And I’ve tried a few, including the Kobo Elipsa
models, with the latter getting high praise from us as an “excellent digital note-taker”. The newer Note Air 2 comes in two configurations: the Note Air 2 and a Note Air 2 Plus model that offers a different color scheme and a bigger battery capacity .Using Android as the basis for its operating system was just a genius move from Onyx.
When it comes to using it for the simple task of reading ebooks, I’ve got access to both my Kobo and Kindle books via their respective Android apps, plus other titles I’ve purchased from elsewhere have been sideloaded and neatly arranged in the Library. While there’s no default dictionary on the device , the dictionaries in the apps work just fine.
I just wish the magnet on either the stylus or the device body was a little stronger so they’d stay together in transit. As it is now, the stylus does stick to the slim side of the tablet, but gravity is just too strong for it and it gets jostled off inside a bag. Unlike the Kobo Elipsa’s sleepcover, there’s no notch on any of the cases for the Note Air 2 devices to safely stow the stylus when not in use.
I love the fact that if I’m reading multiple books at the same time, they’re easily accessible in different tabs when you tap on the top edge of the screen while reading in the Library. This isn’t something I’ve seen in any other E Ink ereader or tablet that I’ve tested so far.