Time to face facts - Page 2

Pajamaman · 05-21-2020, 09:43 PM

Try on other networks. I suspect Onyxes can be touchy about wifi routers.No amount of fiddling got my original router to work with them. Test them on an open network somewhere.

HLS · 05-21-2020, 09:50 PM

Never heard of android 6 nor 1,2,3,4 or 5 lol Android is android to me

maxcol · 05-22-2020, 07:17 AM

I got my new Ipad Pro 2020, which cost just 1/3 more than my Onyx Max 2. but is 100 times better regarding speed, stability, features, multitasking, available apps, support and community. Okay, the Ipad is a bit more straining for the eyes but still I will never look at that Onyx expensive junk anymore, it makes me so angry at the money I have wasted on it.

ottischwenk · 05-22-2020, 07:42 AM

You told an interesting piece of news here.
But I leave colorful devices standing when I don't want to do anything other than read books and also scribble around in them.
No bitten apple can compete with a Boox - simply because the software for it is missing.

maxcol · 05-22-2020, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by ottischwenk

You told an interesting piece of news here.
But I leave colorful devices standing when I don't want to do anything other than read books and also scribble around in them.
No bitten apple can compete with a Boox - simply because the software for it is missing.

I also wanted mainly to read and annotate pdf files and take/manage notes on a big screen. But for the price of 850$ I expected the Onyx Max Pro to be REALLY good at this. The additional promised functionality was a bonus (web browsing, other Android apps, etc) What I got instead was a clumsy and buggy reading/annotating experience coupled with horrible customer support. Moreover, web browsing and Android apps are even clumsier and buggier (I guess because of the decrepit Android 6 operating system). In retrospect I would not have paid more than 150$ for this junk.

ottischwenk · 05-22-2020, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by maxcol

I also wanted mainly to read and annotate pdf files and take/manage notes on a big screen. But for the price of 850$ I expected the Onyx Max Pro to be REALLY good at this. The additional promised functionality was a bonus (web browsing, other Android apps, etc) What I got instead was a clumsy and buggy reading/annotating experience coupled with horrible customer support. Moreover, web browsing and Android apps are even clumsier and buggier (I guess because of the decrepit Android 6 operating system). In retrospect I would not have paid more than 150$ for this junk.

But now you cannot scribble in an eboook.

maxcol · 05-22-2020, 02:14 PM

Sure I can, with the stylus (a.k.a pencil). I have already scribbled in pdf and djvu files :-) If you mean in epub files, I didn't try yet but I don't see why I would want to do that given that I only use pdf and djvu for technical, math heavy material. Typing a note with the keyboard is just fine for text annotations

whopper · 05-22-2020, 11:17 PM

but onyx promised android 9 for Q3 2019, just update it.

oh wait.

ottischwenk · 05-23-2020, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by maxcol

Sure I can, with the stylus (a.k.a pencil). I have already scribbled in pdf and djvu files :-) If you mean in epub files, I didn't try yet but I don't see why I would want to do that given that I only use pdf and djvu for technical, math heavy material. Typing a note with the keyboard is just fine for text annotations

You poorest, I like to work outdoors and in the sun - with a bitten apple you won't be able to do that now.

maxcol · 05-23-2020, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ottischwenk

You poorest, I like to work outdoors and in the sun - you won't be able to do that now.

Oh my goodness, you are right! what shall I do now?

ottischwenk · 05-23-2020, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by maxcol

Oh my goodness, you are right! what shall I do now?

just stay in the dark

maxcol · 05-23-2020, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ottischwenk

just stay in the dark

Can I open the window, please? Or turn on the lamp after dark? I have been told by a reputable source that LCD screens work also in ambient light...

ottischwenk · 05-23-2020, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by maxcol

Can I open the window, please? Or turn on the lamp after dark? I have been told by a reputable source that LCD screens work also in ambient light...

They work even in the brightest sunshine, but the brighter it is in the area, the more likely they become a mirror.
Now I have recognized it, so you want to admire yourself.
In this regard, of course, Onyx had to be a bad buy

maxcol · 05-23-2020, 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ottischwenk

They work even in the brightest sunshine, but the brighter it is in the area, the more likely they become a mirror.
Now I have recognized it, so you want to admire yourself.
In this regard, of course, Onyx had to be a bad buy

I think you sit too much in the sun...

ottischwenk · 05-23-2020, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by maxcol

I think you sit too much in the sun...

Think?
I doubt that thinking guys would exchange a Boox for a bitten apple if it was intended to be used.
But if you want an apple, you don't buy a boox and then scold about it - that's not a particularly intelligent approach.

05-22-2020, 02:14 PM	#22
maxcol Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2019 Device: Onyx Max2 Pro	Sure I can, with the stylus (a.k.a pencil). I have already scribbled in pdf and djvu files :-) If you mean in epub files, I didn't try yet but I don't see why I would want to do that given that I only use pdf and djvu for technical, math heavy material. Typing a note with the keyboard is just fine for text annotations Last edited by maxcol; 05-22-2020 at 02:17 PM.

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05-22-2020, 07:42 AM	#19
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05-22-2020, 11:17 PM	#23
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