BOOX - 7.8" Tab Mini C E-Paper Tablet - Black
Model: OPC1086R
SKU: 6552903
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unfortunately, this tablet interface does not work well for left-handed people. I ended up returning it because in order to use it OK not even greatly. I had to disable a lot of the functionality like swiping to get to the home screen, swiping to get to settings, or setting your own type of swiping gesture due to my hand moving across the screen while writing cause unwanted actions. Or sometimes it would completely erase what I just wrote which defeats the purpose of the tablet. I have a lot of mixed thoughts on my time with this tablet. I liked the writing experience very much compared to my iPad Pro and Apple Pencil. But I don’t know if I got a faulty pen/nib because it was very sharp and hard to write with after only a few days of light use. I don’t believe that I was pushing hard enough for it to have sharpened like it was with out damaging the screen. Also, the magnet that holds the pen to the device is not strong, and it has to be in a very specific place that made it hard to always keep the pen attached to the tablet would not use. I wanted to really love the linking system so I can link pages in my notebook but the functionality worked more like hyperlinked button that was very hard to launch the link. Another unexpected thing about this product is it is really heavy. It feels almost heavier than my older 12.9 iPad Pro. Another comparison is it feels like a brick vs 2022 Kindle Paper white signature. I didn’t mind the weight, but the idea I had for this tablet was to use it as a master notebook, taking it with me in my purse. I think the weight of it over long period of time would start to be bothersome. Overall, I would have probably kept the device if it worked better with my left-handedness. I am definitely keeping an eye on this company and their tablets for the future because I did enjoy parts of their system and definitely hope there’s something in the future that would work for me.
Posted by Rachel
Overall, I'm pretty pleased with this e-reader tablet. My main reason for buying this was my previous proprietary e-reader was having issues with loading books from the library. That issue is solved now that I can use just about any android e-reader app I want. The color is very muted, but it doesn't bother me. Only real glitch I've had so far is that occasionally the Libby app will lock up then suddenly jump a few pages, but while annoying, not a deal breaker. Heavy animations really tax the screen (as expected) but I'd like to try some minimalist word search or such type games on it, I think it would handle those fine. It's really nice that you can set the refresh for each app individually. I haven't used the pen much but it seems fine. Had some frustrations figuring out the interface but tooling around the settings got most of those bumps smoothed out.
Posted by Floramonde