This is my very first ereader as I like to see the colors on the comic books I read. I cannot compare it with others yet but I am very happy with this so far as I can use my own Google Drive for all the ebooks I have, as well as use other downloadable reading apps :)
I'm considering this for comics as well. Would you answer a few questions? First: Is it big enough for comics, and second: does the function where you can double-tap a speech-bubble to have it enlarged, work on regular/north american comics as well? I wonder if it is something built-in to the format, or if it works for all formats, like pdfs.
I understand that there's 2 variants, a black and a white with difference in whether the screen is flush (black) or sunken (white) just like the Boox Leaf 2. It would be really educative if you could do a comparison between the 2 variants like you did with the Leaf 2
It explodes! just kidding. You won't get security updates anymore rendering your device more vulnerable (less secure)... some apps from the store might need the latest android version to run, so they won't run on your device--- however many apps still support very old Android versions, like Android 6 that was released in 2017 (Android 15 is the latest), most can still run on Android 9 (2018) as today. IMO manufacturers chose to run older versions because: it's cheaper, it's been widely tested... and the most important one, they know the vulnerabilities to steal your information and send it to CHAINA themselves. That's why Boox devices "phone home" every other minute whatever you're using their own services or not.
How well does the Kindle application work on this device? I'm thinking about grabbing this instead of waiting indefinitely for a Kindle color device which may still be a year or 2 out but I want to stay in the Kindle ecosystem because of the books selection for sure.
@@Supermansdead81 I don’t have this specific ereader by Boox, but the Boox Palma, and the Kindle app works perfectly on there. One thing to keep in mind though, is that Amazon doesn’t offer you to buy ebooks from the Android Kindle app (because they don’t want to pay Google’s 30% transaction fee) instead they tell you to go to the website to buy your ebooks outside the app. But that’s a small price to pay.
I don't have this one but I have the older B&W Page. It works, but not perfectly. l can't find the option to turn off page turn animations anymore so you have to set the device to A2 or X mode for a decent page change experience (I think they got rid of it on the android app to hinder these 3rd party e ink devices). I would recommend exporting your kindle library and reading it via Moon+ or similar alternative e-reader app with e-ink modes. You can probably find a video of someone demoing kindle app on a book device. Even if not the Go 7 the experience wouldn't be too different. I would take one to send to you but idk how on TH-cam.
So the battery is actually less than half the capacity of the Tab Mini C... I think that makes the Tab Mini C still my preferred travel companion. Battery runtime is important on these devices.
@@obscuracrimepodcast Well no color e-ink device has really great battery life. Because frontlighting needs to be used a lot, and that is by far the biggest power drain. Then again, it's all relative. I do have a Nova Color 3, and as it's color I also use the frontlight a lot, but it usually holds out for several days of reading before I recharge. So compared to a regular tablet device, it's still much better (for that use-case). It really depends on what you want from it.
Maybe this is a silly question but do we have an option to turn off colour to black and white for this device? I have boox page and was contemplating to get this..
On color E-ink devices there's always a (faint but) visible layer of color (rainbow effect) even when not displaying colored content at all. Yeah B&W is 300ppi but it won't be the same contrast you get on the Page.
Yes, but if the app requires fast refresh rates, like games, then it might not work as well as you might like. But all apps (that support Android 12) are available on the app store, and you can sideload apps.
I’ve heard that this screen is darker than the Tab Mini C’s without the front light on, would you know if this is true? I’m thinking of buying it, but that’s putting me off for now
@@stxxiiz4114 From other video comparisons, the white background does not get as white as the BW screens. Add a little bit of front light (or maybe even just sunlight), and they are much closer
This is the first color ereader I could actually afford! Other than being monstruosly expensive, the other Onyx color products were still stuck with Android 11! Feh! ONE WORD OF WARNING: In the setup step, DO NOT tamper with the preset date and time, or you won't be able to download anything! Admittedly, I'd be happy if Onyx put the extra effort to translate in English the Chinese literature and have it ready on their own store on the GC7. THAT would make sense. I can say that my reading apps: Kindle - Kobo - Everand - Voxa - Libby - MLOL - Open Library - Marvel Unlimited - run smooth, so I can FINALLY have everything on ONE affordable device. The physical button pages do not work on most of them, meh!, but it's not a tragedy. Sure it can be improved on the side of ghosting, but for now I am happy with this baby!
Thanks for this video .I am lost with their models devices . Does it mount on a Mac like an external drive ( tab mini c don’t )? What is you feeling about the comparison with kobo Libra color display quality ( and battery capacity ) ? Merci
I'm looking for a device that I could use for my manuscrips when giving lecures/speeches. Basically building up a libarary of my own documents. Could this one be what I'm looking for? If it has access to Google Play does that mean that you can use apps (like google drive and use words .docs)?
seems like that kindle app is a bit glitchy. as pages are turned there are ugly artifacts. I have no interest in kindle or their app. is there a better functioning epub reader available on the device?
How long do these devices get supported and updated? at least 3 years? I've been reading light novels the past 2 years and finally decided to buy an e-reader but I'm not sure if these devices last long enough.
@@goodereader Cant find to buy it from anywhere anymore. Either unavailable, overpriced, or in a place Im not comfortable enough to order from. Just gonna wait for the next Note Air and hope it releases this fall or end of year. Boox Go 10.3 was so close but lacked the frontlight
@@whatzsascha7738 You sure you dont mean the white version that just released that is still colour? Would be great if a b/w version was released. Patiently waiting for that to happen or NA3 plus that would have 300ppi
It’s past a 6 inch device. Why do people like yourself want every device to look exactly the same? Anything in this form factor is more of a “throw it in your bag” size.
Yet another one with the terrible Kaleido 3. It seems there will be no space for traditional black and white, they aren't releasing new ones and they are disappearing from their catalogues. We will have to resort to the used market to get a decent reader at this rate. They are just decided to have us adopt this terrible technology.
Correct, it is not bad. This is just simply an example of a contrarian. Someone that goes against the grain because something is popular and everyone likes it The reality is is that the grand majority of players including Kobo (one of the big three) have adopted kaleido
It's not bad. At all. It is the most stable color epaper that is on the market today that everyone utilizes. Hyread, dasung, bigme, onyx, meebook, Hisense, Kobo Rakuten, iflytek, iReader, reinkstone, GUOYUE, and many other players
it doesn't. it is of course not at the level of an OLED screen for obvious reasons, but once I started reading comics on GC7 I found myself quite pleased! And since I read a lot of essays as well, having pictures that are no longer in b/w is a good feeling for my eyes. before Kaleido, I had to read comics on tablets, and that was some eyestrain! No more, at last!
This is my very first ereader as I like to see the colors on the comic books I read. I cannot compare it with others yet but I am very happy with this so far as I can use my own Google Drive for all the ebooks I have, as well as use other downloadable reading apps :)
I'm considering this for comics as well. Would you answer a few questions? First: Is it big enough for comics, and second: does the function where you can double-tap a speech-bubble to have it enlarged, work on regular/north american comics as well? I wonder if it is something built-in to the format, or if it works for all formats, like pdfs.
please make a comparison video between this and bigme B751c
FYI... Google Play Book allowed for upload of your e-books. So all ur Kindle books that have been un-DRM can be uploaded.
Great review. I'd like to see BSR on the next gen model and perhaps a more recent version of Android. Holding out for now.
Why did you say that this reader doesn't have physical volume buttons? Cannot you see the large buttons along the wider side of front of the device.
These are for turning pages, not for adjusting the volume
at 6:34 you mention reflections/diffusion. What are the devices that have less reflections? Please
I understand that there's 2 variants, a black and a white with difference in whether the screen is flush (black) or sunken (white) just like the Boox Leaf 2. It would be really educative if you could do a comparison between the 2 variants like you did with the Leaf 2
I have a question. What happens to the device once the Android version no longer supported? Thanks.
It explodes! just kidding. You won't get security updates anymore rendering your device more vulnerable (less secure)... some apps from the store might need the latest android version to run, so they won't run on your device--- however many apps still support very old Android versions, like Android 6 that was released in 2017 (Android 15 is the latest), most can still run on Android 9 (2018) as today.
IMO manufacturers chose to run older versions because: it's cheaper, it's been widely tested... and the most important one, they know the vulnerabilities to steal your information and send it to CHAINA themselves. That's why Boox devices "phone home" every other minute whatever you're using their own services or not.
How well does the Kindle application work on this device? I'm thinking about grabbing this instead of waiting indefinitely for a Kindle color device which may still be a year or 2 out but I want to stay in the Kindle ecosystem because of the books selection for sure.
@@Supermansdead81 I don’t have this specific ereader by Boox, but the Boox Palma, and the Kindle app works perfectly on there.
One thing to keep in mind though, is that Amazon doesn’t offer you to buy ebooks from the Android Kindle app (because they don’t want to pay Google’s 30% transaction fee) instead they tell you to go to the website to buy your ebooks outside the app. But that’s a small price to pay.
I don't have this one but I have the older B&W Page. It works, but not perfectly. l can't find the option to turn off page turn animations anymore so you have to set the device to A2 or X mode for a decent page change experience (I think they got rid of it on the android app to hinder these 3rd party e ink devices).
I would recommend exporting your kindle library and reading it via Moon+ or similar alternative e-reader app with e-ink modes.
You can probably find a video of someone demoing kindle app on a book device. Even if not the Go 7 the experience wouldn't be too different. I would take one to send to you but idk how on TH-cam.
So the battery is actually less than half the capacity of the Tab Mini C... I think that makes the Tab Mini C still my preferred travel companion. Battery runtime is important on these devices.
And the Tab Mini C doesn’t even have great battery life.
@@obscuracrimepodcast Well no color e-ink device has really great battery life. Because frontlighting needs to be used a lot, and that is by far the biggest power drain.
Then again, it's all relative. I do have a Nova Color 3, and as it's color I also use the frontlight a lot, but it usually holds out for several days of reading before I recharge. So compared to a regular tablet device, it's still much better (for that use-case). It really depends on what you want from it.
the ghosting is also off the charts bad on the go color 7, i am returning mine and i got it today and wanted to like this thing.
Maybe this is a silly question but do we have an option to turn off colour to black and white for this device? I have boox page and was contemplating to get this..
I believe you can but I don't own one to confirm.
On color E-ink devices there's always a (faint but) visible layer of color (rainbow effect) even when not displaying colored content at all. Yeah B&W is 300ppi but it won't be the same contrast you get on the Page.
Hay, because it has Google play store does that mean that any app (from the store) can be installed then? Eg news apps and x etc? Thanks
@@ash6953 Yes. You can install any android app.
Yes, but if the app requires fast refresh rates, like games, then it might not work as well as you might like. But all apps (that support Android 12) are available on the app store, and you can sideload apps.
I’ve heard that this screen is darker than the Tab Mini C’s without the front light on, would you know if this is true? I’m thinking of buying it, but that’s putting me off for now
@@stxxiiz4114 From other video comparisons, the white background does not get as white as the BW screens. Add a little bit of front light (or maybe even just sunlight), and they are much closer
How do I get the page turn buttons to work with the Kobel app?
Can we install kindle app in this
This is the first color ereader I could actually afford! Other than being monstruosly expensive, the other Onyx color products were still stuck with Android 11! Feh!
ONE WORD OF WARNING: In the setup step, DO NOT tamper with the preset date and time, or you won't be able to download anything!
Admittedly, I'd be happy if Onyx put the extra effort to translate in English the Chinese literature and have it ready on their own store on the GC7. THAT would make sense.
I can say that my reading apps: Kindle - Kobo - Everand - Voxa - Libby - MLOL - Open Library - Marvel Unlimited - run smooth, so I can FINALLY have everything on ONE affordable device. The physical button pages do not work on most of them, meh!, but it's not a tragedy.
Sure it can be improved on the side of ghosting, but for now I am happy with this baby!
I think it's possible to set the page turn buttons to function as volume up and down, which should then work on most android reader apps!
Please compare it with tab mini c. It should let us annotated ebooks, without having a separate notebook like feature.
Hi, is the display bright enough to read under the bright sun? I'm thinking to buy this for reading on the Mediterannean beach.
it's an e-ink display, so bright direct sunlight is actually the perfect reading condition
Thanks for this video .I am lost with their models devices .
Does it mount on a Mac like an external drive ( tab mini c don’t )?
What is you feeling about the comparison with kobo Libra color display quality ( and battery capacity ) ?
Merci
Can you read newspaper apps on this?
I'm looking for a device that I could use for my manuscrips when giving lecures/speeches. Basically building up a libarary of my own documents. Could this one be what I'm looking for?
If it has access to Google Play does that mean that you can use apps (like google drive and use words .docs)?
When White version?
I see the white version is out now on amazon
Thank you for a great review
seems like that kindle app is a bit glitchy. as pages are turned there are ugly artifacts. I have no interest in kindle or their app. is there a better functioning epub reader available on the device?
Great product.
How long do these devices get supported and updated? at least 3 years? I've been reading light novels the past 2 years and finally decided to buy an e-reader but I'm not sure if these devices last long enough.
Does this work with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse?
Wow! Not something I thought I'd ever hear asked about a 7" e-reader.
does it have ghosting when reading manga
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please, anybody knows, if you can hear an MP3 via bluetooth while reading an ebook?
Sure, their android devices are multitasking. Audioplayer with mp3 file will run in the background while reading a book
Ghosting looks like an issue with this device. Is it as bad as it looks in the video
@@seanrobsob8883 yes!
It's a problem with all color eink. Color tech is still not evolved enough to avoid ghosting, but at least, with this device, it's tolerable.
It's a single speaker the top grill is for a microphone
So… can it fit in the pockets of a pair of men’s jeans?
Not unless you have some wide pockets. It is 5.4" in width with a 7" screen.. The Boox Poke 5 is 4.3" in width, but has a 6" screen.
@@michaelgaoghagan3700 could you get the poke in a pocket? Ordered a bigme Hibreak but seeing what else there is out there.
Can you uninstall the AI Assistant app?
If it was B/W, Id buy it in an instant, but sadly not
Boox page
@@goodereader Cant find to buy it from anywhere anymore. Either unavailable, overpriced, or in a place Im not comfortable enough to order from. Just gonna wait for the next Note Air and hope it releases this fall or end of year. Boox Go 10.3 was so close but lacked the frontlight
i read somewhere on reddit that a go 7" bw should be release around the end of the year
@@whatzsascha7738 You sure you dont mean the white version that just released that is still colour? Would be great if a b/w version was released. Patiently waiting for that to happen or NA3 plus that would have 300ppi
Will google maps work on this device? Does the chip support GPS?
Where is leaf 3?
I give it 9 out of 10 just because of battery life.
Why is no one talking about the Rainbow effect on Manga? It's really distracting.
Go means “go to color”
And the "Go 10.3" note"?
Boox trash releases to clear out old inventory is why its called Go. Inventory needed to go
Bezels are too big. Shame that it makes you lose pocketability.
It’s past a 6 inch device. Why do people like yourself want every device to look exactly the same? Anything in this form factor is more of a “throw it in your bag” size.
If you want pocketability they have the Boox Palma exactly for that purpose.
@@obscuracrimepodcast Frankly, thin enough bezels and you can reach 6,5 even 7 inches and keep it pocketable.
@@LJImutan Palma isn't bad but still a bit too small. I'd like a middle ground between it and the Onyx.
@@thibaldus3 that’s not the goal always though. The Nook Glowlight 3 was legendary for its large and comfortable bezels.
Yet another one with the terrible Kaleido 3. It seems there will be no space for traditional black and white, they aren't releasing new ones and they are disappearing from their catalogues. We will have to resort to the used market to get a decent reader at this rate. They are just decided to have us adopt this terrible technology.
Why is kaleido 3 bad?
Kobo Clara bw?
Correct, it is not bad. This is just simply an example of a contrarian. Someone that goes against the grain because something is popular and everyone likes it
The reality is is that the grand majority of players including Kobo (one of the big three) have adopted kaleido
@@goodereader I see. I googled and can't find anything that says it's bad for the industry. It has its pros and cons but nothing that bad🤷🏻♂️😂
It's not bad. At all. It is the most stable color epaper that is on the market today that everyone utilizes.
Hyread, dasung, bigme, onyx, meebook, Hisense, Kobo Rakuten, iflytek, iReader, reinkstone, GUOYUE, and many other players
Kaleido 3 sucks
No it doesn't
it doesn't. it is of course not at the level of an OLED screen for obvious reasons, but once I started reading comics on GC7 I found myself quite pleased! And since I read a lot of essays as well, having pictures that are no longer in b/w is a good feeling for my eyes. before Kaleido, I had to read comics on tablets, and that was some eyestrain! No more, at last!
he said PEE PEE EYE
Ironic at 6:50 you say "it will work flawlessly" right as it starts sputtering and ghosting on every page turn.