Digital sketch, based on a photo from @thisismyglasgow

Less than a week into my new #BOOX Note Air4, and I already don’t know how my life was before it.

This device is amazing. After years spent using old B&W notebooks and synchronizing them to SD cards, I have a notebook that runs a modern version of Android, and with a Notes app that actually supports WebDAV synchronization - which means that my notes will be available as PDF files on my Nextcloud instance as soon as I close them.

Since it runs Android pretty much without restrictions, I’ve also proceeded with installing F-Droid on it and Fennec, Element, my RSS app, Nextcloud Notes and ntfy.

Oh, and since it’s basically an Android tablet with a color e-ink screen and 6GB of RAM you could also watch videos on it (but again just because you can it doesn’t mean that you should).

And its AI features are also nice an unintrusive. Wrap some handwritten stuff in a square/rectangle, and it can easily be converted into text. Do a messy scribble on something, and anything underneath will be erased (although I still think that the double-sided pen/eraser gadget shipped with the Mobiscribe was more intuitive).

And this device really shines with the #KOReader app. It turns it into a powerful e-book reader, and with #Wallabag, RSS feeds and OPDS support (synchronized with my personal library running on #Ubooquity) you can’t ask for more.

Zero Latency in #Boox #eInk devices for @obsdmd when using my Ink plugin.

Still proof of concept, but it's happening.
https://www.youtube.com/live/nU5zMYXCB_w?si=yPMyeNtdeceGNb3p

Calibre 8.0 Adds Full KEPUB Support and Enhances Compatibility with Kobo and Tolino E-Readers

https://www.ereadersforum.com/threads/calibre-8-0-adds-full-kepub-support-and-enhances-compatibility-with-kobo-and-tolino-e-readers.5498/

With a #Supernote, there's actually an incentive to use Calibre to manage ebook locally. Because #Calibre can connect to a Supernote device via USB.

Using Calibre Server, on the other hand, works really well with wireless download/sync on #Boox devices!

The #Supernote is more of an auxiliary device. You push files onto it, you pull files from it.

Dropbox/Google Drive/Supernote Cloud sync make this more seamless, but it's still mostly files in, files out.

Other Android-based e-readers like those from #Boox can perform more 'active' roles. Install apps that fetch ebooks from your Calibre home server, for example. You can start a workflow from there.

Got a #Supernote in the mail.

It has a very nice writing feel and is super light weight (compared to a #Boox device).

I have some trouble figuring out getting anything on it, though. :) Sideloaded FDroid; now I need to install KOReader and Calibre Sync, I guess, maybe also Syncthing and/or Nextcloud to get notes etc. out of the device again.

The default option of having to install the Kindle app to be able to read books surprised me. Nothing built-in or pre-installed.

I've been a big booster of my #Boox tablet, but I discovered this today: an auto-installed AI assistant. Fuck this shit.

Is there any way to acquire books for an er easer (Boox color go 7 in my case) that I can own, real own. Not just Gutenberg stuff. But e-reader formatted content that looks good? #ereaders #reading #Boox

I can tell that my #Boox #Palma was made by a Chinese company, because their default fonts are so stylized that you often can't even understand what the device is trying to tell you

For quite some time I was looking at different e-ink tablets and finally decided and bought one last week- Onyx BOOX Go 10,3. I was worried about it being not responsive, but it turned out to be okay There is some device specific software installed but it is still basically a Android tablet so I am free to install whatever I want (this is why I didn't buy reMarkable).

I already installed Firefox, FocusReader(for RSS) and #obsidian. Any recomendations for more?

Long ago(looking at the date it says 2022) I was looking for a Linux mobile device. I documented my findings here on my blog:

https://far.chickenkiller.com/computer/i-have-been-looking-for-a-mobile-linux-device/

Now 2 years has passed. I'm thinking about buying a #Nokia which runs #KaiOS and install #postmarketOS on it.

As for my #epaper/#eink tablet, #BOOX #Leaf I don't think I want to touch the software, afraid of bricking it. And I can't replace the device easily. If you've got spare money or device, please donate some BOOX devices to #pmOS folks.

Best Planners for #ADHD Minds: from ADDitude Magazine #ymmv

"Could These Planners Change Your Life?"

Subtitle: ADHD Brains Love Paper
[so true!*]

"Most ADDitude readers tell us that no app or online calendar can touch the gratifying feeling of writing down a task or appointment, assigning it a deadline, and then physically crossing it off …"

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/best-planners-for-adhd-minds/?ecd=wnl_additude_250105_cons_adhd_women&goal=0_d9446392d6-2888d29315-287575005

* Disclainer: I adore paper *and* it frustrates me. I splurged on a #BOOX e-ink tablet for christmas :-)

Tips for #emacs on #boox e-ink #android tablets?

I had a non-F-Droid version installed earlier this year that would show an on-screen keyboard, but that's now overwritten it seems and I can't find it (or a newer version that still works) again.