Likebook Alita

[Zeat]

Dennisdd,

Is the handwritten on split screen important to you? If your answer is yes, I suggest you not to buy Alita at this moment. I understand that the engineer of boyue try to improve this software of alita, but new bugs were always found in new firmware. In the latest firmware at this moment, part of your notes might possibly disappear after you used the "selecting tools" more than one time in one note. I suffered from this issue in preparationn of my exam with Alita. I have tried to seek solution from Boyue by sending email and post the video in boyue's facebook, but no feedback has been received so far.
Finally, I bought onxy note 2. I don't want to talk so much about note 2, because this thread is for boyue, but, in one word, the system of note2 is ready more mature and stable than that of Alita. Furthermore, you might find a number of merits in note 2, but Alita does not have. These merits were never mentioned by youtuber, bogger or even Goodreader before. In conclusion, I do not recommend you to buy Alita at this moment, if the "taking note" function is important to you.
P.S. I don't know why some boggers commented that obvious delay was found in handwritting of note 2. In fact, I also found this phenomenon when I used note 2 in the first time, but it could be solved by builtin calibration function.

[bazz2004]

These devices are not to be trusted if you are a serious student or researcher. Stick to a computer or the tried and tested A4 notepad plus pen which are cheaper, more reliable and easier to manage. The progress being made by Boyue in improving their software is spectacularly slow.

[Zeat]

Originally Posted by bazz2004

These devices are not to be trusted if you are a serious student or researcher. Stick to a computer or the tried and tested A4 notepad plus pen which are cheaper, more reliable and easier to manage. The progress being made by Boyue in improving their software is spectacularly slow.

I think low progress of improvement is not the major problem. The major problem is that it seems boyue did not test the firmware thoroughly before releasing the firmware. On the other hand, I think it should also release the software to resume the firmware to the previous version with less bug if bugs in current version was found.

In this aspect, it seems note2 is better and more reliable...

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Zeat

I think low progress of improvement is not the major problem. The major problem is that it seems boyue did not test the firmware thoroughly before releasing the firmware. On the other hand, I think it should also release the software to resume the firmware to the previous version with less bug if bugs in current version was found.

In this aspect, it seems note2 is better and more reliable...

The new Boox devices only have a stronger CPU and Android 9 - I didn't need either.
Boox only boils with water - there are bugs too.
They are stronger in the Notes area, but far inferior in the storage area.
Now it depends on what you want:
If you want an eInk tablet with a large storage capacity, then Likebook; if you want to scribble in other book formats as pdf, you need Boox.

[mitra1]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

The new Boox devices only have a stronger CPU and Android 9 - I didn't need either.
Boox only boils with water - there are bugs too.
They are stronger in the Notes area, but far inferior in the storage area.
Now it depends on what you want:
If you want an eInk tablet with a large storage capacity, then Likebook; if you want to scribble in other book formats as pdf, you need Boox.

i rememberthat boyue has removed the area eraser from Ianuary to May, and is missing the option to paste images in notepad, it's important for me because if i have an exercise, i wish paste the text and so resolve

[Zeat]

ottischwenk, plesse tell me more about "Boox only boils with water - there are bugs too." What did you mean? I bought note2 because I could not bear the bugs of alita. (In the second last version, always quit during viewing pdf. In this version, note disappeared) However, I have used note2 a month. I also found a number of bug in note2, but it is not serious. (e.g. First of all, my firmware is not the latest. It seems the gboard response slowly. It might trouble you when you use gboard, but you can use the builtin inputting software, I didn't find problem if you input english words.) Apart from appearance of the interface , I haven't found that alita is stronger than note2 in other aspect. Please let me know and then I can check it. In the aspect of external memoery card, absolutely, note2 does not have, but it can connect USB thrumbdrive. If someone think that the hidden sd card slot is important, he /she should consider alita. Just for experience sharing, I saw an article about the boox (I forgot where I found the article, may be the manaul inside the machine), it mentioned that the organizer of boox is the hobbyist of eink reader. I think it might be the truth, because I found many functions of note2 are very considerate, they are not necessary, but they are really consiiderate and helpful. E.g If your wife sleep first and then you want to read note2 on the bed, you might foget to switch on the backlight of note2 before you takes it into bedroom. Don't worry abot you cannot find the backlight button in the interface in the dark. Pressing the unique physical button can switch on the backlight.
So far, note2 satisified me, but I do not intend to update the firmware at this moment, because I need to prepare my test with the machine. I'm afraid bug occurs or modification of any useful function affect my preparation. I will let you all know the performance after I update the firmware. Sorry for off topic here.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Zeat

ottischwenk, plesse tell me more about "Boox only boils with water - there are bugs too."

I need a lot of storage capacity that Boox does not offer, but the Likebook Alita (512 GB) - and I have not yet found a bug in my area of ​​use. However, I only need notes in pdf and Bluetooth remote control.

I do not have the Note2, but the Nova2 - it cannot be used in the sun, because the screen goes dark.
It is being replaced, but the replacement device has not yet arrived - so I do not know whether this error has been corrected.
The storage capacity is ridiculous, so I hoped for USB OTG.
Boox USB-OTG storage is just as ridiculous: only FAT32 is possible - no file can be larger than 4GB (Kiwix Wikipedia has 60 GB - no problem on the Likebooks, impossible on Boox).
So my Boox purchase was a complete bad buy - what Boox can do more (scribbling in other ebook formats) I hardly need it and otherwise it is also far inferior to my Likebook Ares (512 GB) for my needs.
And Likebook USB-OTG also works with 4 TB NTFS hard disks.

Any news about the Android version update? The last time I checked they said MAYBE in July? Is it already maybe in August or September now already? xD

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Merithyn

Any news about the Android version update? The last time I checked they said MAYBE in July? Is it already maybe in August or September now already? xD

The last message I got was that it will not be an OTA update.
Since I am not missing anything in this Android version, I am pretty sure that I will not do it.
Making an update just because it's a new version, I think that's pretty silly.

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

The last message I got was that it will not be an OTA update.
Since I am not missing anything in this Android version, I am pretty sure that I will not do it.
Making an update just because it's a new version, I think that's pretty silly.

I'm just worried newer apps will stop supporting android 6 since it's pretty old. Apps tend to start targeting newer Android versions and support for older releases gradually ceases. I use Google apps a lot. Google Photo etc... and a bunch of third party reading apps since Boyue ones suck and I like to keep them updated with latest features.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Merithyn

I'm just worried newer apps will stop supporting android 6 since it's pretty old. Apps tend to start targeting newer Android versions and support for older releases gradually ceases. I use Google apps a lot. Google Photo etc... and a bunch of third party reading apps since Boyue ones suck and I like to keep them updated with latest features.

Gapps work with Android 4.
And I don't know of any reading app that needs more than Android 5 (Calibre Companion).
And 5.4.3.3 still works great.

[hcdoro]

Hi All,

Anyone can help me, I use the planner with my ebook alita for a while nearly one year. But it can open recently as so the photo. I contacted with the boyue likebook ( likebook@boyue.com) for help unfortunately there were no respond untill now (28 Jul 2020).

https://liveswinburneeduau-my.sharep...web=1&e=SLFqsk

I used this device for my study and note most of my plan, but I can't review it now. Anyone please help.

Regards,
Doro

[dennisdd]

Originally Posted by Zeat

ottischwenk, plesse tell me more about "Boox only boils with water - there are bugs too." What did you mean? I bought note2 because I could not bear the bugs of alita. (In the second last version, always quit during viewing pdf. In this version, note disappeared) However, I have used note2 a month. I also found a number of bug in note2, but it is not serious. (e.g. First of all, my firmware is not the latest. It seems the gboard response slowly. It might trouble you when you use gboard, but you can use the builtin inputting software, I didn't find problem if you input english words.) Apart from appearance of the interface , I haven't found that alita is stronger than note2 in other aspect. Please let me know and then I can check it. In the aspect of external memoery card, absolutely, note2 does not have, but it can connect USB thrumbdrive. If someone think that the hidden sd card slot is important, he /she should consider alita. Just for experience sharing, I saw an article about the boox (I forgot where I found the article, may be the manaul inside the machine), it mentioned that the organizer of boox is the hobbyist of eink reader. I think it might be the truth, because I found many functions of note2 are very considerate, they are not necessary, but they are really consiiderate and helpful. E.g If your wife sleep first and then you want to read note2 on the bed, you might foget to switch on the backlight of note2 before you takes it into bedroom. Don't worry abot you cannot find the backlight button in the interface in the dark. Pressing the unique physical button can switch on the backlight.
So far, note2 satisified me, but I do not intend to update the firmware at this moment, because I need to prepare my test with the machine. I'm afraid bug occurs or modification of any useful function affect my preparation. I will let you all know the performance after I update the firmware. Sorry for off topic here.

I am currently using a Note Pro - even if I liked the writing on Alita better and also the outcome on the PDF, because Boyue has a better way of rendering and smoothing PDFs.
However, I can tell you that the Dropbox sync that is crucial for my daily work with the device, has been destroyed several times by updates of Onyx, so they are also having a lot of issues with not enough tested updates, I can tell you. It is really unfortunate, because stability and cloud sync are most important if you want to use the device for work and your workflow.

Is handwritten notes on PDFs now fixed and can be synced directly to Dropbox on Alita?

[mitra1]

not automaticly
with a file manager like xiaomi file manager i can share the pdf with handwritten notes with dropbox,bluetooth, google drive and another normal share condivisions mode of a smartphone

[bazz2004]

If you badly need those notes for an exam hcdoro I'd work like hell to rebuild your revision pack from scratch and this time maintain it in a safe place in a stable format. Certainly not on an e-reader. Don't leave it at that either - back everything up.