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Originally Posted by Queso
Would you recommend I get the M96 or the M96C? I don't need to write on it, but maybe the M96 is more "stable" anyway? Is the screen quality of the M96 better because it doesn't have the layer on top to support capacitive touch?
Lastly, should I just wait? Are any better devices slated to be coming out in the next few months that would be worth waiting for, whether from Onyx or another company? Or is it a few years between releases anyway and these Onyx devices are really the only suitable e-readers for my needs?
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Well, it depends on your needs and budget.
During the last 5 years I've bought many ereader (nook, sony, kobo, etc...) because I cannot use backlight devices because of a blue-light allergy I've been suffering. Thereby, from my extended experience I can say that an operational android ereader is a must have and at least from my viewpoint Onyx devices are the only one that cover my expectation.
So, I bought a T68 to be used for travelling and a M96 for reading papers (I'm faculty). Both devices are great if you tweak them (it will take you no more than 30 minutes).
I was skeptical about the stylus screens but after a month using my M96, I was quite happy because I could afford to cover all my demands with different apps from Google Play Store. For internet browsing I use the default android keyboard but for responding email or writing word files I use handwriting thanks to "
MyScript Stylus app which is so effective. For zooming I use "
Assistive Zoom Pro app" and for rotating the screen I use "
Ultimate Rotation Control app". For web browsing I use "
Lightning Browser" and "
Puffin Web Browser". Also you can use
Amazon Kindle,
Moon Reader Pro (good epud reader) and
ezPDF reader. Spotify is compatible, also.
The capacitive touch screen of our T68 is less precise than a common color back-lighted capacitive touch screen and also less precise than the magnetic stylus screen of our M96. Hence, for hard working or hard reading and annotation I consider that a magnetic stylus screen is a better option, but for leisure is better a M96C or a T68 (the latter is better handling and more comfortable for leisure). The capacitive touch screen of our T68 is darker but the "resolution and refreshing" is more or less the same than the M96.
I tried Booxtor firmwares and for T68 the best update now is
20141014 one and for M96 the
20141013. Both firmwares have to be debloated, you can follow the advices of
this thread.
From my point of view
www.ereader-store.de is the best seller so far, they enhance their product with better hardware and software.
Best.