![]() Only 4 stars just because it's not as user friendly as I would personally like, but I highly recommend it for its versatility. I like to view videos in split screen mode and take notes. You can even view YouTube videos reasonably well. It navigates the web smoothly and easily displays your emails. Tap on it and then select the particular notebook you want. The notes always appear in the note function. Can have your Bible on one side and a note open on the other. On the other side choose what you want whether a note or another book. ![]() In any book or document sweep down to get a menu just like any android device, choose split screen mode. It is comfortable to read on and the screen is larger than my Kindle Oasis. The FAQ section at the Onyx site explained to open the Play app and upgrade it. Constantly got the message that the device was not secure which prevented me from registering it. The Google Store function was difficult to enable. All the video demonstrations on YouTube of it are done by people who have figured everything out about it. But first the cons it is not quite user friendly. Anyway despite the short time I have had it, I am impressed. I had an Eink tablet in the past that was horribly clunky. I was a bit skeptical when I purchased this. If this becomes a real problem, I'll test other reader apps for mobi. Heavily formatted books to not render well when converted, lightly formatted books have been OK so far. This is a minor problem for me as I can just use Calibre to convert problematic mobi books to epub, but this might be a bigger issue for others. It handles epub books much better now, but the mobi rendering degraded. Since I first posted this review, they updated the Boox reader. I will update this review if I find (or they add) a Manga setting. (For those unfamiliar, this sorts the pages in reverse and you swipe left to right while reading.) The Boox reader shows pages just fine, but you have to swipe right to left. The Boox reader does not have a Manga mode that I've found, but I was able to load in a comic reader, and after tweaking the optimizations, have it running in Manga mode just fine. This lets you hop around quickly between recent books. The Boox reader, when tapped in the center of the screen, pops up 4 tabs with your 4 most recent books. As long as I remember that, it works well.Įdit: Have had this for several months now. One minor issue: The touch screen is not as sensitive as my Kindle, this may be due to the ability to write with a special stylus. The "APP Store" contains lots of assorted readers. The "store" app on the Nova 3 is a collection of public domain books from the Gutenberg project. The hardware button below the reading area turns the light on or off by being held down for three seconds. The screen light works well, and is color-tunable within a limited range. I don't know if I will ever use the sound capability, but I did test text-to-speech and it works. If you try this and have a problem, search on Boox Calibre Linux. The Nova 3 works with Calibre, even on Linux. I use one notebook to keep track of which books I am bouncing between at the moment. It also has separate access to the notebook app so you can create electronic notebooks that are not tied to ebooks. If your handwriting is better than mine you can convert notes to typed text. The split screen mode allows you to write notes on a separate note page rather than on the book page if you wish. I've been doing puzzle books with that capability. The ability to write on books using a stylus is very handy. The Nova 3 also works well for reading Manga, as most of that is monochrome. ![]() I get large quantities of ebooks from Humble Bundle, and the split screen mode is very handy for some technical books, or for comparing related sections in different books. While I still use my Paperwhite, it is likely that I will switch to the Kindle app on the Nova 3 if the Paperwhite ever fails. I can also install other reader software if I like. It is an Android tablet, so I can, via apps, use it as a Nook, a Kobo, or even a Kindle. This is handy when studying and I can have quizzes and answers adjacent when I check my answers. I can put it in split-screen mode and either read two books at once, or more practically, different places in the same book. The screen is larger, and a bit lighter-colored than my Kindle. It costs more than a Kindle, but for me, it is worth it. I decided to get the Nova 3 after watching a two hour review on YouTube for the Nova 2. I actually have a Kindle Paperwhite, but I was looking for more flexibility.
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