Kindles are great, but they're also quite limited. The Boox Go Color 7 is a lot like a Kindle — just better in almost every way imaginable.
There’s a new wave of minimalist screen gadgets on the horizon. Some are on a crusade to save our eyes, while others are all about taking the concept of readers into the limitless world of Android. In this field, nobody does it better than Onyx and its Boox tablets.
The Boox Go Color 7 is no different. It’s a device that chases the reading experience of reading a magazine or newspaper, so you get exactly that on all sides. The display has a matte ePaper look, while the rear panel tries to emulate the leather-clad looks of a hard-cover medieval-era book. But if you have installed communication apps like Telegram and Slack, which eat up a ton of space over time, that door is still open. The ePaper reader comes with a dedicated microSD slot to expand the storage. I only wish there was a headphone jack on this one. The USB-C port for charging can also relay audio — you just have to find earphones with a USB Type-C cable.
The hardware is worthy of a serviceable Android device, but it’s the ePaper display tech that holds it back from the kind of fluidity you would expect from a phone. On the Boox Go Color 7, you get a 7-inch Kaleido 3 display that can produce 4,096 colors. The pixel density is a cool 300 pixels per inch , but in color mode, it drops to half that number.
A truly impressive display The Boox Go Color 7’s ePaper display is intended for reading. But as a sweet bonus, it can produce a few thousand colors, too. Think of it like a colorful take on a Kindle but with the added flexibility of Android, which in turn opens the floodgates and convenience to an extent that e-ink devices typically don’t offer.
The app even offers dedicated comic and article modes, both of which break the page into segments and present magnified versions that you can scroll past without squinting your eyes to make sense of the on-screen contents. There’s also a text-to-speech feature with its own set of voice customization tools.
The reader app explores the screen refresh settings further. It lets you specify the break for a full refresh, choose between normal and depth-based cleanup, and choose whether you would prefer an automatic refresh or a manual refresh based on drag gestures. Once you have selected the text, the app opens a whole world of document editor options. The tools include a built-in dictionary, notebook, web search, hyperlinks, and more.
Display and battery conveniences Another thoughtful setting is the ability to change the screen temperature right from the quick control panels. It’s the ideal spot, right underneath the brightness slider, allowing you to find the visual sweet spot without going back and forth between settings pages.
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