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flibber · 04-20-2018, 06:48 AM

Just to address some of the issues raise in response to my mini review.

Amazon: I am in the UK. It was on Amazon UK last weekend, and also it was still tere in the middle of the week when I returned it. However I notice it is currerntly delisted.

MS Office Android: I have no issues using MS office on android and the Boox. They both worked the same (obviously except for onenote) it was the zooming and scrolling that was the issue. This was the same on most apps.

Battery/Wifi: I don't accept the life of the battery on the boox. I have a cheap £99 android phone that I can leave the entire weekend on standby while connected to 4g & wifi without issue. I suspect they give you a wifi timeout setting because they already know wifi standby drain is an issue and that is a easy fix?

$350 screen on a $200 tablet: I fully appriciate the price of the screen but the Boox acts like a $350 screen on a $50 Tablet. If they really have got decent spec hardware inside this thing then they need to sort the firmware ASAP.

Not using the boox for what it is meant for: Well, from what i see Boox are selling this product as a android 6 device with full play store capability. I do not see them defining what it should be used for. You cannot really sell a device with the capability to install anything from the play store and then start claiming that you shouldn't?
Besides... one of the main issues with the boox is its built in note taking App... something they made themselves. Even if I didn't install a thing from the play store and I kept the wifi permently turned off, I would still be dissappointed with the implementation and performance of the native features.

I think the main issue is understanding what this device is supposed to be? Some on here are almost suggesting that this is a glorified kindle in which you are only supposed to use it to read books, add a few notes and occassionally browse the web. If that is the case, what exactly differs this from previous products... and why give it full play store access? If it only has a handfull of apps that you are supposed to use, then you should restrict them and/or list them.

04-20-2018, 06:48 AM	#416
flibber Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2018 Device: boox note	Just to address some of the issues raise in response to my mini review. Amazon: I am in the UK. It was on Amazon UK last weekend, and also it was still tere in the middle of the week when I returned it. However I notice it is currerntly delisted. MS Office Android: I have no issues using MS office on android and the Boox. They both worked the same (obviously except for onenote) it was the zooming and scrolling that was the issue. This was the same on most apps. Battery/Wifi: I don't accept the life of the battery on the boox. I have a cheap £99 android phone that I can leave the entire weekend on standby while connected to 4g & wifi without issue. I suspect they give you a wifi timeout setting because they already know wifi standby drain is an issue and that is a easy fix? $350 screen on a $200 tablet: I fully appriciate the price of the screen but the Boox acts like a $350 screen on a $50 Tablet. If they really have got decent spec hardware inside this thing then they need to sort the firmware ASAP. Not using the boox for what it is meant for: Well, from what i see Boox are selling this product as a android 6 device with full play store capability. I do not see them defining what it should be used for. You cannot really sell a device with the capability to install anything from the play store and then start claiming that you shouldn't? Besides... one of the main issues with the boox is its built in note taking App... something they made themselves. Even if I didn't install a thing from the play store and I kept the wifi permently turned off, I would still be dissappointed with the implementation and performance of the native features. I think the main issue is understanding what this device is supposed to be? Some on here are almost suggesting that this is a glorified kindle in which you are only supposed to use it to read books, add a few notes and occassionally browse the web. If that is the case, what exactly differs this from previous products... and why give it full play store access? If it only has a handfull of apps that you are supposed to use, then you should restrict them and/or list them.