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Onyx offers note-takers a cheaper monochrome ePaper tablet option

Onyx offers note-takers a cheaper monochrome ePaper tablet option
The Note Air3 is essentially a monochrome version of the 10-inch color ePaper tablet launched by Onyx Boox in October
The Note Air3 is essentially a monochrome version of the 10-inch color ePaper tablet launched by Onyx Boox in October
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The Note Air3 is essentially a monochrome version of the 10-inch color ePaper tablet launched by Onyx Boox in October
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The Note Air3 is essentially a monochrome version of the 10-inch color ePaper tablet launched by Onyx Boox in October
The Note Air3 comes with Smart Scribe cooked in, "empowering users to refine their note-taking skills effortlessly"
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The Note Air3 comes with Smart Scribe cooked in, "empowering users to refine their note-taking skills effortlessly"
The Note Air3 features an E Ink Carta 1200 screen at 227 ppi, offers "comprehensive note-taking tools" and supports 17 ebook formats
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The Note Air3 features an E Ink Carta 1200 screen at 227 ppi, offers "comprehensive note-taking tools" and supports 17 ebook formats
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Back in October, Onyx International announced a pair of 10-inch color ePaper tablets called the Boox Tab Ultra C Pro and the Note Air3 C. Recognizing that not everyone wants color E Ink, the company has now launched the monochrome Note Air3.

The new notepad is much the same as the earlier release, but sports a 10.3-inch E Ink Carta 1200 touchscreen instead of Kaleido 3 color technology, and the lack of the Super Refresh Technology necessary for the color tablets.

Display resolution is 1,404 x 1,872 pixels, it's topped by a "close-to-paper film" for a pen and paper feel, and there's a warm/cold frontlight so users don't need to seek out sunlight or artificial lighting. The enote comes packing the latest firmware, which includes a Smart Scribe feature that converts handwritten notes and annotations into shapes, highlights, underlines and more.

The Note Air3 features an E Ink Carta 1200 screen at 227 ppi, offers "comprehensive note-taking tools" and supports 17 ebook formats
The Note Air3 features an E Ink Carta 1200 screen at 227 ppi, offers "comprehensive note-taking tools" and supports 17 ebook formats

The notepad runs Android 12, has 2.4-GHz octa-core brains with system support from 5 GB of RAM and 64 GB or storage plus microSD expansion, has Bluetooth and dual-band Wi-Fi cooked in, and ships with a 3,700-mAh battery yet remains just 5.8 mm thin, though tips the scales a little heavier than its color sibling at 15.9 oz (450 g).

Those who prefer to live without color benefit from a saving of a hundred bucks, with the Note Air3 coming in at US$399.99. It's available to order now.

Product page: Boox Note Air3

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paul314
I get to mark up all the books I'm reading, just like in the old days!
ClauS
Disappointed, considering that both the color version and Amazon Scribe employ 300PPI screens, this model is long in the tooth with only 227PPI. Too bad, maybe next model.