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Patreon-exclusive video: Onyx Boox Note Air 3C Unboxing (Patreon)

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2024-04-13 19:17:38

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Two months ago, I bought a reMarkable 2 on a whim (unboxing video here) and while the onboarding experience wasn't the best, it DID whet my appetite for e-ink tablets in general. After that video and just talking about e-ink tablets a bit more, I unfortunately heard of another e-ink tablet that made me immediately regret buying the reMarkable... and of course I ended up buying that one too.

That tablet is the Onyx Boox Note Air 3C. It caught my attention for two reasons:

1. It's a colour e-ink tablet, which is something I've not tried before.

2. It runs on a version of Android, which means there are a lot of apps you can install on it.

In this video, I unbox the Note Air 3C and give you my first impressions. I wanted to give you the full experience of the onboarding experience, which wasn't the best. However, I do want to say that in the month since I recorded this video, it's quickly replaced both my Kindle Scribe and my reMarkable 2 as my primary (only) e-ink tablet. I'm still using it heavily. The fact that I can install apps like Reader, Obsidian, Dropbox, Kobo, and Kindle make it the best reader for me, even while it provides a solid writing experience.

Maybe a more nuanced review to come on this when I feel I've used it enough!

Happy weekend!

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Onyx Boox Note Air 3C Unboxing

This is an unboxing of my new Boox Note Air 3C, a colored e-ink tablet that works as an ebook reader AND a note-taking device. This is a raw look at me actually learning to use it, as well as my first impressions of it compared to other e-ink tablets I've tried, including various versions of the Kindle and, most recently, the reMarkable 2. // RESOURCES My unboxing of the reMarkable 2: https://youtu.be/C3Gx5FZnF94 // TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 Unboxing of cover 00:01:39 Intro to Boox Note Air 3 C 00:03:11 Boox Note Air 3C vs reMarkable 2 vs Kindle Scribe 00:06:00 Setting up the Note Air 3C 00:10:19 Installing Dropbox app and struggling to undo 00:23:07 Trying to sync via the Onyx Cloud Account 00:29:04 Native Dropbox integration to Boox library 00:31:36 Back to using Boox Drop/send2Boox 00:35:05 Installing and syncing via Book Fusion app 00:39:56 Taking notes and syncing via Boox 00:42:34 First impressions --- // ABOUT ME Site: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com Mastodon: https://pkm.social/@nicole Videos for my work at Grafana Labs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-1Nqb2waX4WfNnD52U1Spo2z47yrIjwo Adobo & Avocados (with Marie Drake), a channel about intersectionality in tech: https://www.youtube.com/@adoboandavocados Beyond the Character Sheet (with Leah Ferguson), a channel about TTRPGs: https://www.youtube.com/@beyondthecharactersheet // APPS I USE - Obsidian: https://obsidian.md - Readwise: https://readwise.io/nicole - Shortform: https://shortform.com/nicole - Reclaim: https://go.reclaim.ai/eg0tgbamp7cb - Snipd: https://link.snipd.com/Cx7S/nicole - Napkin: https://napkin.one/?via=nicole // GEAR https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/gear/ // WANT TO SUPPORT ME? ❤️ Join my Patreon and get my sample vault with templates: https://patreon.com/nicolevdh ☕ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/nicolevdh Note: Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I may get a small percentage when you sign up using those links. To see how I decide what to promote in this way, check out my Ethics Statement: https://nicolevanderhoeven.com/ethics/