MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Nook or Onyx Boox (Bebook Neo)??? Need advice.

majidbhurgri · 06-12-2010, 10:40 PM

I bought Nook 3 months ago and returned it after a week. I did not like its cramped navigation screen, inability to take me to a page and so. Like you I am not keen on buying books from B&N.

I got my Onyx Boox 3 days ago and it is my considered opinion that it is decidedly superior to Nook or for that matter most eBook readers out there, at least for my needs.

I installed latest firmware (beta) last night and I am impressed with it. It supports all the formats that I use, PDF, EPUB, HTML, DOC and TEXT. Font Family choice is available for DOC and TEXT (I wish and hope that they make it available for HTML and EPUB). Font size choice is over 15 sizes which works in various formats.

PDF has nice reflow even if the file is not tagged. Zooming, unlike Sony, is great.

In Unicode and OpenType font support it simply excels, much beyond what I expected. I use complex Arabic script languages and these are rendered flawlessly. Even my webpage (which Chrome and Opera fail to process properly in Windows) was rendered flawlessly by Boox browser. The font embedding, which I use on my website, worked superbly and the page used the designated fonts and complex text was rendered without any problem. This goes beyond Unicode, for it needs proper handling of Opentype fonts as well which was needed.

However, locally, it uses default font for HTML pages, and I hope they fix it. But then in DOC files, I chose the font and the complex script text was rendered superbly.

The touchscreen (wacom) is great too. I have tried and tested half a dozen eBook readers during last 3 months, starting with Nook, and then Sony 600, Sony 900 or Daily edition, Cybook Opus and Hanvon 516 (running OpenInkpot OS). While I did like some of the features of last two, but over all Onyx Boox is best of them all, decidedly.

I would prefer it to Nook any time. I hope this help you decide.

06-12-2010, 10:40 PM	#2
majidbhurgri Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: USA Device: Boox 60, Kindle3/3G	I bought Nook 3 months ago and returned it after a week. I did not like its cramped navigation screen, inability to take me to a page and so. Like you I am not keen on buying books from B&N. I got my Onyx Boox 3 days ago and it is my considered opinion that it is decidedly superior to Nook or for that matter most eBook readers out there, at least for my needs. I installed latest firmware (beta) last night and I am impressed with it. It supports all the formats that I use, PDF, EPUB, HTML, DOC and TEXT. Font Family choice is available for DOC and TEXT (I wish and hope that they make it available for HTML and EPUB). Font size choice is over 15 sizes which works in various formats. PDF has nice reflow even if the file is not tagged. Zooming, unlike Sony, is great. In Unicode and OpenType font support it simply excels, much beyond what I expected. I use complex Arabic script languages and these are rendered flawlessly. Even my webpage (which Chrome and Opera fail to process properly in Windows) was rendered flawlessly by Boox browser. The font embedding, which I use on my website, worked superbly and the page used the designated fonts and complex text was rendered without any problem. This goes beyond Unicode, for it needs proper handling of Opentype fonts as well which was needed. However, locally, it uses default font for HTML pages, and I hope they fix it. But then in DOC files, I chose the font and the complex script text was rendered superbly. The touchscreen (wacom) is great too. I have tried and tested half a dozen eBook readers during last 3 months, starting with Nook, and then Sony 600, Sony 900 or Daily edition, Cybook Opus and Hanvon 516 (running OpenInkpot OS). While I did like some of the features of last two, but over all Onyx Boox is best of them all, decidedly. I would prefer it to Nook any time. I hope this help you decide.