs, im ditching the ipad
Love my Boox but I find I use my Galaxy Tab 7 more, it's slightly smaller and still uses similar stylus tech although it doesn't feel as good as the Boox, it definitely isn't tappy slippy glass like my iPad was. I find I use the "air commands" on the Tab S also, you do need to give the stylus a quick charge for those but they let you do things like tap the button to switch between favourite pencils on the notes app.
I do wish that the drawing apps were as plentiful but I'm an awful artist so I stick with my Tab S and my daughter has the iPad.
TLDR, Love the Boox but if you compare one to the Tab S, I feel it would be a much closer thing with almost the only choice being do you need the e-ink or can you cope with LCD / OLED.
What do you think of the new Lenovo matte display tablet?
Can you try a concepts app for design?
hello, i've been browsing around looking at what's available in e-ink land. have you ever come across the pinenote? i'm curious how it performs on a few very basic levels: battery life, stylus integration and responsiveness, cpu speed (app load times, etc) and whether it's a true linux integration - will it run native linux apps or if not what its main limitations are. i heard that it's based on the bigme b1.
Only took 14 years for them to include a calc app in their tablet. I'm not a fan of any company right now, but I'll pick samsung for being more open and boox or supernote for eink stuff. Just the fact that what, apple has *3* different pens, all incompatible with each other, is beyond retarded.
I enjoy your reviews. Thank you for your efforts.
Functionality the iPad whoops any Einks device ass no questions.
The only actual benefit you get from eink is that it's easier on the eyes.
That's it..solved.
Whats the library of boox? Amazon? Google books? Download?
Agree with you Kit, two different types of tablets hard to compare. I am driving myself nuts trying to pull the trigger on the Boox Air 3c.. I have a Supernote A5X and Galaxy tab S7+. The S7+ doesn't feel right when trying to write notes on it and I write notes of 20 to 30 page notes on my Supernote. BUT the air 3c keeps pulling at me because I liked to use a lot of Colored highlights in my paper notebook days and I can't do that on the Supernote. Which is why I might try the Note Air 3c? When teaching from my notes I miss the colored highlights which help me pace my teaching. Also wondering about the durability of the Boox device.
Durability should be fine. I skated mine across the drive recently, and it was a bit chipped on the corner, but otherwise fine!
Coloured highlights are for sure a useful feature. You can sort by colour in the ToC and only export one colour if you like.
@@KitBetts-Masters Thanks Kit. I love my Supernotes have the A5X and A6X2 but didn't realize the gray highlighting would cause me issues while teaching. The highlighted colors kind of guided me in my paper days which makes it harder with the Supernote not having it. I appreciate all you do I bought my 1st Supernote last year watching your reviews. I do love eink for writing now over paper. And I had a lot of fountain pens in my writing days and used various colored inks in my teaching notes as well.
Hi @Kit,
Do you have a keyboard you recommend? Which one do you use?
Thanks, and keep up the good work!!
I'm using the keychron K3 here which I like. I have a keyboard round up: ua-cam.com/video/QA0q30joZmU/v-deo.htmlsi=tKpcO3xnLREuYLUu
@@KitBetts-Masters Great, will have a look! Cheers!
Hi! I am thinking about buying a note air3c for reading purposes (investigation articles, were color is important) and eventually taking notes on those. Im wondering if im spending to much money in it (around 450), because for the same amount i can have an ipad pro, but i actually have a macbook so i dont know if i would use the ipad too much. I dont know if there is another alternative to this product with this screen size and colored e ink display cheaper or the air3c is a must for me, thanks!
Awesome video. Thank you. I for one wanted this comparison. I only ever owned a Sony e-reader back in 2013 and hated it the moment I turned it on. I guess I didn’t expect the etch a sketch experience of the refresh screen. And how it was so hard to get anything to read in there. But fast forward to today where it’s a much better system and workflow, I think I’m ready to try again. I’ve only used iPads since then, but I’ve found myself reading less and less. My eyesight has gone worse and I just feel horrible all the time. So yeah, long story short, I might give this a go.
Yeah, I think you'll find it a vastly improved experience!
How did you keep your Onyx Cover in such a state? Mine was destroyed in a few months of average use. Very poor quality leather used.
Lols, I'm quite careful with things like that. But mine even got skated across the drive and it's come out ok TBH.
I am still stuck between the BOOX and ReMarkable. I want some kind of device which I can take out and make drawings (in a cafe or in my garden). Until now, I used simple old Wacom, connected to my PC, but I want something portable, smaller.... So which one is better for drawings? Not just taking notes or reading e-books...Or is there some different or better device for drawing, than these two?
why don't you buy just a ipad?
What is the best e-ink notebook for taking notes/sketching/studying as of right now?
This.one, Note Air 3 C!
Like the lego man with the banana on the table. my son drops lego creations on my desk just like that!
The inabillity for calibre to work on Android and Read Era Premium to work on Windows makes me want to throw them all out the window. If anyone has the magic ap to highlight and listen on tablet then throw it back on windows ill love you.
Way to go for iPad would be a real eink screen, something like Huawei Matepad Paper rather than pseudo matte screen in 1TB/2TB versions which make it niche by definition. I want to keep my m1 Pro for speakers and keyboard, but this glossy screen is simply unusable.