![]() ![]() It's possible, but not advisable, to sneak a couple of undemanding casual games onto the device as well. Protonmail and Google Docs both made appearances on the Boox Page while I was testing it. It's also possible to download, well, other apps. It comes with few bells and whistles (the number and quality of fonts it supports are dwarfed by reading apps like Moon+), but it never left me feeling the need to use another app to finish reading a book. If you prefer to sideload your books from DRM-free e-book sources, like Tor,, or Amazon, the device's built-in e-reader is a competent piece of software. This adaptability makes the Boox Page a great choice for readers who haven't heavily invested in a single e-reading ecosystem like I have (over 1,600 titles from Amazon and counting). During testing, I read books and magazines via the Amazon Kindle app, Foriegn Policy, Foriegn Affairs, Pocket, Google News, USA Today, and The Guardian. Thanks to the fact that the Boox Page comes packing the Google Play Store, users can pull their reading material from any number of sources. But I can say, that after a couple of weeks of regular use, getting a full week of reading per charge is a reasonable expectation. You shouldn't expect to go weeks between charging up the Boox Page. Android is a power-hungry OS compared to the operating systems that power many of the leading e-readers that most folks are familiar with. The device's front lighting proved even at all lighting levels, and, thanks to its high-DPI/PPI display, text was crisp and easy to read, no matter the font or font size.Īs with most modern e-readers, the Boox Page charges via USB-C. The Boox Page's display is bright and its color temperature can be adjusted: not quite as easily as one can on a Kindle Paperwhite, but you'll jump through fewer software interface hoops to do so than on the Kobo. Fussing with the keys’ settings page did nothing to remedy this. Sadly, when using the Kindle app, I found that the page turn keys were not being registered. I found it pleasant to click my way through content. While a number of devices of late, the Kindle Scribe and the Kobo Elipsa 2e, for example, give readers an extra-wide bezel to hold on to, physical buttons have become a rarity. Depending on the app you’re using, they’ll be used to read ebooks, be seen as scrolling buttons that’ll let you navigate a website, or control the volume of the audiobook you're listening to. More importantly, the bezel plays home to a pair of programmable page-turn buttons that can be used for a number of purposes. The extra girth gives readers somewhere to grip the device where their fingers won't accidentally input any touchscreen commands. The bezel on the right-hand side of the Boox Page is wider than the three others that surround its seven-inch 300 PPI (the same resolution as a Kindle Paperwhite) E Ink Carta 1200 display. The Boox Page's design is similar to outstanding e-readers that we’ve reviewed in the past: think the Kindle Oasis and Kobo's Libra 2. The E Ink Carta 1200 display mimics the experience of pages in a physical book. ![]()
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