Mastodawn

RE: https://moessingen.social/@frank/116589727562660997

So I had contact with the Boox support chat - turns out they removed Miracast/Screencast in the latest update without even mentioning this in the release notes:

> We apologize that due to some underlying
> upgrades, the ScreeCast feature
> is no longer supported in our new
> version. We recommend using
> the "BOOXDrop Screen Mirroring"
>feature instead.

This is plain and simple #enshittification as @pluralistic defines it: I bought a device that fittet *my* demands and the company behind it shits on my needs to make their proprietary "BOOXDrop Screen Mirroring" the default, removing the somewhat standardized protocol from their software without even mentioning it.

So, reverting to pen and paper and the chalkboard - this really is so annoying, I just do not want to use such technology anymore.

Someone wanting to buy my BOOX Note Air 4C? Not recommended but you never know, just drop me a PN.

#boox #epaper #NoteAir #NoteAir4C

Oliver Brendel Jan 10

I have an #OnyxBoox #NoteAir 1 , and I'm thinking about upgrading to a Note Air 5 Colour.
They seem to have the same processor, or at least processor information is not very clear. I would have hoped that the NoteAir5 would be faster than the 1. I'm using #Zotero for Android, and making handwritten notes on pdf with the Air1 is so slow that even writing very slowly, the screen lags one letter behind.
So, does anybody have an Air5C or an #BooxNoteAir4C ? Are they faster ?
#Boox #BooxNote #BooxNoteAir5C

Karl Voit

Nov 15, 2025

I really do like #Boox #eink devices. I owned an A4 size one before I switched to my #NoteAir (1).

Boox never had great #userexperience when it came to software: their devices are *really* capable but you had to get used to its strange #UX before being able to use its awesome features properly.

The newest video by #MyDeepGuide does not show great product management nor customer communication: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4MZX1lPB00

Boy, they are going down the wrong path. 😔

#rant

Let's Talk About Boox - Note Max, Update 4.1 and Note Air 5C Situation | Accountability Check

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Karl Voit

Oct 4, 2025

Wow, it looks like that the #DigitalPaper #eink-device by #Montblanc is not only heavily overpriced but also way worse than almost everything on the market right now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZWIPBKoFfQ

https://www.montblanc.com/en-us/digital-writing/digital-paper

Don't buy that. My recommendation would be a #Boox #NoteAir device. Learn about them in other videos by #MyDeepGuide which I highly recommend for anything related to e-ink.

#PIM

Montblanc Digital Paper First Look: $1200 Rip Off, or Something Special?

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Karl Voit

Jul 24, 2025

@norberteder Ich liebe mein BOOX Onyx #NoteAir (das 1er) und kann die Produktreihen von denen stark empfehlen.

Das Air - wie auch andere - sind nicht nur Reader sondern du kannst damit auch mit EMR-Stiften schreiben. Mein Hauptzweck sind händische Anmerkungen in PDF-Dateien.

Standard Android, also kannst du alle Android-Apps normal nutzen inkl. Syncthing + RSS-Aggregatoren zum "Zeitunglesen".

Die haben aber auch read-only Reader im Angebot - kenn ich allerdings nicht.

Für alles mit #eInk empfehle ich die Videos von #MyDeepGuide.

HTH

@gisiger Oh, I'd love to use fountain pens and #paper for as much as possible.

However, I also know that I won't carry a paper notebook which contains all necessary information.

Furthermore, I'm not manually transferring handwritten stuff into digital.

And there is no viable offline handwriting recognition I could use.

Or workflows that are suitable to integrate analog and digital which scales.

And yes, I do have an awesome #Boox #NoteAir which I could use for that but the digital environment is not there yet. (I use it just to annotate PDF documents.)

Therefore, I'm 100% digital with my #PIM. 😞🤷

(corrected wrong language flag)

#OCR #fountainpens #Zettelkasten #PKM #orgmode #eink