October 17 Onyx launch?

[Renate]

Not a lot of info:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21K6x5t34g
This makes it this evening (7PM) for me on October 16.

[kandwo]

It seems likely it'll just be colour devices: "Colorfully Wonderful."

Would not interest me. I want a black and white Tab Ultra, preferably without the camera, with 300PPI and that new Carta 1300 technology.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by kandwo

Would not interest me. I want a black and white Tab Ultra, preferably without the camera, with 300PPI and that new Carta 1300 technology.

But your wish will not be fulfilled - even the Chinese versions now have the camera

[kandwo]

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

But your wish will not be fulfilled - even the Chinese versions now have the camera

Well, that would just be a minor annoyance. Unfortunately, I think my other wishes won't be fulfilled either. It seems that Boox is more interested in the colour e-ink market now. Hopefully, I'm wrong about that, though.

[Renate]

I was hoping that the announcement would be that they are relasing EDL Firehose loaders for all their products, that Secure Boot will not be used anymore and that they will post the source code for everything.

Hey, I can dream.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by kandwo

Well, that would just be a minor annoyance. Unfortunately, I think my other wishes won't be fulfilled either. It seems that Boox is more interested in the colour e-ink market now. Hopefully, I'm wrong about that, though.

Well, the readers will probably remain greyscale

[Renate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21K6x5t34g

New Note Air3 C $500
New Tab Ultra C Pro $650

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Renate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21K6x5t34g

New Note Air3 C $500
New Tab Ultra C Pro $650

With these battery sizes they are uninteresting

[kandwo]

According to an Onyx Boox representative from the Russian company they are not currently planning a BW version of the Tab Ultra C Pro.

I dunno, seems like a lot of money for a technology that I'm unsure about. If it were a 13 inch reader then the size would fit Western comics at least. As it is, I'm worried that the screen would be too dark and grainy due to the colour filter - and too small for many comics.

How long until somebody finally offers a good alternative to the Kindle Scribe?

[Renate]

Originally Posted by kandwo

I dunno, seems like a lot of money for a technology that I'm unsure about.

Well, wait a couple of weeks. Onyx will probably release another batch of products.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Renate

Not a lot of info:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n21K6x5t34g
This makes it this evening (7PM) for me on October 16.

Please don't post YouTube links. Instead, embed the video.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kandwo

How long until somebody finally offers a good alternative to the Kindle Scribe?

Kobo Elipsa 2E

[Renate]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Please don't post YouTube links. Instead, embed the video.

[kandwo]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Kobo Elipsa 2E

Not 300 PPI, so not a good alternative for me. It also lacks an SD card slot, which the Tab Ultra has. That would be important to me since a device like this would be used for PDFs, comics, manga and the like that take a lot of space.

It seems that Onyx Boox just haven't received enough Carta 1300 screens to start producing B/W versions of the tablets.

[cosmicvoid]

Originally Posted by Renate

I honestly prefer links, rather than Youtube trackers being injected into the forums.

I skimmed through the video and larger e-ink tablets only interest me slightly, but one of the things I'm happy to see is the presence of microSD card slots. So many OEMs of tablets and smartphones have been removed this over the past 5-8 years, and it's bummed me out. Glad to see Onyx embracing it.