Thanks for you work! I have the Note Air 2 since 2 weeks and I am fascinated. I can finally write in a natural way such that I can do everything digitally now :) (For a mathematician, this is great :)
It would be super interesting to see how you make use of the tablet in your work for example using MathPix or something to export math notes as LaTeX if this works.
@@brightsideofmaths Thanks for the reply, I was interested in using it as a student, primarily for working through exercises, writing math and reading papers/books too. It seems like an ideal device for that. Nice to hear you're enjoying using it for similar activities.
Voya, thank you so much for all your hard work and the level of professionalism put into this and all other reviews. Thank you so much for having the kindness to answering questions, even though sometimes they seem silly or dumb. Please keep up this amazing work! Thank you!
Just purchased a Note Air 2 instead of the ReMarkable for my wife based on your…. And she loves it Thank you for the detailed review, made my research easier
So i bought the Note Air 2 to check it out using the 30-day money back guarantee. I really thought i might want to replace the reMarkable 2. Despite these videos being spot-on (as always) and despite setting up the device according to the Big Boox Guide, it just wasn’t for me. It turns out that all that functionality distracts me. (The distraction is in the form of “should i use this tool? Maybe there’s an app for that” etc instead of just writing.) The annoyance is that to return the device, there is a $20 restocking fee (understandable) and shipping both ways between US and Hong Kong. I bought from the US store… so that’s more than i expected to spend to try it out :( Anyway just putting that info out there in case it helps someone else
I had a Nova 3 colour and just got the note air 2 yesterday and the difference is day and night, The Nova 3 might be great for reading colour books and documents but the note air 2 is faster at everything else and text is much sharper too because it doesn't have that extra colour layer
Thanks Voya. I’ve been waiting for this review. I have had a reMarkable 2 which I love for the writing feel but have been wanting more functionality and I’m upset about the subscription model. So I pulled the trigger on the preorder of the Note Air 2. It arrives next week. I bought it based on your excitement with the unboxing and glad to see that I think I will really like it. Much appreciate your very detailed reviews.
You are, hands down, the king of eink reviewers. Thanks for all of your hard work on these videos. How does writing on the Max Lumi 2 compare to the Note Air 2? Is it less paper-like and more glassy than the Note Air 2?
Small point about X mode: I actually got a lot of use out of it on my Note 2. Even in its earlier versions, it has at least one very powerful use case: Typing! Link your boox device to a bluetooth keyboard, prop it up, and you have a perfect distraction-free digital typewriter. X mode is ideal for this because it means that the characters appear with very little latency.
Great review! I love how the DESTA test shows a great low-latency experience on the boox. They recently released v3.2. Are you able to re-review the DESTA performance some of your existing devices such as the Note Air 1 and the Nova Air?
Thanks a lot for sharing! It’s incredibly detailed! I also got my device today, still trying to get used to all the functions. A quick question: If I want to buy the nibs for the pen, does the one work for Air1’ pen also work on Air2’s pen?
No, they are of a different standard. Air 1 pen used a non standard nib that wouldn't accept other, standard nibs, such as Wacom, Remarkable or other "standard" nibs. Air 2 pen is using the normal standard, so it can accept a much wider range of substitute nibs.
Thanks for the review. This decided the matter for me between Elipsa and Note Air 2. I was initially worried that the price difference between Elipsa and Note Air 2 wouldn't be fully justified, especially if it was an incremental improvement over the Note Air 1 like you were concerned with. Especially since I live in Canada, the price difference is quite steep. I was looking forward to the math function of the Elipsa advanced notebook, but it looks like that is a marginal advantage over everything this one gets right.
I used the Elipsa for several months. What I love about it is the text conversion where you convert a few sentences and you can keep writing in the same page and Convert the rest of the text later. What the Note Air 2 has is all the customization and App downloads that Elipsa doesnt have.
Thanks for your great reviews. I recently purchased a Nova Air. I love it but now see that I will benefit more from a larger device. I am considering the Note Air 2 or Note 5. I don't see much difference except for the shape/form factor which has me confused as to why Onyx has developed both. Is there a more important difference that I am missing? Or should I just chose the shape that would be most comfortable for me?
Thanks for the review and for addressing the one major headache I have with Notes. I can't make heads or tails of the canvas scaling. It is the one frustration I have with my device, specifically the issues that arise when starting a notebook in portrait mode and then trying to use that same notebook in split screen horizontal mode to take notes on a book. I cannot for the life of me get the notebook to display/function in a good way and it prevents me from using it. Does the user simply need to make a choice when they start a notebook and decide whether to make it a "portrait" notebook or a "horizontal" notebook? I hope this will be covered in depth in the 3.2 video.
Yes, you have to decide if the notebook will be in portrait or landscape mode. To be fair, I don't know of a single platform that can actually dynamically change between portrait and landscape, as it can't know or keep track of your writing to re order it when switching from one orientation to another. So this is perfectly normal and expected, but the unnecessary complexity of the canvas system is something that should be improved.
@@MyDeepGuide I just discovered something: I use the same canvas as you do, and everything works properly when switching between portrait and split screen horizontal mode IF I start with the Notes application in portrait mode and go to split screen from there (with Kindle on the other side). But I have to start split screen mode from the Notes application, otherwise I will not get the note with the template to display properly. Really wonky behavior, but this works (I’m on the Lumi2).
Hi and thank you so much for your videos! I have a fairly specific question and wanted to know your thoughts: I'm thinking of getting the note air 2 for pastoral work, taking notes in meetings etc etc BUT also for preaching. Have you ever used an e ink device for any kind of public speaking? What are your thoughts on that?
I use it regularly on my lectures, I have everything setup and ready in case it's needed, so that when I need to present something on the screen, I just grab it, draw or write or show what I want to show and that's that. So, it basically replaces the whiteboard and the added plus is that what I show geta captured by the screen recorder, so the explanation is available in the lecture capture video, for students to reference back to, or for those who couldn't make it to the lecture.
@@MyDeepGuide great! Thanks for the quick reply also :) I'd love to have a device that covers all, note taking reading theological texts, maybe even writing sermons on it or at least be able to make last minute changes to my script. I guess this is more of a personal preference thing, but in your opinion is the 10.3 inch screen large enough to use for notes/ script when speaking publicly?
@@MyDeepGuide Makes sense. I'll just have to try in person I think. Again, thank you so much! You put so much effort into your videos and it shows. They are great!
Hi Voya, your reviews are absolutely phenomenal ! You have saved me so much time and work, so thank you ! 1) Can you tell me if there is any fingerprint recognition or a 4 digit lock for the note Air 2? Apparently only the note 5 and max lumi 2 have the fingerprint. 2) What do you think of the audio quality (note air 2), since there is only 1 speaker? Is it irritating in any way? Thank you so much for your help !
Thank you :) 1. No fingerprint sensor on Note Air 2, but yes, you can set a lock pin code. 2. It's ok for voice communication, listening to audio books etc, but anything beyond that, I mean, it's a small mono speaker. Those are there for such basic functionality, nothing more.
Little sad I brought the supernote just when this was released. I'm torn, I really want this e ink notebook now..I love my supernote, but the processing speed in which the Boox flips between different pages is amazing..
Voija. Have you tried writing code in an IDE on e-note devices? I have a Tab Ultra driving tomorrow and I'm a mathematician and, Computer Scientist. I will use it to write on Past Papers (for exams) but also for, writing mathematics but I was wondering about code?
Hi Voya, thanks for the great reviews! Do you have any suggestions on how to take care of the battery? I had a boox note and after roughly two years the battery died, now I have note air 2, and it's great, so I would like it to last.
Sure, there are a couple of general things to keep in mind: 1. Avoid rapid charge and rapid discharge at the same time, for example, keeping it plugged in and using it as an external screen, or playing videos etc. 2. Avoid discharging below 20%. And if you really are worried and you want to get the maximum out of the battery, then it shouldn't be charged over 80% either. There might be apps out there that could help with that process. I charge it to a 100%, but don't let it discharge below 25%. 3. Avoid leaving the device exposed to direct sunlight or around a heat source, while charging. Heat is the number 1 enemy for batteries. These tips apply equally to any device.
Thank you for the review. I got this device a few days ago. The writing experience, however, is not as good as yours! Whatever I write, appears but when I lift the pen from the screen it disappears for a fraction of a second and comes back! Do you think there is a problem with my device?
Thanks for this review. I decided to buy this device, but I have a question. What if this soft plastic protector gets damaged or worn over time? Since it's not removable. Do you think that placing a the doodroo screen protector for preventing damage is too much? And will it increases the distance between the nib of the pen and the screen surface too much? Thanks for your amazing work
Well, if you bang it hard enough to damage the screen protector, likelihood is that will break the screen as well, in which case the damage to the screen protector will no longer be important. If you use the device normally and you don't use ceramic nibs, I really don't see that happening in the normal lifespan of a device like this. Adding another screen protector is an overkill and it will just degrade the performance of everything, pen, distance touch, image clarity. So no, that's not something I would consider doing.
Voya Really enjoy your passion and attention to detail. I am switching from Remarkable 2 and have purchased the Book Note Air 2 based on your recommendation.. I am fully entrenched in the Apple universe with a Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Will I be able to keep my files from the Android device on my Mac and be able read them on my iPhone/iPad/Mac? Any advise you have for integrating the products would be appreciated. I plan to use you organizer on the Book.Thanks so much.
Hi Voya, I am not in any sense of the word a techie, but I am a writer and I have tried the last three hours to painstakingly follow your fingers as they danced around the canvas adjustment and the templates, as you were heartfelt complaining about the lack of understanding from the staff for people like me, who just bought an Air 2 and are longing to write and now get mired in complexities. Simply said: I would love to have a doublelength notebook template as you so proudly presented it in 54th minute of your great video. A couple of times i thought I had it, but no.... Could you please do a written or filmed step by step about something 99,9% of the people want (your words). I would be very grateful!
Yeah, indeed it is :) The learning curve is a real thing tho, I am not exaggerating it, so be prepared to spend some time getting to know what's what, do one thing at a time, give it time and it'll be good. But yeah, definitely worth the time and effort.
Hey man, amazingly detailed reviews! Love all the work that you put intonthese videos. Ive got a question about the pen nibs. Pretty much everywhere i do find the nibs online they say nit compatible with air line but with note 2. You mentioned its the standard nibs on this pen then whats the deal with all those incompatibility warnings on the marker nib sales? Ive just got the nite air 2 and cant seem to decide what nibs to get. Any help would be immensely appreciated❤
Note Air 1 and Nova Air came with an older version of the pen that looks the same as the new one, but those pens used a custom, non compatible type of nibs. Thankfully, Nota Air 2, Max Lumi 2, Note 5, Nova Air C all come as standard with the new pen, which is better and uses a "regular" nib standard, something that the majority of EMR pens out there use, such as the Remarkable and standard Boox Nibs.
I just got the notebook air 2 (you convinced me!) and came back to this video because I tried to do template to have like a 2 column to write on landscape and when writing it was fine. But then after it is saved and I go back to my note, the notes then get scaled real small and then I have to zoom in to "fit canvas" again. It won't save it to fit canvas, so each time I go out and try to view my note again I kept having to zoom to fit canvas for it to look right. I don't know if that makes sense but you probably came across it. I hope they will update it and fix it!
If you used canvas scaling to achieve the side by side columns, then yeah. That's one of the issues I mentioned that the canvas scaling and the template scaling are too fiddly and not working well enough and would have to be improved.
Voya, thanks so much for an excellent review! I have been looking to buy an eink device for a while, and waiting for the software to catch up to make it worthwhile. I am thinking of buying Note Air 2 based on your review, but I was wondering if you could say something about security and privacy concerns with the device. Should I be worried? Is there anything you can do to protect your data? Especially as I plan to use it for email/linking my googledrive/dropbox to the device to sync my notes, it makes me concerned. I am also thinking about Supernote A5X as a second choice, and if you have thoughts on security of one vs. the other, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again for all of your helpful reviews!
not sure about Note Air 2 but you can take a look how some security concerns were raised in using Note3 in this clip th-cam.com/video/jBg51mMuYgI/w-d-xo.html
Hello ! Thank you for your nice work, I decided to buy it. But I have a question : is it possible to invert the note taking so we get an inverted image ? just like the inverted image we can see on this video at beginning ? Thank you !
Merci à vous pour cette revue détaillée. Dans les notes manuscrites, il est difficile de tourner la page, on peut certes utiliser les signes “” dans le menu mais le mouvement du doigt sur la vitre doit être très précis pour y arriver. Ce n’est pas le cas des documents PDF, un simple toucher à gauche ou à droite tourne la page, comme c’est le cas des liseuses, mais ça ne fonctionne pas pour les notes où le mouvement exigé est très précis : il faut apparemment traverser la vitre du doigt à une certaine vitesse sur une certaine longueur, on se trompe au début une fois sur cinq, c’est assez pénible, mais peut-être n’ai-je pas vu quelque chose. Best regards
Voya, first of all I want to thank you for your hard work and the great channel that you're running. On the second hand I just want to ask you two questions about which one, for you, is the best 10.3 device just for reading (for me the screen clarity, crispness and battery are all that I'm looking for). Other question is, in case you think 8 inches is better for reading, which one do you think is the best taking into account the battery and the screen clarity and crispness. Thank you very very much, I had to return a kobo sage because of the battery issue that is worst with koreader and I'm looking for something similar or better just to read big fantasy books and probably some academic manuals.
There isn't a single device that has all of the things you mentioned as strong points. It's like an RPG character. So you need to prioritize what is most important for you, what's the second most important thing for you and then categorize devices according to your priorities list. Me saying that my favorite 10.3" eNote device for reading is Note Air doesn't mean much to you, because my list of priorities will differ from yours, therefore it might not be the best device for you.
@@MyDeepGuide Thank you very much. You're right, the thing is the best device for me is the kobo sage but the thing is the terrible battery, I can't get more than 5 hours of reading and is the second unit I'm having with this issues. So, I supose, the thing that I want is a device with a similar screen crispness but with more battery than 5 hours. Or, in the other hand I think that, having the carta 1200, the kobo elipsa would look similar (with 227 ppi) and will have a better battery probably?
Thank you for another great review! Can't agree more when you speak about te canvas system, it's just terrible. Particularly when you work both in the landscape and portrait modes.
Just got mine today. A bit fruwstrate3d that text conversion is not what I expected. Doesnt work well.. I like better the text converstion of the Kobo ELipsa where you can convert and keep writing on the same page.
"I am working too much"- that is why we are here. You are doing an amazing job and thank you, thank you, thank you for your intensive and long working hours just for us to make the best choice in buying a perfect device. Especially talking about myself becouse this will be my first one. Good job and keep up the awesome work! But get more rest also 😁
@@MyDeepGuide, thank you for responding so quickly. I love the amount of detail that you provide in your reviews. I work in a fast paced and highly collaborative work environment. I need to have the ability to immediately begin taking notes when the information presents itself; this is much like flipping open a notebook. However, battery power conservation is something that I wish to maintain. When I refer to "power-on-time," I am looking for the amount of time it takes the tablet , that is in the off-position, to be fully functional after pressing the power-on button. Also, the amount of time it takes to progress from a sleep-mode to the on-position. I appreciate your feedback.
Thank you for the review. The lower PPI bothered me before. Now seeing that it is sharp enough, I think this is a better device for me than Kindle Scribe
I just received today, december 3, the new 3.2 upgrade for the Note Air '1', I'm downloading and installing it! An upgrade version of your "Big Boox Guide" would be truly appreciated and welcome!
I think it is possible to transfer via USB-c pdf's from PC to the Note Air, right? How about if the OS of the computer is Linux. Will the reader show up in my list of directories and attached storage devices? I have read that sometimes you don't see the 'Notes' that you created and that you should log in to your Onyx account to remedy such event. How about my downloaded and stored pdf's and epub's, are they always available (also offline) or do they also require a login occasionally. A third and last question concerns the use of dictionaries while reading a (pdf) document. Are there preloaded dictionaries or is it possible to install other/more dictionaries. That dictionary function seems very useful to me. That is why I ask.
I have sort of two questions: Since I have the first Boox Note Air and the Samsung pen (you recommended), I have not been too happy with the pen. Have you tried the Noris Digital Jumbo from Staedtler? If so, would you recommend it? Or should I try the Boox Note Air 2 pen? [FYI I have applied a writing surface on the Air which works great.]
Thank you. Because of you I have just had delivered my Note Air 2! What would be your recommended settings and also would you recommend using a screen protector?
Note Air 2 has a non removable pre-applied screen protector film, which is the whole point of upgrading to the Note Air 2, so no additional screen protector is needed. As for settings, this will be a separate video, since things have changed from my original Big Boox Guide and the OS 3.2.
Hello Voja, great videos. I have a few questions - 1. I understand from your videos that the One note app is buggy both on boox air 2 and supernote A6 - but since both these are android apps, I asm assuming we can install chrome and access one-note web view. What is the typing experience like in one note via chrome? 2. Do both these devices convert handwritten text into typed text? 3. Can I connect these devices to my PC like an additional screen and share it in communicator tools like skype or MS teams? 4. Can I install apps like Grammarly for spelling and grammar correction? If not is spelling and grammar correction available natively
Basically it's a no on all of the things you mentioned regarding the OneNote. One note is not available on the Supernote and One not will not work quickly when accessed from the web browser, if it works at all. Suprenote doesn't convert entire pages of handwriting to text, but it has other functionality that does, if used correctly and regularly, replace the need for it (titles and keywords in notebooks). Boox does support screen sharing on windows 10. For other platforms you will need to find and use an app that will allow you to do that. Super it can't to that yet. I haven't tried grammarly. If it exists as a separate Android app, then yes. If it's a browser extension, then no, as that doesn't work on Android.
@@MyDeepGuide thanks for the quick reply voja. If there is not hand written text to typed text conversion, can I search for a string? If I can't that basically takes away the main benefit of a digital notebook for me (easier searchability). I think remarkable has hand written to typed search conversion. So remarkable would allow searching, I am assuming? But not sure if it allows sharing screen with windows?
I just received my note air 2 and one of the main reasons I choose this over the supernote was your review. I do want to use this for work and I have a form we use with every client that is a fillable PDF... how do I put this form on my device so I can pull it up and save it for each client and still have my original?
Simply transfer the PDF file onto the device and then each time you need a new version for a new client, long press on the PDF, make a copy, paste it where you want to, rename it accordingly to match the client and then fill it out. So basically, just make a copy of the original each time you need it and make sure it's placed into a logical directory and named properly.
@@MyDeepGuide oh wow that's great news. both Note Air 1 and A5X can't do this right? I'm used to writing on Samsung Galaxy Note Series and there I can search for any handwritten word that's in my notes. Without such a strong function I can't use a digital note taking alternative. A strong search and very good handwriting recognition is a must. Can you take this subject in part 2 of this review?
All Boox devices that are capable of note taking can do that. A5X can't yet, but it has other, maybe even more powerful organizational tools, such as creating a TOC of your notebook. For me, still the most powerful function for real world use, because the word search will always rely on how accurate the handwriting recognition is, which makes it not 100% reliable. TOC functionality in Supernote is 100% reliable, because it doesn't rely on things like that. Also, part 2 was made available 30 minutes after part 1, so all of it has been published. Handwriting conversion is platform specific, not device specific, and this will be covered in the general guide videos.
You said the battery is 3,000 mAh for this device? The Note Air 2 I have and the Boox site say it's 2000 mAh. I'm curious bc I want to make sure your battery test that gives over 100 hrs for low consumption applies to my device too.
Just FYI I have to send my Note Air 2 back as there was a yellow tint in form of a rectangle on the screen. It is so integral to my workflow by now, though, that I am getting the Note Air 2+. I just wanted to point out, that after 7 month of daily use, this screen issue popped up. _cR
(2:06) There was a revised version of the original Note Air that had that port too, but I believe yours was from an earlier production batch prior to the revision, since it has the earlier version of the case which uses some kind of adhesive instead of a plastic backplate.
Thanks for the screen maintainence part. Anyone would hate to have an easily scratched screen on such a costly device, but replacing pen nibs I can accept
Thanks Voya. I bought it after seeing your reviews and am very happy with it. Anyway, I really miss the eraser on the stylus.Which replacement pen with eraser do you recommend for this device? The BOOX pen 2 pro or perhaps the Samsung Tab S6 lite pen?
It's better in writing experience and in reader functionality, but Supernote still has several functionalities that I absolutely adore, and no other platform has it, primarily for me, the ability to add titles in notebooks and basically create a TOC in your notebook. No other platform has that. Plus, it has amazing pens with ceramic nibs that don't spend, and it's all plastic and robust fall testing they did makes it a more durable and robust device, and it's UI is far friendlier and easier to deal with than the Boox environment. To me, they are equally useful devices while each one has their strong points over the other.
Thanks got the quick comparison! I often wonder if the features available on the new Boox devices was worth switching from my Supernote (microphone, speaker, etc). I do love my A5X though.
Hi Voja, Which pen (w/ ereaser) do you recommend the most with Boox Air Note 2? I would like to buy the Pen2 Pro, but seems to be impossible to find it in Europe. Thanks!
I haven't tried it, but it does seem like a good choice. I have my trusty Samsung S6 Lite pen that has a button for an eraser, and I like to use that one, though some people find it to be too thin.
Note Air 2 has a glass top screen that has a paperlike structure laminated to it. So hardness is the one of glass, but because of the paperlike surface and the soft nib pen, it feels a lot softer to write on, than on a regular tablet/phone. As for durability, I don't know what the hardness grade of the glass is, so I can't offer much more insight there, unfortunately.
The canvas adjustments are a nightmare. I'm using the 20 point lined template and like it quite a bit. However, when I try to pinch to zoom in or out, or try to scroll, sometimes this changes the canvas height or width, and then everything is messed up. I cannot get things back to the state before that happened, and the handwriting is out of sync with the template lines. Do you have any advice for using the lined template and preventing this kind of mess?
Absolutely none, as it's as you described and I complained in the video and mentioned to Boox, the way it "works" now is severely flawed. Yes, there is technically a way of achieving a result, but it's ridiculously convoluted and not really something that can be normally used ,as it's akin to a project, where the order of each of the steps determines if the end result will be a mess or if it will work. The only advice I have is to avoid using it, if you can, u til they fix it properly and to disable pinch to zoom, because accidental zoom can also cause an unholy mess. They should just scrap the canvas feature, because what they have here is borderline useless. What sometimes works for me is exiting the notebook, entering again, changing the template, exiting again, entering again and then changing back. But only sometimes.
@@MyDeepGuide that’s hilarious. The disabling of pinch to zoom is a great tip, thanks! May I ask another question: I see a lot of icons and I don’t know what they do. Is there a reference that I could go to that tells what what each icon is for? I know when I customize the toolbar I can longpress and it will tell me, but that doesn’t cover all the icons. I don’t know why they would assume that people know what all the icons mean. Sorry one last question: how can I disable pinch to zoom in Notes? I cannot find that.
can you confirm if the new pen attaches magnetically to the old Note Air? I'd like a pen that attaches magnetically and has a hardware-level eraser mode, but don't want to buy a whole new tablet after less than a year for that functionality
Don't know what the complexity of adding colored highlights is, but definitely not paying that price for a black&white screen. Thanks for the great review
I tested the pen on different devices and the actual pressure sensitivity of the pen is very good. The brushes themselves are the ones that have a fairly limited sensitivity range, and that's something that I have criticized the platform for, very many times.
By "ruining the battery" you mean like physically damaging it? Because I could see myself using this outdoors in situations with a lot of subtropical sun (yay e-ink) and I know that heat is not good for any battery.
I mean keeping it plugged in to charge while continuously discharging it by either using it as an external monitor or doing anything that is putting the device into a state of rapid discharge, while rapidly charging it at the same time, and doing that for months, and doing that in very warm conditions. Any battery will give up and turn into a puffer fish, if exposed for long enough to that kind of torture.
How is the page numbers of an epub book on neo reader? is it the same as listed. for example you know that the book you have in epub has 310 pages, it it the same in neoreader or even slightly more or is it double the amount of pages? Thank you.
That will depend on the formatting being used, as it will directly affect the number of pages, i.e. smaller font and margins equals less pages, larger font and margins equals more pages.
Onyx need to improve the quality of the Note Air cases.. My case showing cracks on all 4 corners just after one week of normal use! I love the tablet but not the quality of the case! 😡
Thanks for vídeos they been helpful, can you elaborate more on dark mode because I don’t I can’t set it up! That’s really helpful specially when I wonna read at night
Thanks for you work! I have the Note Air 2 since 2 weeks and I am fascinated. I can finally write in a natural way such that I can do everything digitally now :) (For a mathematician, this is great :)
Hi! How do you do to convert written mathematical equations and such on the tablet?
@@mattnatel9417 probably he does not or maybe something change, lets wait for answer but im afraid u just cant
It would be super interesting to see how you make use of the tablet in your work for example using MathPix or something to export math notes as LaTeX if this works.
@@philmccavity I don't use any special features. I just write my mathematics on it, comment paper and theses from students and read my books :)
@@brightsideofmaths Thanks for the reply, I was interested in using it as a student, primarily for working through exercises, writing math and reading papers/books too. It seems like an ideal device for that. Nice to hear you're enjoying using it for similar activities.
Voya, thank you so much for all your hard work and the level of professionalism put into this and all other reviews. Thank you so much for having the kindness to answering questions, even though sometimes they seem silly or dumb. Please keep up this amazing work! Thank you!
My good sir, you are the Bob Ross of tech reviews! Well done!
This video is by far the most detailed review I have ever watched. Well done!
Fantastična recenzija uređaja. Mnogo mi je pomogla kod odluke da nabavim baš ovaj ebook reader. Hvala na odličnom prikazu
Puno hvala, drago mi je da je pomoglo :)
Just purchased a Note Air 2 instead of the ReMarkable for my wife based on your…. And she loves it
Thank you for the detailed review, made my research easier
Thanks!
So i bought the Note Air 2 to check it out using the 30-day money back guarantee. I really thought i might want to replace the reMarkable 2. Despite these videos being spot-on (as always) and despite setting up the device according to the Big Boox Guide, it just wasn’t for me. It turns out that all that functionality distracts me. (The distraction is in the form of “should i use this tool? Maybe there’s an app for that” etc instead of just writing.) The annoyance is that to return the device, there is a $20 restocking fee (understandable) and shipping both ways between US and Hong Kong. I bought from the US store… so that’s more than i expected to spend to try it out :( Anyway just putting that info out there in case it helps someone else
Thanks for the awesome in depth review,I just bought the Note Air 2, your walk through has been very helpful. Appreciate all of your work on it.
I received mine 4 days after purchase. and that was monday last week (15 of nov).
I had a Nova 3 colour and just got the note air 2 yesterday and the difference is day and night,
The Nova 3 might be great for reading colour books and documents but the note air 2 is faster at everything else and text is much sharper too because it doesn't have that extra colour layer
Thanks Voya. I’ve been waiting for this review. I have had a reMarkable 2 which I love for the writing feel but have been wanting more functionality and I’m upset about the subscription model. So I pulled the trigger on the preorder of the Note Air 2. It arrives next week. I bought it based on your excitement with the unboxing and glad to see that I think I will really like it. Much appreciate your very detailed reviews.
This review like several of your others, is very helpful in deciding which unit to buy!! Thanks!!
You are, hands down, the king of eink reviewers. Thanks for all of your hard work on these videos.
How does writing on the Max Lumi 2 compare to the Note Air 2? Is it less paper-like and more glassy than the Note Air 2?
Voyaz obrigado pelo review! Me ajudou muito na decisão de comprar o Boox Note Air 2. Estou ansiosamente ele chegar.
Waiting Note 5 in your deep guide. I am spending my time while waiting you : )
Small point about X mode: I actually got a lot of use out of it on my Note 2. Even in its earlier versions, it has at least one very powerful use case: Typing! Link your boox device to a bluetooth keyboard, prop it up, and you have a perfect distraction-free digital typewriter. X mode is ideal for this because it means that the characters appear with very little latency.
Awesome deep dive. Thank you for all your hard work.
So thankful I found your review. Great work!
Bought (the plus)! thx for the review.
Great review! I love how the DESTA test shows a great low-latency experience on the boox. They recently released v3.2. Are you able to re-review the DESTA performance some of your existing devices such as the Note Air 1 and the Nova Air?
Thanks a lot for sharing! It’s incredibly detailed! I also got my device today, still trying to get used to all the functions. A quick question: If I want to buy the nibs for the pen, does the one work for Air1’ pen also work on Air2’s pen?
No, they are of a different standard. Air 1 pen used a non standard nib that wouldn't accept other, standard nibs, such as Wacom, Remarkable or other "standard" nibs. Air 2 pen is using the normal standard, so it can accept a much wider range of substitute nibs.
@@MyDeepGuide than you so much, I almost bought the wrong nibs!
Can you advice where to buy the same, or equivalent, nibs for the Air2 pen ? Or suggest some specific good ones. Thanks
Thank you for the unbelievable amount of work!
Great review! Did I understand correctly that the device is e-ink like Remarkable 2 too? Or is it a normal tablet?
Thanks for the review. This decided the matter for me between Elipsa and Note Air 2. I was initially worried that the price difference between Elipsa and Note Air 2 wouldn't be fully justified, especially if it was an incremental improvement over the Note Air 1 like you were concerned with. Especially since I live in Canada, the price difference is quite steep. I was looking forward to the math function of the Elipsa advanced notebook, but it looks like that is a marginal advantage over everything this one gets right.
I used the Elipsa for several months. What I love about it is the text conversion where you convert a few sentences and you can keep writing in the same page and Convert the rest of the text later. What the Note Air 2 has is all the customization and App downloads that Elipsa doesnt have.
I was able to purchase one through Amazon so they are shipping, but not sure how much stock they have.
Thanks for your great reviews. I recently purchased a Nova Air. I love it but now see that I will benefit more from a larger device. I am considering the Note Air 2 or Note 5. I don't see much difference except for the shape/form factor which has me confused as to why Onyx has developed both. Is there a more important difference that I am missing? Or should I just chose the shape that would be most comfortable for me?
Thanks for the review and for addressing the one major headache I have with Notes. I can't make heads or tails of the canvas scaling. It is the one frustration I have with my device, specifically the issues that arise when starting a notebook in portrait mode and then trying to use that same notebook in split screen horizontal mode to take notes on a book. I cannot for the life of me get the notebook to display/function in a good way and it prevents me from using it. Does the user simply need to make a choice when they start a notebook and decide whether to make it a "portrait" notebook or a "horizontal" notebook? I hope this will be covered in depth in the 3.2 video.
Yes, you have to decide if the notebook will be in portrait or landscape mode. To be fair, I don't know of a single platform that can actually dynamically change between portrait and landscape, as it can't know or keep track of your writing to re order it when switching from one orientation to another. So this is perfectly normal and expected, but the unnecessary complexity of the canvas system is something that should be improved.
@@MyDeepGuide I just discovered something: I use the same canvas as you do, and everything works properly when switching between portrait and split screen horizontal mode IF I start with the Notes application in portrait mode and go to split screen from there (with Kindle on the other side).
But I have to start split screen mode from the Notes application, otherwise I will not get the note with the template to display properly. Really wonky behavior, but this works (I’m on the Lumi2).
For me D.E.S.T.A. was the most interesting. Thanks.
Super review, thanks a lot!! I love how you pay attention to all details 🤩🤩
Thank you :)
Hi and thank you so much for your videos! I have a fairly specific question and wanted to know your thoughts: I'm thinking of getting the note air 2 for pastoral work, taking notes in meetings etc etc BUT also for preaching. Have you ever used an e ink device for any kind of public speaking? What are your thoughts on that?
I use it regularly on my lectures, I have everything setup and ready in case it's needed, so that when I need to present something on the screen, I just grab it, draw or write or show what I want to show and that's that. So, it basically replaces the whiteboard and the added plus is that what I show geta captured by the screen recorder, so the explanation is available in the lecture capture video, for students to reference back to, or for those who couldn't make it to the lecture.
@@MyDeepGuide great! Thanks for the quick reply also :) I'd love to have a device that covers all, note taking reading theological texts, maybe even writing sermons on it or at least be able to make last minute changes to my script. I guess this is more of a personal preference thing, but in your opinion is the 10.3 inch screen large enough to use for notes/ script when speaking publicly?
I wouldn't know, because that really depends on way too many individual factors to even guess one way or the other.
@@MyDeepGuide Makes sense. I'll just have to try in person I think. Again, thank you so much! You put so much effort into your videos and it shows. They are great!
Hi Voya, your reviews are absolutely phenomenal ! You have saved me so much time and work, so thank you !
1) Can you tell me if there is any fingerprint recognition or a 4 digit lock for the note Air 2? Apparently only the note 5 and max lumi 2 have the fingerprint.
2) What do you think of the audio quality (note air 2), since there is only 1 speaker? Is it irritating in any way?
Thank you so much for your help !
Thank you :)
1. No fingerprint sensor on Note Air 2, but yes, you can set a lock pin code.
2. It's ok for voice communication, listening to audio books etc, but anything beyond that, I mean, it's a small mono speaker. Those are there for such basic functionality, nothing more.
@@MyDeepGuide thanks so much Voya !
Hello, can you please download Notion onto the Note Air 2 and let me know if this app functions smoothly?
I no longer have these device, as they have been sent forward to the next reviewer.
Little sad I brought the supernote just when this was released. I'm torn, I really want this e ink notebook now..I love my supernote, but the processing speed in which the Boox flips between different pages is amazing..
Have you done the recent software update to version 2.1? (I think I have that number right). Voya's review shows big performance changes.
Great Work! Thanks for helping me decide with certainty about the Boox Note Air 2. I am buying mine today on Amazon.
Voija. Have you tried writing code in an IDE on e-note devices? I have a Tab Ultra driving tomorrow and I'm a mathematician and, Computer Scientist. I will use it to write on Past Papers (for exams) but also for, writing mathematics but I was wondering about code?
Hi Voya, thanks for the great reviews!
Do you have any suggestions on how to take care of the battery? I had a boox note and after roughly two years the battery died, now I have note air 2, and it's great, so I would like it to last.
Sure, there are a couple of general things to keep in mind:
1. Avoid rapid charge and rapid discharge at the same time, for example, keeping it plugged in and using it as an external screen, or playing videos etc.
2. Avoid discharging below 20%. And if you really are worried and you want to get the maximum out of the battery, then it shouldn't be charged over 80% either. There might be apps out there that could help with that process. I charge it to a 100%, but don't let it discharge below 25%.
3. Avoid leaving the device exposed to direct sunlight or around a heat source, while charging. Heat is the number 1 enemy for batteries.
These tips apply equally to any device.
@@MyDeepGuide 👍 thank you
Cheers Voja. Just pulled the trigger on this beauty 👍🏻
Thank you for the review. I got this device a few days ago. The writing experience, however, is not as good as yours! Whatever I write, appears but when I lift the pen from the screen it disappears for a fraction of a second and comes back! Do you think there is a problem with my device?
Thanks for this review. I decided to buy this device, but I have a question. What if this soft plastic protector gets damaged or worn over time? Since it's not removable. Do you think that placing a the doodroo screen protector for preventing damage is too much? And will it increases the distance between the nib of the pen and the screen surface too much? Thanks for your amazing work
Well, if you bang it hard enough to damage the screen protector, likelihood is that will break the screen as well, in which case the damage to the screen protector will no longer be important. If you use the device normally and you don't use ceramic nibs, I really don't see that happening in the normal lifespan of a device like this.
Adding another screen protector is an overkill and it will just degrade the performance of everything, pen, distance touch, image clarity. So no, that's not something I would consider doing.
Thanks for your review! You are the best!!!
Voya
Really enjoy your passion and attention to detail. I am switching from Remarkable 2 and have purchased the Book Note Air 2 based on your recommendation.. I am fully entrenched in the Apple universe with a Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Will I be able to keep my files from the Android device on my Mac and be able read them on my iPhone/iPad/Mac? Any advise you have for integrating the products would be appreciated. I plan to use you organizer on the Book.Thanks so much.
Hi Voya, I am not in any sense of the word a techie, but I am a writer and I have tried the last three hours to painstakingly follow your fingers as they danced around the canvas adjustment and the templates, as you were heartfelt complaining about the lack of understanding from the staff for people like me, who just bought an Air 2 and are longing to write and now get mired in complexities. Simply said: I would love to have a doublelength notebook template as you so proudly presented it in 54th minute of your great video. A couple of times i thought I had it, but no.... Could you please do a written or filmed step by step about something 99,9% of the people want (your words). I would be very grateful!
Also bought it, thanks for recommendation and in-depth reviews! Seems like remarkable alternative to.. you know what :D
Yeah, indeed it is :) The learning curve is a real thing tho, I am not exaggerating it, so be prepared to spend some time getting to know what's what, do one thing at a time, give it time and it'll be good. But yeah, definitely worth the time and effort.
Hey man, amazingly detailed reviews! Love all the work that you put intonthese videos. Ive got a question about the pen nibs. Pretty much everywhere i do find the nibs online they say nit compatible with air line but with note 2. You mentioned its the standard nibs on this pen then whats the deal with all those incompatibility warnings on the marker nib sales? Ive just got the nite air 2 and cant seem to decide what nibs to get. Any help would be immensely appreciated❤
Note Air 1 and Nova Air came with an older version of the pen that looks the same as the new one, but those pens used a custom, non compatible type of nibs. Thankfully, Nota Air 2, Max Lumi 2, Note 5, Nova Air C all come as standard with the new pen, which is better and uses a "regular" nib standard, something that the majority of EMR pens out there use, such as the Remarkable and standard Boox Nibs.
I just got the notebook air 2 (you convinced me!) and came back to this video because I tried to do template to have like a 2 column to write on landscape and when writing it was fine. But then after it is saved and I go back to my note, the notes then get scaled real small and then I have to zoom in to "fit canvas" again. It won't save it to fit canvas, so each time I go out and try to view my note again I kept having to zoom to fit canvas for it to look right. I don't know if that makes sense but you probably came across it. I hope they will update it and fix it!
If you used canvas scaling to achieve the side by side columns, then yeah. That's one of the issues I mentioned that the canvas scaling and the template scaling are too fiddly and not working well enough and would have to be improved.
Voya, thanks so much for an excellent review! I have been looking to buy an eink device for a while, and waiting for the software to catch up to make it worthwhile. I am thinking of buying Note Air 2 based on your review, but I was wondering if you could say something about security and privacy concerns with the device. Should I be worried? Is there anything you can do to protect your data? Especially as I plan to use it for email/linking my googledrive/dropbox to the device to sync my notes, it makes me concerned. I am also thinking about Supernote A5X as a second choice, and if you have thoughts on security of one vs. the other, I'd appreciate it. Thanks again for all of your helpful reviews!
not sure about Note Air 2 but you can take a look how some security concerns were raised in using Note3 in this clip th-cam.com/video/jBg51mMuYgI/w-d-xo.html
Hello ! Thank you for your nice work, I decided to buy it. But I have a question : is it possible to invert the note taking so we get an inverted image ? just like the inverted image we can see on this video at beginning ? Thank you !
Yes you can, but you need ro make your own custom inverted templates and use the white color on the brush/pen.
@@MyDeepGuide ooh, very good ! Thank you 🙏
Merci à vous pour cette revue détaillée. Dans les notes manuscrites, il est difficile de tourner la page, on peut certes utiliser les signes “” dans le menu mais le mouvement du doigt sur la vitre doit être très précis pour y arriver. Ce n’est pas le cas des documents PDF, un simple toucher à gauche ou à droite tourne la page, comme c’est le cas des liseuses, mais ça ne fonctionne pas pour les notes où le mouvement exigé est très précis : il faut apparemment traverser la vitre du doigt à une certaine vitesse sur une certaine longueur, on se trompe au début une fois sur cinq, c’est assez pénible, mais peut-être n’ai-je pas vu quelque chose. Best regards
Voya, first of all I want to thank you for your hard work and the great channel that you're running. On the second hand I just want to ask you two questions about which one, for you, is the best 10.3 device just for reading (for me the screen clarity, crispness and battery are all that I'm looking for). Other question is, in case you think 8 inches is better for reading, which one do you think is the best taking into account the battery and the screen clarity and crispness. Thank you very very much, I had to return a kobo sage because of the battery issue that is worst with koreader and I'm looking for something similar or better just to read big fantasy books and probably some academic manuals.
There isn't a single device that has all of the things you mentioned as strong points. It's like an RPG character. So you need to prioritize what is most important for you, what's the second most important thing for you and then categorize devices according to your priorities list.
Me saying that my favorite 10.3" eNote device for reading is Note Air doesn't mean much to you, because my list of priorities will differ from yours, therefore it might not be the best device for you.
@@MyDeepGuide Thank you very much. You're right, the thing is the best device for me is the kobo sage but the thing is the terrible battery, I can't get more than 5 hours of reading and is the second unit I'm having with this issues. So, I supose, the thing that I want is a device with a similar screen crispness but with more battery than 5 hours. Or, in the other hand I think that, having the carta 1200, the kobo elipsa would look similar (with 227 ppi) and will have a better battery probably?
Thanks for the review ! Can we please explore its browsing capabilities?
Thank you for another great review! Can't agree more when you speak about te canvas system, it's just terrible. Particularly when you work both in the landscape and portrait modes.
Yeah, I had the Nova 3 for a while. I never even understood what it is supposed to be doing :)
Just got mine today. A bit fruwstrate3d that text conversion is not what I expected. Doesnt work well.. I like better the text converstion of the Kobo ELipsa where you can convert and keep writing on the same page.
"I am working too much"- that is why we are here. You are doing an amazing job and thank you, thank you, thank you for your intensive and long working hours just for us to make the best choice in buying a perfect device. Especially talking about myself becouse this will be my first one. Good job and keep up the awesome work! But get more rest also 😁
Hello, thx for the extensive review youa re amazing, quick question can i create layers on pdf files?
Thank you for your hard work, Voya. Do you know the length of "power-on time?"
Thank you for watching :) What do you mean by power on time?
@@MyDeepGuide, thank you for responding so quickly. I love the amount of detail that you provide in your reviews.
I work in a fast paced and highly collaborative work environment. I need to have the ability to immediately begin taking notes when the information presents itself; this is much like flipping open a notebook. However, battery power conservation is something that I wish to maintain. When I refer to "power-on-time," I am looking for the amount of time it takes the tablet , that is in the off-position, to be fully functional after pressing the power-on button. Also, the amount of time it takes to progress from a sleep-mode to the on-position.
I appreciate your feedback.
@@spinsmore good question. Just wondering if you found the answer?
@@MrFreitasrobert any answer?
@@michaelmcclellanjr9831 nope
Excellent review.
Hi Voya, can you do a review on the spending rate of the nib and how often you would have to have it changed (say for the usage case of a student)
I am considering one of these for reading but also for typing in google docs. Could you make a video showing how it performs with a keyboard?
Thanks you for the Video. Does someone of you also have some tiny white spots on screen when turning on the backlight?
Thank you for the review. The lower PPI bothered me before. Now seeing that it is sharp enough, I think this is a better device for me than Kindle Scribe
I just received today, december 3, the new 3.2 upgrade for the Note Air '1', I'm downloading and installing it! An upgrade version of your "Big Boox Guide" would be truly appreciated and welcome!
Great review! Have you gotten the Note 5 yet? :) so curious about what you'll think about it
I think it is possible to transfer via USB-c pdf's from PC to the Note Air, right? How about if the OS of the computer is Linux. Will the reader show up in my list of directories and attached storage devices?
I have read that sometimes you don't see the 'Notes' that you created and that you should log in to your Onyx account to remedy such event. How about my downloaded and stored pdf's and epub's, are they always available (also offline) or do they also require a login occasionally.
A third and last question concerns the use of dictionaries while reading a (pdf) document. Are there preloaded dictionaries or is it possible to install other/more dictionaries. That dictionary function seems very useful to me. That is why I ask.
I have sort of two questions: Since I have the first Boox Note Air and the Samsung pen (you recommended), I have not been too happy with the pen. Have you tried the Noris Digital Jumbo from Staedtler? If so, would you recommend it? Or should I try the Boox Note Air 2 pen? [FYI I have applied a writing surface on the Air which works great.]
what pen you are referring to?
9:46 It says Appstore : BOOX store... does that mean there will be only boox apps or do I have access to all android features and apps?
No. As shown and described, you can enable the Google Play store as well.
@@MyDeepGuide yeah i saw it later on in the video but thanks for reply ^-^
Hey Voya. Could you provide some info on how to charge the Note Air 2? What charger should I use, etc.
I use my regular phone charger and that has been working fine for over a year now with my Note Air 1.
Thank you. Because of you I have just had delivered my Note Air 2! What would be your recommended settings and also would you recommend using a screen protector?
Note Air 2 has a non removable pre-applied screen protector film, which is the whole point of upgrading to the Note Air 2, so no additional screen protector is needed. As for settings, this will be a separate video, since things have changed from my original Big Boox Guide and the OS 3.2.
Hello Voja, great videos. I have a few questions -
1. I understand from your videos that the One note app is buggy both on boox air 2 and supernote A6 - but since both these are android apps, I asm assuming we can install chrome and access one-note web view. What is the typing experience like in one note via chrome?
2. Do both these devices convert handwritten text into typed text?
3. Can I connect these devices to my PC like an additional screen and share it in communicator tools like skype or MS teams?
4. Can I install apps like Grammarly for spelling and grammar correction? If not is spelling and grammar correction available natively
Basically it's a no on all of the things you mentioned regarding the OneNote. One note is not available on the Supernote and One not will not work quickly when accessed from the web browser, if it works at all.
Suprenote doesn't convert entire pages of handwriting to text, but it has other functionality that does, if used correctly and regularly, replace the need for it (titles and keywords in notebooks).
Boox does support screen sharing on windows 10. For other platforms you will need to find and use an app that will allow you to do that. Super it can't to that yet.
I haven't tried grammarly. If it exists as a separate Android app, then yes. If it's a browser extension, then no, as that doesn't work on Android.
@@MyDeepGuide thanks for the quick reply voja. If there is not hand written text to typed text conversion, can I search for a string? If I can't that basically takes away the main benefit of a digital notebook for me (easier searchability). I think remarkable has hand written to typed search conversion. So remarkable would allow searching, I am assuming? But not sure if it allows sharing screen with windows?
No, remarkable doesn't have search capabilities of handwritten notes. Boox and Mobiscribe are the ones that so have this functionality.
Amazing Video Again!!
I just received my note air 2 and one of the main reasons I choose this over the supernote was your review. I do want to use this for work and I have a form we use with every client that is a fillable PDF... how do I put this form on my device so I can pull it up and save it for each client and still have my original?
Simply transfer the PDF file onto the device and then each time you need a new version for a new client, long press on the PDF, make a copy, paste it where you want to, rename it accordingly to match the client and then fill it out. So basically, just make a copy of the original each time you need it and make sure it's placed into a logical directory and named properly.
What case would you recommend for Note Air 2? From what I have heard the original one breaks in the corners under normal use.
Can this device search in my handwritten notes? Thank you for the review.
Yes, but only in notebooks. Handwritten notes in documents or books can't be searched.
@@MyDeepGuide oh wow that's great news. both Note Air 1 and A5X can't do this right? I'm used to writing on Samsung Galaxy Note Series and there I can search for any handwritten word that's in my notes. Without such a strong function I can't use a digital note taking alternative. A strong search and very good handwriting recognition is a must. Can you take this subject in part 2 of this review?
All Boox devices that are capable of note taking can do that. A5X can't yet, but it has other, maybe even more powerful organizational tools, such as creating a TOC of your notebook. For me, still the most powerful function for real world use, because the word search will always rely on how accurate the handwriting recognition is, which makes it not 100% reliable. TOC functionality in Supernote is 100% reliable, because it doesn't rely on things like that.
Also, part 2 was made available 30 minutes after part 1, so all of it has been published. Handwriting conversion is platform specific, not device specific, and this will be covered in the general guide videos.
Is it possible to rotate the screen 180 degrees (so that blue plastic handle is on the right side)?
Yes, it has an accelerometer, so it has the auto-rotation functionality.
I don't know what to choose between this Note Air 2 and the Supernote A5X... Anyone?
The same for me. I am undecided
You said the battery is 3,000 mAh for this device? The Note Air 2 I have and the Boox site say it's 2000 mAh. I'm curious bc I want to make sure your battery test that gives over 100 hrs for low consumption applies to my device too.
It doesn't say 2000 mAh, it says 3000 for NA2 and 3700 for the NA2+.
shop.boox.com/products/noteair2
@@MyDeepGuide Thank you! Idk where I thought I had seen the lower amt but downloaded an app on the device and now I can see the 3k amt
Just FYI I have to send my Note Air 2 back as there was a yellow tint in form of a rectangle on the screen. It is so integral to my workflow by now, though, that I am getting the Note Air 2+. I just wanted to point out, that after 7 month of daily use, this screen issue popped up. _cR
(2:06) There was a revised version of the original Note Air that had that port too, but I believe yours was from an earlier production batch prior to the revision, since it has the earlier version of the case which uses some kind of adhesive instead of a plastic backplate.
I prefer the thin cover with the adhesive as it works perfectly, yet is super light and thin.
Hi, does the air 2 supports hdmi over usb c to use it as a „whiteboard“ during presentations. The air 1 doesn’t support it. Thanks 🙂
Thank you very much for your effort in making such a detailed and awesome review.
Thanks for the screen maintainence part. Anyone would hate to have an easily scratched screen on such a costly device, but replacing pen nibs I can accept
Great review :)
Thanks Voya. I bought it after seeing your reviews and am very happy with it. Anyway, I really miss the eraser on the stylus.Which replacement pen with eraser do you recommend for this device? The BOOX pen 2 pro or perhaps the Samsung Tab S6 lite pen?
You are absolutely right. Looking for a pen with eraser as well
I love the Staedler Noris Jumbo
Do you think that now Note Air 2 is better than A5X in writing experience & annotations or the other way around?
It's better in writing experience and in reader functionality, but Supernote still has several functionalities that I absolutely adore, and no other platform has it, primarily for me, the ability to add titles in notebooks and basically create a TOC in your notebook. No other platform has that. Plus, it has amazing pens with ceramic nibs that don't spend, and it's all plastic and robust fall testing they did makes it a more durable and robust device, and it's UI is far friendlier and easier to deal with than the Boox environment. To me, they are equally useful devices while each one has their strong points over the other.
Thanks got the quick comparison! I often wonder if the features available on the new Boox devices was worth switching from my Supernote (microphone, speaker, etc). I do love my A5X though.
Hi Voja, Which pen (w/ ereaser) do you recommend the most with Boox Air Note 2? I would like to buy the Pen2 Pro, but seems to be impossible to find it in Europe. Thanks!
I haven't tried it, but it does seem like a good choice. I have my trusty Samsung S6 Lite pen that has a button for an eraser, and I like to use that one, though some people find it to be too thin.
How is the durability of the screen. Compared to a standard smartphone screen. Is it softer?
Note Air 2 has a glass top screen that has a paperlike structure laminated to it. So hardness is the one of glass, but because of the paperlike surface and the soft nib pen, it feels a lot softer to write on, than on a regular tablet/phone. As for durability, I don't know what the hardness grade of the glass is, so I can't offer much more insight there, unfortunately.
The canvas adjustments are a nightmare. I'm using the 20 point lined template and like it quite a bit. However, when I try to pinch to zoom in or out, or try to scroll, sometimes this changes the canvas height or width, and then everything is messed up. I cannot get things back to the state before that happened, and the handwriting is out of sync with the template lines. Do you have any advice for using the lined template and preventing this kind of mess?
Absolutely none, as it's as you described and I complained in the video and mentioned to Boox, the way it "works" now is severely flawed. Yes, there is technically a way of achieving a result, but it's ridiculously convoluted and not really something that can be normally used ,as it's akin to a project, where the order of each of the steps determines if the end result will be a mess or if it will work.
The only advice I have is to avoid using it, if you can, u til they fix it properly and to disable pinch to zoom, because accidental zoom can also cause an unholy mess.
They should just scrap the canvas feature, because what they have here is borderline useless.
What sometimes works for me is exiting the notebook, entering again, changing the template, exiting again, entering again and then changing back. But only sometimes.
@@MyDeepGuide that’s hilarious. The disabling of pinch to zoom is a great tip, thanks!
May I ask another question: I see a lot of icons and I don’t know what they do. Is there a reference that I could go to that tells what what each icon is for? I know when I customize the toolbar I can longpress and it will tell me, but that doesn’t cover all the icons. I don’t know why they would assume that people know what all the icons mean.
Sorry one last question: how can I disable pinch to zoom in Notes? I cannot find that.
Where can I see a list of my bookmarks of which book?
Are you planning to review the note 5?
Yes, but I haven't received the review device yet because of some delay. But when I receive it, yes, I will.
can you confirm if the new pen attaches magnetically to the old Note Air? I'd like a pen that attaches magnetically and has a hardware-level eraser mode, but don't want to buy a whole new tablet after less than a year for that functionality
Yes it does, better than the old pen, but not as good as it does to the Note Air 2.
how does it compare to the Supernote A5X for writing?
Don't know what the complexity of adding colored highlights is, but definitely not paying that price for a black&white screen. Thanks for the great review
Do you know where we can download/buy templates for note air 2?
One thing you didn't compared is the pression sensitivity of the pen. While it's not that bad, it' not good either..
I tested the pen on different devices and the actual pressure sensitivity of the pen is very good. The brushes themselves are the ones that have a fairly limited sensitivity range, and that's something that I have criticized the platform for, very many times.
By "ruining the battery" you mean like physically damaging it? Because I could see myself using this outdoors in situations with a lot of subtropical sun (yay e-ink) and I know that heat is not good for any battery.
I mean keeping it plugged in to charge while continuously discharging it by either using it as an external monitor or doing anything that is putting the device into a state of rapid discharge, while rapidly charging it at the same time, and doing that for months, and doing that in very warm conditions. Any battery will give up and turn into a puffer fish, if exposed for long enough to that kind of torture.
How is the page numbers of an epub book on neo reader? is it the same as listed. for example you know that the book you have in epub has 310 pages, it it the same in neoreader or even slightly more or is it double the amount of pages? Thank you.
That will depend on the formatting being used, as it will directly affect the number of pages, i.e. smaller font and margins equals less pages, larger font and margins equals more pages.
@@MyDeepGuide Thank you.
Onyx need to improve the quality of the Note Air cases.. My case showing cracks on all 4 corners just after one week of normal use!
I love the tablet but not the quality of the case! 😡
Hello, does anyone know if the new onyx boox pen 2 plus attach to note air 1? Thanks!
Thanks for vídeos they been helpful, can you elaborate more on dark mode because I don’t I can’t set it up! That’s really helpful specially when I wonna read at night
Hmm, what Dark Mode?
@@MyDeepGuide where the background is black and the letters are white it’s helpful when reading at night thanks reply
Where did you find the information that this device has that mode?
@@MyDeepGuide no I’m asking if it does, I found it doesn’t support dark mode thanks for reply
How would you compare the writing experience with the Lumi 2 and Note 5?
I don't know, since I don't have the Note 5 with me yet.