[alwayslikethis]

I have an Onyx Boox e-ink writing device. While it also has a cloud service, it seems to be less necessary since it is just Android so you can just install whatever you need on it. I use Syncthing for this and it works fine.

[alwayslikethis]

Don't buy one of these devices! They include spyware, and constant phones home to Chinese servers. They also have a number of GPL violations which makes the company not worth dealing with.

https://blog.tho.ms/hacks/2021/03/27/hacking-onyx-boox-note-...

[esperent]

How is the writing/drawing latency in practice? I watched some videos comparing the Remarkable 2, Supernote a5, and Boox Note 2.

From the video it looked like the Boox had a bad delay. Could appear worse because of the backlight which increases distance from pen to screen.

The Supernote and Remarkable also had visible delay that would annoy me, but the larger delay of the Boox looked like a deal breaker to me.

[do_it_simpler]

I've had a Boox Note Air 2 since launch and I can't discern any drawing delay. It's fantastic to write / draw with.

[NalNezumi]

Question from a fellow Note Air 2 user but is there any note taking app replacement that can do the handwriting recognition better than the default app? I'd like to recognize only part of the notes (not the entire page, if I write figures or math formulas that function blows it up ) so that my notes become searchable

[b112]

Everyone in this thread take note, re: security.

Boox devices relentlessly phone home to IP addresses in China. This is in addition to syncing to alibaba cloud servers in Calofornia.

[lnenad]

I have the Supernote and the delay is pretty much gone. It feels like writing on paper.

[wiseowise]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Onyx_Boox/comments/hsn7kx/onyx_usin...

https://www.reddit.com/r/ereader/comments/mpyi5q/is_it_safe_...

Please refrain from ever mentioning anything positive about this company. Whataboutism in a tech support, GPL violations, constant pinging some server in China.

It should be vilified.

[b112]

It should. These devices are not safe.

On top of all of the above, security firmware updates for android are horribly non-existent, or very lagged.

[alwayslikethis]

Got it, didn't know this before.