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Gizmodo has been poor for maybe 15 years.
"after the success of the reMarkable tablet"
Hype they mean. It's a PDF reader with a drawing app (no native HW recognition), no library style access, just a file system and abysmal methods to put conent on or off.
"The Bigme InkNote Color purports to be the next step for e-notes, thanks to a partnership with Good e-Reader, a blog that’s been reviewing E Ink devices for almost as long as they’ve been available and that understands what features are most useful and most important on these types of devices. "
A blog that makes up stuff and hypes.
"The first color E Ink tablet that wants to completely replace your iPad."
An nonsense subheading.
"reMarkable 2 remains the best e-note you can buy when it comes to note-taking performance."
Nonsense as it only stores images from your stylus use. It's not a real eNote book at all. Many major defects, though the PDF reader works well.
"Based on Wacom’s stylus technology, the InkNote Color’s bundled stylus, the A5, doesn’t realistically need charging, and is completely interchangeable with other devices and stylii boasting Wacom compatibility. (Such as the reMarkable’s stylus.) "
The worst tech for eink as the tablet powers it. The kinds on Apple and Surface/kobo are better for low power consumption.
The MS Surface compatible stylus used on the Sage & Elipsa is far better than either the Wacom Bamboo or the reMarkable (I have both). The Apple Pencil is OK, but a 1/3rd party one is 1/4 price or less and works as well on an iPad.
"The shortcut buttons use a Bluetooth connection to the InkNote Color, which does mean the stylus, technically, needs to be charged. "
If it's a Wacom stylus, why use BT? None of of the Wacoms I've used are short of buttons, even the reMarkable Wacom stylus doesn't need charged for the buttons.
At least they admit it's muddy and dark. The ONLY use case for Colour eInk is comics. Not good enough for a colour illustrated book and too poor just to read novels.
"With a $600 pre-order price through Kickstarter and a full MSRP closer to $700, there’s no pretending that the InkNote Color isn’t expensive, especially when compared to even an entry-level iPad or the $400 reMarkable 2. As e-note devices go, it really has no rival in terms of performance and features right now, and the fact that it runs Android 11 means its capabilities can potentially be expanded even further."
Pure hype. It's inferior to many mono eink with Android that are much cheaper.
I've an android Mars eink, Kobo Sage & Elipsa (uses Nebo app for handwriting to text) and a reMarkable.
I've used current iPad.
I 've 4.3.", 5", 6" Android phones. 6" and 10" Android tablets.
I think this is a badly thought out and overpriced eInk colour. It is likely to fail because the market of people willing to pay $700 to read comics on eink in "colour" is too small.
Comics or graphic novels don't take long to read compared to a novel, so unless you only read outdoors in sunlight a $300 10" Android tablet is better value. Or a $50 Amazon Fire.
The iPad Mini is about €500 here.
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