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neonnoodle · 05-10-2015, 09:27 AM

I'm in the market for a large-screen e-reader with pen input capabilities.
At this point, I feel as though I have three options:

1. Sony DPT-S1
2. Onyx Boox M96
3. Waiting for the Netronix hardware to be marketed in some form or another.

Intended Use: I proofread for several hours a day, and LCD screens are hell on my eyes. I'd like to be able to mark up the documents I proofread, either in a program like OneNote or as PDFs in whatever proprietary program comes with the device. Ideally I'd like to be able to export my annotations back to my work computer through something like Dropbox/Box/OneDrive.

What little I've seen in videos of the Sony DPT, it looks like a highly polished device, though limited. By comparison, the M96 looks quite versatile; however, the more I read these threads, the more I wonder exactly how much frustration is really required to get the M96 working. Is the hardware identical between the Amazon and Booxtor versions? (That is, is it a simple matter of flashing the firmware?)

I'm not afraid of hacking around a bit. I used to have an Asus EA800 and I enjoyed the fun of messing around in the Linux OS of that device, and I even did a little bit of coding to modify a drawing application for it. Is the M96 similar in terms of learning curve?

05-10-2015, 09:27 AM	#1
neonnoodle Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2015 Device: Onyx Boox M96 or Sony DPTS-1	The M96 vs. the Sony DPT-S1? I'm in the market for a large-screen e-reader with pen input capabilities. At this point, I feel as though I have three options: 1. Sony DPT-S1 2. Onyx Boox M96 3. Waiting for the Netronix hardware to be marketed in some form or another. Intended Use: I proofread for several hours a day, and LCD screens are hell on my eyes. I'd like to be able to mark up the documents I proofread, either in a program like OneNote or as PDFs in whatever proprietary program comes with the device. Ideally I'd like to be able to export my annotations back to my work computer through something like Dropbox/Box/OneDrive. What little I've seen in videos of the Sony DPT, it looks like a highly polished device, though limited. By comparison, the M96 looks quite versatile; however, the more I read these threads, the more I wonder exactly how much frustration is really required to get the M96 working. Is the hardware identical between the Amazon and Booxtor versions? (That is, is it a simple matter of flashing the firmware?) I'm not afraid of hacking around a bit. I used to have an Asus EA800 and I enjoyed the fun of messing around in the Linux OS of that device, and I even did a little bit of coding to modify a drawing application for it. Is the M96 similar in terms of learning curve?