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Quoth · 02-13-2021, 08:06 AM

How new?
The last was in January 2021. Koreader is good, but direct download, not the Boyue App Store. I looked at Moonreader on Android and found it abysmal at respecting CSS compared to Aldiko or Lithium. The koreader allows over-riding bad CSS.

The built-in Mars reader seems very good for image / scan based PDFs. Ancient books and magazines.

My Mars had Android 8.1 pre-installed and then did a patch update and a firmware update at the setup screen. Various features such as an extra comic format, partial exFAT sd card support (can use 64 G to 128 G as portable but not integrated, which is still 32 G max), and extra BT support.

There are instructions here to upgrade to 8.1

I find it much as I'd expect an 7.8 " eink tablet with Android and switchable Google Framework support. I have an actual Lenovo LCD 10" Android 8.x tablet and the android aspects and limitations are similar, except where limited by the eink. The Boyue Homescreens and GUI is actually marginally better than Google Go, Android 6 or 8 or Nova launcher.

02-13-2021, 08:06 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,154 Karma: 105212035 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	How new? The last was in January 2021. Koreader is good, but direct download, not the Boyue App Store. I looked at Moonreader on Android and found it abysmal at respecting CSS compared to Aldiko or Lithium. The koreader allows over-riding bad CSS. The built-in Mars reader seems very good for image / scan based PDFs. Ancient books and magazines. My Mars had Android 8.1 pre-installed and then did a patch update and a firmware update at the setup screen. Various features such as an extra comic format, partial exFAT sd card support (can use 64 G to 128 G as portable but not integrated, which is still 32 G max), and extra BT support. There are instructions here to upgrade to 8.1 I find it much as I'd expect an 7.8 " eink tablet with Android and switchable Google Framework support. I have an actual Lenovo LCD 10" Android 8.x tablet and the android aspects and limitations are similar, except where limited by the eink. The Boyue Homescreens and GUI is actually marginally better than Google Go, Android 6 or 8 or Nova launcher.