I made a decision to purchase the Boox Palma 2 final month, and since I’ve been primarily utilizing it to learn Kindle ebooks with the Kindle Android app, I assumed I’d put collectively a fast comparability between it and the present Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite.
The Palma has a 6.13″ E Ink display screen (Carta 1200), however due to the narrower display screen ratio it’s not almost as large because the Kindle, which has a 6″ display screen, and it’s lots smaller than the Paperwhite with its 7″ display screen. It’s slightly taller than the Kindle, however not by a lot, and it has a a lot smaller bezel.
Once I first fired up the Boox Palma 2 and began utilizing it with the Kindle app, I used to be shocked by how crisp the display screen seemed and the way easy scrolling and web page turns had been. Not like the previous few Onyx units that I’ve reviewed, the Palma has BSR for higher refreshing, and it makes an enormous distinction. Ghosting can also be much less of a problem with BSR, though it’s nonetheless extra prevalent than with Kindles.
Top-of-the-line issues concerning the Palma is the truth that it has quantity buttons on the aspect that can be used as page-turn buttons. There’s an additional button on the left aspect of the display screen as properly that may be programmed to do a variety of various things.
Darkish Mode is one factor the Palma isn’t fairly nearly as good at as Kindles for the reason that Android app isn’t designed for E Ink screens, so the textual content doesn’t look as white. Turning off excessive distinction mode helps slightly, however Boox units present extra ghosting than Kindles, and that’s extra apparent with a black background.
Darkish Mode seems to be and works higher when utilizing the default NeoReader app on the Palma, however that app doesn’t help ebooks with DRM so that you’d must undergo a number of further steps to learn Kindle ebooks with it.
I actually like the shape issue of the Palma, however personally I don’t want 6GB of RAM, 128GB of space for storing, a fingerprint reader, a digicam, a reminiscence card slot, and so forth simply to learn ebooks. I hope different corporations begin popping out with extra primary variations of pocketable ereaders just like the Palma. It’s nice for studying on the go, and it suits in a pocket simpler than even the essential Kindle due to the narrower display screen.
One factor that’s type of loopy about evaluating these three units is you should purchase each the Kindle ($109) and the Kindle Paperwhite ($159) for $10 lower than the Boox Palma 2 ($279) sells for by itself. The Palma provides some {hardware} upgrades and the Android OS is extra versatile than a Kindle, however nonetheless that’s a excessive worth to pay in the event you simply need to use it to learn Kindle ebooks. I actually do just like the Palma, although. It’s not fairly nearly as good as Kindles relating to studying Kindle ebooks, nevertheless it comes fairly shut, and due to the Android OS it will probably do a complete lot extra than simply displaying ebooks from Amazon.
Palma 2 vs Kindles Comparability Video
