Onyx (or any Android devices) and Amazon books

student500 · 04-19-2022, 11:44 AM

Hi All!

I am going to buy a reader in order to read PDF's and Amazon books with formulas.
So, it should have a wide screen (Kindle devices will not do the job), ideally as a small laptop.

I have found out that Onyx has very huge screens up to 13" and they also run Android.
So I thought, it should be possible to just install the Android market and Kindle Reader App on it, wouldn't it? Has anyone tried to do that, reading Kindle books on Android based device (preferably Onyx) (without resorting to some unofficial hackery, where one would extract Kindle book, convert it using unofficial converter etc.)?

It looks like a valid use-case to me, but who knows if there are some licensing restrictions, that Amazon/Onyx impose on their content... So I wanted to be on the safe side before buying any devices.

salamanderjuice · 04-19-2022, 12:58 PM

Yes you can do that. Oynx let's you sideload apps out of the box and it's also easy to install the Google Play Store. I have the Kindle app on both my Boox devices. Only problem is the apps aren't designed with eInk in mind but a bit of fiddling with the app optimization settings gets them pretty usable IMO.

04-19-2022, 11:44 AM	#1
student500 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: Onyx Max Lumi 2	Onyx (or any Android devices) and Amazon books Hi All! I am going to buy a reader in order to read PDF's and Amazon books with formulas. So, it should have a wide screen (Kindle devices will not do the job), ideally as a small laptop. I have found out that Onyx has very huge screens up to 13" and they also run Android. So I thought, it should be possible to just install the Android market and Kindle Reader App on it, wouldn't it? Has anyone tried to do that, reading Kindle books on Android based device (preferably Onyx) (without resorting to some unofficial hackery, where one would extract Kindle book, convert it using unofficial converter etc.)? It looks like a valid use-case to me, but who knows if there are some licensing restrictions, that Amazon/Onyx impose on their content... So I wanted to be on the safe side before buying any devices.

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04-19-2022, 12:58 PM	#2
salamanderjuice Guru Posts: 727 Karma: 10215666 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: Boox Nova 2	Yes you can do that. Oynx let's you sideload apps out of the box and it's also easy to install the Google Play Store. I have the Kindle app on both my Boox devices. Only problem is the apps aren't designed with eInk in mind but a bit of fiddling with the app optimization settings gets them pretty usable IMO.