BOOXPalma 2 Mobile ePaper eBook Reader Fingerprint Recognition Smart Button Dual Microphones (Black)

I'm impressed. Blown away, actually. I haven't been this excited about a new device since I bought my first Kindle (a second-generation one) in 2009, and for considerably more money.The Palma 2 is revolutionary. It's also a truly elegant and thoughtfully designed device. If you're considering getting one, you can already imagine why I like it so much. I assure you that I'm not disappointed in any way. It's everything I'd hoped: very speedy, extremely nice to look at, a pleasure to read on in daylight and in the dark. It runs all of my Android apps.I even like the native on-screen keyboard. Some reviewers report having rushed to install Gboard, but I've found the native keyboard to be excellent. I initially thought it didn't have the multi-clipboard feature, but it does! As far as I'm concerned, the Boox keyboard is superior to Gboard. To give an example of a feature it has that I believe Gboard lacks: when you want to use square brackets, the Boox keyboard gives you both brackets with a tap on one key ( [] ) and positions your cursor between the two so that you can immediately enter text there. I have wanted this feature for a long time! [EDIT: I need to walk my endorsement of the native keyboard back a bit, because the dictionary that it uses for predictive text input is atrocious. Unusable. Laughable. Boox really needs to provide a usable predictive text input service. Also, there doesn't seem to be any autocorrect.]I've been similarly impressed with the native reading app, NeoReader. It's elegant and highly functional. I'd been planning to use Readera or Moon+ Reader, but now I'm pretty sure that I'm going to be fine with just NeoReader, even though unfortunately it's a "system app" that's not available for installation on other Android devices. I think Boox should sell both NeoReader and the keyboard in the Play Store.A year or two ago I might have hesitated to buy this kind of device from a Chinese company, but in light of what our own government is doing right now with the complicity of the tech bros--and also our alignment with Russia, our punishing of our allies and our pardoning of violent criminals--I no longer feel any added degree of safety limiting myself to American-branded tech products. It's sad but true. No American company offers anything like the Palma 2, anyway. They should.My only caveat would be that this is not a device for people who don't like to think about any settings or options when it comes to technology. There's a bit of a learning curve to an Android device with an e-ink display. People like me enjoy the novelty and experimentation, but I realize not everyone does. If you're familiar with Android and like it, or if you know you wouldn't mind learning it to get what the Palma 2 has to offer, I don't think you'll regret buying one.One reviewer here calls the Palma 2 an e-ink phone. It's not a phone. It has everything a phone does except for cellular connectivity. That's made crystal clear in the product information and in every online review, so if you still think it's a phone you haven't done your homework yet.I couldn't recommend the Palma 2 more highly.A final note: There aren't many cases available specifically for the Palma 2, and none of the ones I found appealed to me at all. I decided to go with a pouch-style universal smartphone case with a zipper. That way there's nothing on the device when I'm reading. I'm going to be very careful not to drop it, because if I chipped or cracked it I don't think I'd be able to resist buying a new one!

I’m a long-time Kindle owner/reader, starting with the Kindle 3 in 2010, moving to the Kindle Paperwhite in 2015, then upgrading more recently to the Kindle Paperwhite (5?) Signature in 2023. All that to say, I’m over-the-moon about my Palma 2 and have been voraciously reading from it daily since I received it a week ago.I’m hemmed and hawed about buying the BOOX Palma for over a year, then when the Palma 2 came out in early 2025, I contemplated it again. I read some so-so and even negative comments about the device, so I skipped buying it, especially since it’s much more than I spent on my most recent Paperwhite, which I love.However, the Palma 2 has been great and I take it everywhere. I use a small crossbody that cannot hold my Kindle, so I’d leave it at home. The Palma fits perfectly and the form factor makes it to easy to squeeze in a few pages as I wait.I love being able to read ebooks outside of the Kindle ecosystem too and have been thoroughly enjoying reading Dune directly in the Libby app, which I could only previously do on my phone or iPad. It’s pricey for being such a small device and the battery life isn’t as robust as the Kindle’s but the convenience of the device makes it more than worth it to me.

Avid book worm here and what can I say that makes this product great. The fact I can disconnect from my personal phone and immerse myself in a boox. I do think you get exactly what your looking for and my device has worked out 👍 great.

update: after roughly 5 months of use it has begun to experience major issues. don't buy it. stops responding, images completely stuck on the screen. trying to reboot results in the boot screen image just being stuck there. apps repeatedly crashing after a system update that was supposed to "increase system stability"it’s the second generation of the Palma.. be prepared, its a low quality device and it sure acts like one. i find the Palma 2 to be difficult and irritating to use… and thats coming from a guy that likes all kinds of tech. touch screen constantly denies taps, device is slow to respond to a tap to the point you gotta tap stuff multiple times to get it to work. screen constantly has graphical glitches on waking it up, built-in reading app constantly harvests and sends data from your clipboard to a server in china. fingerprint reader straight up just doesn't read fingerprints. open an app and start reading? if you lock the screen and unlock it again it can’t even open a book in the place where you left off two minutes ago. i would not buy this on a discount, no way I’d recommend this to a friend. i’d recommend said friend (or you) pick up an actual book instead, less problems. i would not sign into any accounts on this device either, as it looks to be constantly sending data back to a server in china.. imagine buying an e-reader and it sends all your google account information to someone else without you knowing.. you think thats a good idea?

I wanted something smaller than my Kindle for travel so I gave the Palma 2 a try.I love how lightweight it is. I prefer it to reading on a kindle - I can hold the Palma in one hand in a way that is much more comfortable than a Kindle.As an Android device you can install other apps and can browse the net.Battery life is acceptable. With wifi off, screen light on, I got more than 20 hours of reading. Probably more with the screen light off. Wifi reduces battery life significantly - maybe 9 hours of use with wifi running constantly.Hands down my favorite ereader to date. Well done Boox.

I love it. It is perfect for when I am out and about. Only issue I have is that the fingerprint thing is very hit and miss.

I used to be an avid reader but that significantly declined as I got older. My reading has drastically increased since I got the Palma. It is also serves as a great way to wean off your phone if you’re addicted to social media (like I was).