The Boox Palma 2 has a quicker processor and provides a fingerprint reader

Boox has introduced the Palma 2, the subsequent model of its well-liked smartphone-sized e-reader. The Palma 2 addresses a number of the authentic’s shortcomings, with a quicker processor to deal with the unique’s laggy interface and by working a more moderen model of Android.

Nevertheless it was the Palma’s compact dimension and entry to 1000’s of apps that helped it turn out to be a preferred Kindle and Kobo different, and Boox isn’t messing with that method for the Palma 2. It options the identical 6.13-inch 300ppi E Ink Carta 1200 display screen as the unique (a era behind what’s discovered within the newest Kindle Paperwhite) and as soon as once more comes with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage.

Though Boox hasn’t shared particular particulars, it says the brand new Palma 2 now runs a “quicker octa-core CPU,” which is able to hopefully assist velocity up the brand new e-reader’s interface. It additionally runs Android 13 as an alternative of Android 11. That’s nonetheless a number of generations behind the most recent model of Android, however it means the Palma 2 will get newer options like improved copying and pasting. It also needs to give the e-reader a number of extra years over the unique earlier than apps cease supporting its model of the OS.

The opposite notable improve for the Palma 2 is the addition of a fingerprint sensor built-in into its energy button, making it simpler to safe the gadget whereas nonetheless with the ability to shortly unlock it with only one hand.

Though leaked photos from earlier this week recommended Boox could possibly be eliminating cameras from its smartphone-sized e-readers, that was solely the case for a model of the Palma restricted to China. The Palma 2 has the identical 16MP rear digicam with flash as the unique, which the corporate suggests is helpful for digitizing paperwork.

Alongside the Palma 2, Boox additionally introduced two new e-paper note-taking gadgets. The ten.3-inch Word Air4 C options the latest-gen Kaleido 3 coloration E Ink show with improved refresh charges and an octa-core processor that Boox says makes the pill 50 p.c quicker than the earlier mannequin. The $499.99 Word Air4 C additionally runs Android 13 and has a brand new “tablet-like UI” that the corporate says makes it simpler to customise its homescreen and arrange apps.

The brand new Boox Word Max is a black-and-white, stylus-capable pill that includes a bigger 13.3-inch E Ink Carta 1300 show powered by a 2.8GHz octa-core CPU. At simply 4.6 millimeters thick, the Word Max is nearly half as thick because the Boox Palma 2. However not like Boox’s different two gadgets launched right now, it gained’t be accessible for preorder from the corporate’s on-line retailer for a number of extra weeks.