The Boox Palma 2 has a quicker processor and provides a fingerprint reader

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Boox has introduced the Palma 2, the subsequent model of its common smartphone-sized e-reader. The Palma 2 addresses a number of the authentic’s shortcomings, with a quicker processor to handle the unique’s laggy interface and by working a more recent model of Android.

The unique Palma ran on Android 11, however the brand new Palma 2 will debut with Android 13. Picture: Boox

But it surely was the Palma’s compact dimension and entry to hundreds of apps that helped it grow to be a well-liked Kindle and Kobo different, and Boox is not messing with that method for the Palma 2. It options the identical 6.13-inch 300ppi E Ink Carta 1200 display screen as the unique (a technology behind what’s discovered within the newest Kindle Paperwhite) and as soon as once more comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.

Though Boox hasn’t shared particular particulars, it says the brand new Palma 2 now runs a “quicker octa-core CPU,” which is able to hopefully assist pace up the brand new e-reader’s interface. It additionally runs Android 13 as a substitute of Android 11. That is nonetheless just a few generations behind the newest model of Android, however it means the Palma 2 will get newer options like improved copying and pasting. It must also give the e-reader just a few extra years over the unique earlier than apps cease supporting its model of the OS.

The opposite notable improve for the Palma 2 is the addition of a fingerprint sensor built-in into its energy button, making it simpler to safe the machine whereas nonetheless having the ability to rapidly unlock it with only one hand.

The Palma 2 nonetheless includes a rear-facing digicam that can be utilized for digitizing paperwork. Picture: Boox

Though leaked photos from earlier this week steered Boox might be eliminating cameras from its smartphone-sized e-readers, that was solely the case for a model of the Palma restricted to China. The Palma 2 has the identical 16MP rear digicam with flash as the unique, which the corporate suggests is helpful for digitizing paperwork.

The Boox Notice Air4 C includes a shade E Ink display screen and a quicker processor than its predecessor. Picture: Boox

Alongside the Palma 2, Boox additionally introduced two new e-paper note-taking gadgets. The ten.3-inch Notice Air4 C options the latest-gen Kaleido 3 shade E Ink show with improved refresh charges and an octa-core processor that Boox says makes the pill 50 % quicker than the earlier mannequin. The $499.99 Notice Air4 C additionally runs Android 13 and has a brand new “tablet-like UI” that the corporate says makes it simpler to customise its dwelling display screen and manage apps.

The brand new Boox Notice Max is a black-and-white, stylus-capable pill that includes a bigger 13.3-inch E Ink Carta 1300 show powered by a 2.8GHz octa-core CPU. At simply 4.6 millimeters thick, the Notice Max is nearly half as thick because the Boox Palma 2. However not like Boox’s different two gadgets launched in the present day, it will not be accessible for preorder from the corporate’s on-line retailer for just a few extra weeks.

The Boox Palma 2 has a quicker processor and provides a fingerprint reader

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