The Boox Palma 2 has a faster processor and adds a fingerprint reader

Boox has introduced the Palma 2, the subsequent model of its common smartphone-sized e-reader. The Palma 2 addresses among the original’s shortcomings, with a quicker processor to handle the unique’s laggy interface and by operating a more recent model of Android.

But it surely was the Palma’s compact measurement and entry to 1000’s of apps that helped it change into a well-liked Kindle and Kobo different, and Boox isn’t messing with that components for the Palma 2. It options the identical 6.13-inch 300ppi E Ink Carta 1200 display screen as the unique (a technology 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 can hopefully assist pace up the brand new e-reader’s interface. It additionally runs Android 13 as a substitute of Android 11. That’s nonetheless a couple of generations behind the latest version 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 couple 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 machine whereas nonetheless having the ability to shortly unlock it with only one hand.

Though leaked images from earlier this week steered Boox might 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 beneficial for digitizing paperwork.

Alongside the Palma 2, Boox additionally introduced two new e-paper note-taking units. The ten.3-inch Observe 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 % quicker than the previous model. The $499.99 Note 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 manage apps.

The brand new Boox Observe 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 Observe Max is nearly half as thick because the Boox Palma 2. However in contrast to Boox’s different two units launched as we speak, it gained’t be out there for preorder from the corporate’s on-line retailer for a couple of extra weeks.