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by djtango 644 days ago
For anyone that was interested my Nxtpaper 11 finally arrived.

I am annoyed because I realised the Nxtpaper 11 is available on amazon.de the product listing was just buried because it hadn't bubbled up the search and its name isn't great for search.

Have only used it a few hours so some initial thoughts:

- this is my first ever real tablet but its heavier than I thought, its a bit awkward to read one handed especially without anything to grip, I might get one of those hand bands to get a lightweight grip

- the tablet is noticeably slow, you can see some slight frame choppiness when scrolling in Substack for example, but obviously way better than an eink reader

- the Nxtvision settings for reading mode and eye comfort mode are quite nice. Images and figures in documents look pleasingly "flat"

- the resolution is noticeably low, I do notice the DPI is not that crisp when reading PDFs

- I like the matte screen texture it is quite pleasing

- reading code on it via Github was quite fun/pleasant

All things considered for 250 Euros its probably worth a try if you're not too fussy. I can live with the shortcomings, this is a sufficiently niche space that it'll take a while for the perfect product to drop out.

I'd love to get my hands on a Hannsnote 2 to compare