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Old 01-12-2020, 10:19 AM   #15
Waiting4somethin
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Originally Posted by libriworm View Post
And that's it, really. I do not want to use the device to write documents, check my e-mail or send messages. I do not want to use it to listen to audio books or music, nor to watch videos of any sort. In fact, I want as few distractions as possible from reading. And beyond highlighting text, I couldn't care less about note taking, drawing, or doing anything else but reading.

I'm also rather worried by the fact that there are virtually no independent reviews of the Boox Max 3. There are a handful of clearly promotional PR videos from the manufacturer, and another handful of very obvious corporate shills who film/write puff pieces that read like press releases, almost certainly for pay or free devices.
I don't do exactly the same kind of reading so I don't know what you need. One difference about eink that is clear, is that you can't flick through the pages in quite the same fluid manner, something which would probably be a lot better on an ipad for example. I don't think max3 will have solved this problem. I could be wrong. But I would get a used max2.

As you say, videos (by onyx and goodereader) obscure the device flaws, since they are selling them. I was particularly disappointed with goodereader's video about the dasung monitor. It's one thing promoting, but quite another to smear the competition. But I haven't had a problem with "The Ebook Reader" videos in terms of basic reading features.
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