Boox Palma

I've never really had the patience to fiddle a lot of with the hardware but have always wanted to use e-ink screens for working, specially on the move. [...] The boox palma with android + (obsidian | termux + tailscale) when I need it has actually worked out well for me for writing | programming with a portable keyboard (nuphy). [...] ( has some photos)

Not who you asked, but personally I'm using an Onyx Boox Palma, which is a phone-sized Android device with an e-ink screen. [...] Pretty happy with the workflow overall - I use it extensively when travelling and having time to waste (e.g. [...]

Since these E-Ink phones all suck in specific ways or have uncertain compatibility with US cell carriers I carry 2 devices, my Android smartphone (which I've dumbed down in a similar way to you) and a Boox Palma 2 (which I use for reading articles and books). [...]

I bought a Boox Palma after a couple of eink threads here recently and it primarily exists for me as a replacement phone to reduce eye strain in bed. I can do all the reading I used to do on my phone on the Palma, I can do Anki flashcards, I can comment on HN, I can even watch and get the gist of an embedded short video. [...] Fortunately I had my phone with me too and set up wi-fi sharing to do the sync, but how much better would it have been if I could have left my phone at home? [...] The eink screen was much easier to read in the sun than my phone ever could be, and the Palma is (slightly) smaller and lighter than a phone too. [...] It probably wouldn't replace my phone for multi-day or overseas trips where GPS and having a legacy phone number/dialer is still useful, but with 4G internet it'd be the perfect day trip device.

I have both a mooan inkpalm 5 and a boox palma and you can get books look much better in both. [...]

[...] It also only works on a single GSM band in the US (which to be fair, I knew before I bought it), but I was hoping that single band would be usable. [...] Vaguely intrigued by the new Boox Palma though.

This device looks very interesting as it's one step closer to Palm/Blackberry style devices with the keyboard. The design is pretty unique, it looks like a more squarish screen than what the e-ink phones usually have. I wonder if they might ever give Unihertz a call about collaborating on a keyboard phone. I just bought the Onyx Boox Palma which is a phone-size backlit e-ink tablet (no keyboard, no SIM). [...] I've had many e-readers in the past and the slow refresh used to make general browsing impossible. Now, screens have multiple refresh rate settings, so using a higher one for the web browser app makes it much more usable.

Yes, @jenreadsromance.bsky.social mentioned the Boox Palma; I'm checking it out. I don't want to read on my phone or iPad (too heavy/big). [...]

[...] The alternative seems to be the boox Palma but it's 300 bucks compared to 100. [...]

I bought a Boox Palma a few years ago (2?) and it was one of the best decision ever. Those ereader sizes are among the best ways to lower the threshold to reading, and to limit doom-scrolling time on social media, imho!

I liked my boox palma a lot until its display broke randomly after 2 months in a soft pocket and now it's ewaste.

I use the Onyx Boox Palma for a portable eink drafting setup. It's worked pretty well. I wrote about it here:

[...] i have never paid more than $10 for an e-ink device until boox palma. [...]

There are a few commercial products popping up and marketing. I think youll find what you find here interesting: Im using a Boox palma 2 on a stand, and a Thinkpad Keyboard 2 to emulate the same thing. The battery life may not be 100 hours but considerable.

The BOOX Palma is an e-ink Android device (not a phone) that I run the Kindle app on. It has physical page buttons, and is better than any of the Kindle devices I've used. Also tunable ink speed and color temperature.

I'm hoping there's a good (and not super expensive) smartphone (without cellular) color e ink device in the future. I know a lot of people want the boox palma to have cellular but... I would prefer for it to be cheaper and retain just wifi. I have one, and I've never felt like I need mobile internet on it and I've also never felt like I would want to replace my phone for it either.

I got the Onyx Boox Palma for this. Phone-size E-ink screen (no SIM slot), Android + app store support under the hood.

I treated myself to a boox Palma 2 and I've been enjoying it so much! I've had Kindles in the past (and they're great) but I wanted something that I can read Libby ebooks on (non Kindle versions) as well as ebooks from other apps. It runs like a tablet and has more capabilities than my kindle did.

Combination of Boox Palma 2 and paper books. I loved my Kindle Paperwhite, but the Boox is a better form factor for me. Fits in my pocket.

I gave in and finally got myself a Boox Palma as I've been reading from my phone waaay too much 💖 the second best part after all the reading and stuff is that the decorative opportunities are endless. here's my v1.0 of the back case booksky 💙 📚

for the past month i've been using an onyx boox palma as my go-to for reading, but also as a device to help me cut down on habitually using my phone in every free moment. it rocks, here's my review: ⏆ wavelengths.online/posts/onyx-b... ⏆

Really enjoying using my iPod again, but it's making me earn for a headphone jack on my phone and/or boox palma. So I could super easily switch headphones between devices. Rather than fumbling for a USB-C to 3.55mm jack connector that I've definitely lost.

I bought a boox palma and it is really great having a little ereader that fits in my pocket

I only write on my phone if that's all I have on me, but there was one time I had my Boox Palma (phone form factor, but e-ink) and a Bluetooth keyboard, and I wrote an article using that setup while sitting at a picnic bench between matches at a tennis tournament.

i love the boox palma 2 i bought with credit card points. having an eink tablet that runs reading apps, obsidian, etc etc that fits in a pocket and has a zippy screen with great refresh options and bluetooth keyboard support is very cool

Me: Well, the BOOX Palma is probably the ideal way to carry books on me, and will probably help curb down my desire to pick up another eink device even though color eink has a lot of appeal. Me, a month later: orders a color eink tablet from BOOX

yup! been using it actively on both my iPhone and Boox Palma (android device), works great on either platform and desktop too — so glad i went this route rather than doing native and choosing only one

Product Endorsement: I bought a Boox Palma 2 after this review and the thing is absolutely awesome. It’s basically an android phone without the phone and a really nice e-ink (black and white) screen. [...]

Just got a Boox Palma and I love it so far. Been busy with other stuff the past couple days, but I got a couple chapters of an ARC read on it! 📚💙

The Boox Palma 2 (or the first one) is amazing! I've only been using it for like a week, and I'm already on my second book on it :)

My only real problem with the iPad is that it’s fucking massive. I love reading comics on it but ever since I got a Boox Palma the form factor of the iPad has only gotten more pronounced. Strongly considering trading it in for the mini.

I love my little boox Palma and realized I hadn't been using it for most of the fall because TEACHING. Workflow has often been: buy hard copy of book, pirate ecopy, put on Palma, tho this copy of SHUT DOWN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL is just an $8 ebook. Recommended.

I wonder if this one still breaks forever if you bend slightly while it's in your pocket (RIP to the Boox Palma I owned and loved for a month earlier this year) www.theverge.com/2024/11/24/2... @davidpierce.xyz wdyt

I got a Boox Palma 2 as a sort of companion to the tablet (really intended more for project stuff, especially Ham and Meshtastic) and am blown away by the radical difference in screen brightness with their frontlights off

i bought a boox palma last month and i have been having so much fun with this thing that i'm seriously considering splurging for one of the proper e-ink tablets just because i'm interested to use one

ditched my kindle for a boox palma 2 but it still doesn’t solve my problem of being unable to actually pick anything to read so I guess stormlight reread it is

[...] Bookshop.org has really helped with the book buying and I've replaced my Kindle with a Boox Palma (made in China but idc). [...]

As far as I am concerned, my Kindle does not exist anymore booksky. (It's in a drawer.) I switched completely to my Boox Palma e-reader. [...] If I need a larger screen for any reason, I will buy a new e-reader outright. [...]

Unfortunately I also had a boox palma to try and scratch the smartphone itch when I got my flip phone and ran into that exact problem. It is cool, but page turning was annoying so it's starting to collect dust

[...] I don’t want to connect to work WiFi either on it. [...] But I do have both a Boox Palma for reading and also a Kobo Clara.

[...] I recently got a Boox Palma, which I love, but the Android Kindle app can’t display time remaining in a chapter for emailed epubs. [...]

[...] I will probably jump completely to a Kobo or Boox when the battery on my Oasis dies out. (I bought a Boox Palma, but I found it too small for the daily.)