E-reader comparison table & tool

[Renate]

Wait. With access to all this information you ended up with a Kindle?

You have the link for Onyx Booxes to https://onyxboox.com/
That has all sorts of wacky models like Darwin 9 and Volta 3.
(OTOH, it looks like they are trying to purge those.)
I've always preferred https://shop.boox.com/

[Guido]

Originally Posted by Renate

Wait. With access to all this information you ended up with a Kindle?

You have the link for Onyx Booxes to https://onyxboox.com/
That has all sorts of wacky models like Darwin 9 and Volta 3.
(OTOH, it looks like they are trying to purge those.)
I've always preferred https://shop.boox.com/

LOL, well, that's what I currently have. I'm actually in the market for a color Android e-reader, but haven't decided on one yet.

For 'More info' I'm linking to onyxboox.com because that site has the full information on every model - including discontinued ones. But they also list models that they don't sell internationally, which I haven't included in the comparison table. To buy a Boox e-reader in North America it's indeed shop.boox.com, or in Europe: euroshop.boox.com. Or Amazon, as I've heard customer service on Amazon is better than on Boox.com. But I'll add links to Boox.com to check availability and pricing soon.

[Guido]

I have updated the comparison table; it's up to 167 different e-readers, E ink tablets, and other paper-like tablets now!

E-reader and E ink tablets by: Mobiscribe, Dasung, Xiaomi Moaan, Fijitsu Quaderno, and Hisense have been added.

I've also added RLCD tablets to compare: the newly announced Daylight Computer DC-1, and it's only two real competitors: the HannsNote2 and Eyemoo Epaper S1. They make for really interesting alternatives to reMarkable, Supernote, and the Boox Note/Tab models.

Originally Posted by Renate

I've always preferred https://shop.boox.com/

Links to Boox.com have been added! Depending on your location, you'll be automatically be redirected to either shop.boox.com (for US/Canada and a few other countries) or euroshop.boox.com if you're from Europe.

For all discontinued e-reader models, I've also added Ebay.com links, so you can quickly check out if a product that isn't sold as new anymore is available as used or refurbished on Ebay, and for how much.

I don't have much of a list of products to add left, so if you're missing something, let me know!

I'm considering adding the Hisense E-ink smartphones. Other than that, there are a lot more old/discontinued models (for instance by Boox and Pocketbook) that I could add if anyone is interested.

Any other feedback is welcome as well!

[Anghirrim]

That's a crazy pièce of work!! Congrats!

[Guido]

Originally Posted by Anghirrim

That's a crazy pièce of work!! Contrats!

Thanks!

[Guido]

Just added the two new Boox devices to compare: the Boox Go Color 7 and the Boox Go 10.3.

The Go Color 7 looks like the Boox alternative to the Bigme B751C, (comparison here) - no stylus support though, but it's lighter, has a newer Android version (12 vs 11), is 'water-repellent', and has a G-sensor to auto-rotate the screen.

The Go 10.3 looks to be mostly competing with devices like the reMarkable 2 and Supernote A5 X (both of which also don't have a frontlight), so mostly a lightweight note-taking device for daytime productivity use-cases. Boox using Android and having the Google Play store is an advantage.

[ottischwenk]

Originally Posted by Guido

The Go Color 7 looks like the Boox alternative to the Bigme B751C, (comparison here)

Bigme B751C can auto rotate, can USB OTG input and output and has the manual on the device - in addition, color inversion can be done via the Android settings, which is disabled in Boox devices.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by Guido

The Go 10.3 looks to be mostly competing with devices like the reMarkable 2 and Supernote A5 X (both of which also don't have a frontlight), so mostly a lightweight note-taking device for daytime productivity use-cases. Boox using Android and having the Google Play store is an advantage.

Unless they have dramatically changed the reMarkable firmware & HW, it's not competition for anything. No MTP or USB Storage, only Wifi or USB networking. Only PDF natively. Without reMarkable PC sw, only copy one file at a time via browser. No meta-data library interface, just a file browser. A bad copy of the Sony DPT. Last time I looked at spec there was barely more than 6 G byte user space, no SD card.
I think a recent firmware might have added Nebo for on device writing conversion. Also the original reMarkable has a slightly better screen surface and 3 buttons. Both used to use the same FW. Even the reMarkable 2 is quite old now. Compared to Kobo Elipsa or Kindle Scribe it's madness.

[Renate]

A minor point, but your attributes for JSON data are not legal.

<td>reMarkable 2</td><td data-json_values={"permalink":"","image_thumb":"https:\/\/comparisontabl.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/remarkable-2-300x300.jpg","image_full":"https:\/\/comparisontabl.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/remarkable-2.jpg","alt_text":"remarkable-2"}>

Enclose them in single quotes. I don't think forward slashes need to be escaped.

<td>reMarkable 2</td><td data-json_values='{"permalink":"","image_thumb":"https://comparisontabl.es/wp-content/uploads/remarkable-2-300x300.jpg","image_full":"https://comparisontabl.es/wp-content/uploads/remarkable-2.jpg","alt_text":"remarkable-2"}'>

Also, relative links would save a lot of space.

[Ummagumma]

Nice Guide!!!
Thank you

[Guido]

Been a while! I've updated the comparison table again, and have added some more devices; the table is up to 179 E-ink devices now. Also included E-ink phones to compare now (the Hisense ones and Bigme HiBreak), and added a filter option to only show phones. I've also added information below the table explaining evert specification and feature.

I've also made some more brand-specific tables: for Nook, PocketBook, and Bigme - these only show devices by that brand, and have their different filters options and a separate conditional formatting scheme to more clearly show the differences.

Other than that, I've made some code improvements, and made the header sticky on mobile now, which will make it a lot more useable.

Originally Posted by ottischwenk

Bigme B751C can auto rotate, can USB OTG input and output and has the manual on the device - in addition, color inversion can be done via the Android settings, which is disabled in Boox devices.

Thanks, fixed the part about auto-rotate - watched a bunch of reviews and saw a few demonstrating this as well. Bigme didn't advertise this function or the fact that it has a G-sensor at all, so I must've missed this when filling out the table. Haven't seen dark mode / color inversion on any Bigme device though - but I'll look into that some more. By OTG, do you mean it's got the ability to play audio over the USB-C port through a 3.5 mm AUX adapter? Because I currently don't show OTG (as in; sharing files over USB) in the table.
Also, any chance you could somehow share/upload the manual that's on the device somewhere so I can have a look? That'd be really helpful.

Originally Posted by Quoth

Unless they have dramatically changed the reMarkable firmware & HW, it's not competition for anything. No MTP or USB Storage, only Wifi or USB networking. Only PDF natively. Without reMarkable PC sw, only copy one file at a time via browser. No meta-data library interface, just a file browser. A bad copy of the Sony DPT. Last time I looked at spec there was barely more than 6 G byte user space, no SD card.
I think a recent firmware might have added Nebo for on device writing conversion. Also the original reMarkable has a slightly better screen surface and 3 buttons. Both used to use the same FW. Even the reMarkable 2 is quite old now. Compared to Kobo Elipsa or Kindle Scribe it's madness.

I meant that the Boox Go 10.3 is competing for the same market segment as the reMarkable 2; and yes the Go 10.3 seems to clearly beat the reMarkable 2 on specs and features. I haven't used either though, so I'm not sure about the actual user experience.

Originally Posted by Renate

A minor point, but your attributes for JSON data are not legal.

<td>reMarkable 2</td><td data-json_values={"permalink":"","image_thumb":"https:\/\/comparisontabl.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/remarkable-2-300x300.jpg","image_full":"https:\/\/comparisontabl.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/remarkable-2.jpg","alt_text":"remarkable-2"}>

Enclose them in single quotes. I don't think forward slashes need to be escaped.

<td>reMarkable 2</td><td data-json_values='{"permalink":"","image_thumb":"https://comparisontabl.es/wp-content/uploads/remarkable-2-300x300.jpg","image_full":"https://comparisontabl.es/wp-content/uploads/remarkable-2.jpg","alt_text":"remarkable-2"}'>

Also, relative links would save a lot of space.

Thanks for looking out. Where did you see this? Because I'm not able to find this myself. Everything looks to be working as expected for me.

Originally Posted by Ummagumma

Nice Guide!!!
Thank you

You're welcome!

[Renate]

Originally Posted by Guido

Where did you see this? Because I'm not able to find this myself. Everything looks to be working as expected for me.

Working, yes. But if you "View source" you'll see that it's all red.
All the entries in the table are like that, just search for "reMarkable".

[Guido]

Originally Posted by Renate

Working, yes. But if you "View source" you'll see that it's all red.
All the entries in the table are like that, just search for "reMarkable".

Huh. When I view source, it shows up like this for me (so no backward slashes to 'escape'):

<td>reMarkable 2</td><td data-json_values={"permalink":"","image_thumb":"https://comparisontabl.es/wp-content/uploads/remarkable-2-300x300.jpg","image_full":"https://comparisontabl.es/wp-content/uploads/remarkable-2.jpg","alt_text":"remarkable-2"}>

And my browser (chrome) doesn't show any red or errors.

[Renate]

https://gist.github.com/charliepark/4266921