Boox
Boox Note Air 3 C
Boox's mainstream colour notebook, and it does the job: full Android 12 with Google Play, a genuinely good PDF reader, and a grainy screen film that makes writing feel closer to paper than most frontlit tablets manage. Colour costs you though — the Kaleido filter darkens the whole panel several shades and colour drops to 150 ppi. Superseded twice over now, so buy it only at a steep secondhand discount.
Full specification
| Released | Oct 2023 |
|---|---|
| Screen | 10.3″ e-ink |
| Resolution | 1860×2480 · 301 ppi |
| Colour | Yes |
| Frontlight | No |
| Writing feel | ●●●○ (3.5/5) |
| Operating system | Android 12 (Google Play) |
| Reads PDF | Yes |
| PDF hyperlinks | Yes |
| Handwriting search | Yes |
| Stylus included | Yes |
| Storage | 64 GB |
| Weight | 430 g |
| Price at launch | $$$ · Premium |
What we like
- +Full Google Play, real app choice
- +Good paper-like writing texture
- +Strong NeoReader PDF engine
What we don't
- −Panel noticeably dark, colours muted
- −Two generations out of date
- −Battery weak for e-ink