BOOXTablet Note Air 3 C E Ink Tablet 10.3 ePaper 4G 64G ePaper

Reviewing after having it for a bit.Overall I love it for reading my school textbooks and other books.Addressing a few well reviewed items:1. Whiteness of the screen- Yes it is pretty grey compared to some others. This doesn't bother me honestly as it massively saves my eyes from hours of reading a textbook.- I read at a desk with a monitor light (BenQ) with the backlight off and it is great. See attached photo.- Unless you have a direct light, or turn the backlight on, it can be difficult reading in a room on the dim side.2. Colors- Colors are not fantastic, but that is not the reason I bought it.- For textbooks, graphs and colored text are great to have and it helps things pop out.- For manwa and the like, its not great. Will never beat the experience on the phone (see attached photos). There are adjustments you can make to the colors, but the camera processing actually makes it look better than it is lol. One attached photo has a backlight and the other my top monitor light.3. Ghosting- Following the comment about Manwa and ill include manga. Reading with ghosting is annoying to me, but you can get used to it, though it will need to be on HD and refresh a lot to minimize it.4. Play Store- Play store is great. Since all my textbooks tend to be with VitalSource, I have to use the Bookshelf app to view my books. Would be great if they were epub or similar, but ill take the app too.5. Battery Life- Yes it burns through battery much faster than a normal/typical e-reader.- Because I use a monitor light and have the backlight off, I usually recharge every few days if I notice it getting low. Not an issue as I just plug it in while doing a study session.Overall again I love it!Its fast and I always wanted a larger screen.

I use this every day - I had no idea what I was missing by not having a digital tablet like this! I used to have swarms of papers and notes, always buying 3 ring binders to keep them in. I'd print out reams of PDF's to read and write notes on and underline. No more! I have everything I need with me all the time. It definitely makes me more organized and efficient. There's a little bit of a learning curve, especially since it's Android based and I'm an Apple girl, but it didn't take too long to get the hang of it - plenty of YouTube videos to help with whatever you need to do.

As I write this I'm looking at my Remarkable 2 and wondering, "Is the BOOX Note Air 3 C worth the extra spend?"At this point, I'm inclined to say yes.First things first: I'm writing a product review here. I was disappointed that BOOX posted to their social feed that a free case and extra nibs would be included. Then it listed where the device would be available, including a link to Amazon. Guess what? The free case apparently only applies if you buy directly from BOOX, so I'm apparently out the money. Very frustrating, and efforts to reach out to their customer service team have gone unanswered.Now to the device itself.First impressions: Incredibly well built and surprisingly fast. I was worried that because the Note Air 3 C runs Android, things would be slower than Remarkable. Not the case at all! I find that the writing experience is also superior, even though it will likely take some time to get comfortable with the navigation.I immediately downloaded Amazon Kindle for Android as well as OneNote and OneDrive.Bugs:A very frustrating one right out of the box. I couldn't login to my Google account to download apps despite using the correct password. It appears to be a bug with the way special characters are passed from the device via the web. I verified on other devices that my password functioned elsewhere, and indeed it did. I was forced to change my password and use it without the special character that Google accepts on every other device. I think this bug may only apply when you actually use the BOOX default keyboard and enter into the special character area.Now my biggest complaint: A $499 device that comes with a terrific feeling pen...but doesn't erase! I then used my Remarkable's pen, flipped it over, and the BOOX erased like a champ. So, they skimped here. However, the real problem is that the pen I'm using with my Remarkable isn't magnetic whereas the BOOX pen incorporates magnets to attach to the device when on the go. Come on, BOOX. Why wouldn't you include a pen that is capable of erasing text without having to select an eraser from the control panel?Refresh rates are good with minor ghosting when looking at color content. I've tried every setting including HD, and only with a full-page refresh will it completely clear color ghosting.Battery life? A bit too early for me to be sure. I'll update this review soon.On the whole, a terrific table with great note taking capabilities and versatility.