ONYX BOOX Note vs PocketBook Color Note
April 14, 2026 | Author: Dhaval Parekh
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The ONYX BOOX Note is a device for reading electronic books with the E Ink Mobius screen with a diagonal of 10,3 with higher definition. This eReader can be the perfect choice for those who often have to read academic or technical literature, for musicians and programmers. Its large and comfortable for eyes display, powerful processor in combination with double sensor control are the optimal tools for reading PDF and DjVu files. Its built-in Wi-Fi module allows one to use the device for full Internet surfing and for connecting to net-libraries.
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Android-based color ereader/note-taking device. Stylus and a variety of tools for ideal note-taking in color. Built-in speaker, Bluetooth, and support for 6 audiobook formats. Text-to-Speech converts text files into natural-sounding audio
ONYX BOOX Note vs PocketBook Color Note in our news:
2025. New Boox Note Air5 C with EMR stylus support released
Onyx has unveiled Note Air5 C - its latest e-reader and notebook featuring a 10.3-inch E Ink color display with backlighting and color temperature adjustment. It runs Android 15 and supports Pen3, meaning it truly uses an EMR touchscreen. It features 64GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.1 support, built-in dual microphones and speakers and fingerprint scanner. The battery is a 3700mAh lithium-ion polymer. Onyx has reduced the price (compared to the previous version) to $499.
2025. Onyx Boox ereaders are now powered by Chinese-propaganda AI assistant
Azure GPT-3 on Onyx Boox devices was silently replaced by a Chinese large language model by Bytedance, the company behind TikTok. It's not a big surprise because Onyx International is also Chinese company. But this new AI assistant is propaganda-based. It refuses to mention anything remotely negative about China (or it's allies, like Russia, the Assad regime and North-Korea). But is happy to do so about any other country on earth. The LLM in question is Doubao, which is offered as an API under ByteDance’s cloud services division Volcano Engine. But the model is only meant to be used within China’s mainland. Boox launched the AI assistant feature last summer. It's available in the Naviball and Control Center, ready to answer any of your questions.
