2026.
New 8.7″ Nook Reading Tablet has color and grayscale mode
Barnes and Noble has released new Nook Reading Tablet 8.7 made by Lenovo. It's a budget Android device with unremarkable specs, but it should be fine for a reading tablet. It has an octa-core MediaTek Helio G85 CPU, 64GB of internal storage, 4GB of RAM and there’s a microSD card slot. It has dual speakers, a 3.5mm headphone jack and Bluetooth 5.1 for audiobooks. The battery size is 5100mAh and battery life is rated at up to 16.5 hours for reading and 12.5 hours for YouTube streaming. It has a grayscale reading mode for B&W and a chromatic reading mode for color content. The price is set at $149.99, but B&N Premium Members can get an extra 10% off.
2026.
Onyx Boox Go gen2 Tablets get better screen and Android 15
Onyx has released two updated Go Tablet 10.3 Android tablets: one with adjustable screen backlighting (Lumi) and one without. They feature a 10.3-inch HD e-paper display with a 300 PPI resolution, making reading more enjoyable. Both models offer note-taking, PDF viewing and editing capabilities. They support the InkSense Plus stylus with 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity. Both have stereo speakers for listening to audiobooks, music or podcasts. A single microphone is provided for audio-to-text conversion and voice communication in apps like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and Discord. A USB-C port is used for charging and a 3700 mAh battery powers the tablet. The base model is priced at $420, while the Lumi model is priced at $450.
2025.
Eazeye unveiled 10-inch Paper 2 Tablet
Eazeye unveiled Paper 2.0, an eInk tablet that combines ereader, photo frame with built-in voice-activated AI for note-taking, real-time transcription and simple Q&A. The developers promise privacy at both the hardware and software levels. Paper 2 features a 10.3-inch reflective LCD display with a resolution of 1920 × 1440 pixels. A backlit display allows to read in the dark. The tablet is powered by a 6000 mAh battery, which provides approximately 67 hours of reading time with the backlight off. Paper 2 runs the Android operating system and supports apps from Google Play. The included stylus allows to take notes, handwriting and editing PDFs. The device, stylus and flip case are available for approximately $379.99.
2024.
Barnes and Noble Nook Tablets can no longer buy ebooks
In a move that might be considered the technological equivalent of an elderly librarian locking the doors and sighing into eternity, Barnes and Noble has announced that its venerable series of tablets, released during the ancient epoch of 2011 to 2013, can no longer perform such vital functions as purchasing digital audiobooks and ebooks, registering new accounts, or even logging into existing ones. These devices, now over a decade old and presumably surviving on the digital equivalent of borrowed time and caffeine-deprived batteries, have been quietly retired from relevance. Next week, the company plans to dispatch emails brimming with more details about this rather terminal situation. Meanwhile, any urge to acquire these relics from the eBay museum of unwanted gadgets should be tempered with the knowledge that they’ve been consigned to the realm of “quaintly decorative but functionally useless.”
2024.
Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet 9 by Lenovo available for pre-order
In a curious twist of fate that could only be described as “completely expected,” Barnes and Noble has re-entered the Tablet Universe with the Nook Tablet 9—a device no doubt capable of startling revelations, such as allowing you to read more books. In collaboration with the technological conjurers at Lenovo, this $149.99 slab of advanced circuitry is now open for pre-order, inviting customers to imagine reading their way through life with Dolby Atmos speakers, TÜV Rheinland-certified eye protection, and a glorious array of settings like Grayscale, Chromatic, and Immersive Reading modes, all wrapped in a fingerprint-resistant surface for those who wish to leave no trace. Its 9-inch IPS LCD screen displays 1340 x 800 pixels at a density of precisely 173 PPI, presumably just enough to read the fine print but not enough to detect individual atoms. Running on the mystical power of Google Android 12 and pre-equipped with the NOOK app, it offers access to over 4.5 million eBooks, magazines, newspapers, manga, and more, daring you to remember what paper once felt like.
2023.
Guoyue K3 Color e-note comes with 10.3-inch Kaleido 3 display
The Guoyue K3 Color, a delightful slab of electronic wizardry, makes its grand entrance sporting a 10.3-inch E Ink Kaleido 3 display, a technological marvel capable of conjuring up 4096 colors and delivering a crisp 300 PPI resolution in good old monochromatic Black and White mode (a resolution that any self-respecting pixel would be proud of). Tucked within its sleek, metallic confines is xReader, a rather clever little engine that juggles five pen types, sixteen handwriting colors, five width settings, and four different ways to scatter your scribblings across the digital ether. For those inclined to meticulous organization, the device boasts an intimidating arsenal of over 100 note templates—enough to satisfy even the most demanding organizational whims. Security, as always, is paramount, and this cunning contraption ensures it with a fingerprint scanner neatly embedded in the Power button, as if to say, "Nothing gets past me." All of this runs on the reliable Android 11, because why not, and comes paired with a pen so precise—thanks to its 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity—it might just rival the finesse of a caffeinated artist. The price for this portable marvel? A mere $500, which is surely a small sum for a device so thoroughly steeped in the realm of improbable functionality.
2022.
Onyx Boox launched big e-Ink tablet with keyboard and stylus
Onyx Boox has introduced a new tablet—Tab10—that serves as both an e-note device and features a 10.3-inch display with a resolution of 1872 x 1404 and a density of 227 PPI. Under the hood is a 2.0GHz octa-core Qualcomm processor paired with 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, which can be expanded up to 512 GB via external means. The device operates on Android 11 and is powered by a substantial 6,300 mAh battery, which should last at least a couple of weeks. The Tab10 supports dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4G and 5G) and includes a USB Type-C port. The power button also features a fingerprint unlock mechanism for added security. It has an integrated microphone and the included Boox Pen2 comes with an eraser and attaches to the device magnetically. The e-note weighs a convenient 470 grams and is priced at $468.
2022.
Amazon’s new 2022 Fire tablets get improved battery
Amazon has unveiled a new generation of Fire HD 8 series of tablets which comprises of the base Fire HD 8 and the more up-market Fire HD 8 Plus devices. Amazon is claiming the new tablet range is thinner and lighter than its predecessors, besides being more powerful as well. Also Amazon said the battery is going to last longer at 13 hours compared to the 12 hours of the previous model. The device gets its charge via a USB Type-C port and comes bundled with a 5W charger, which Amazon is claiming will fully charge the batteries in 5 hours. Amazon said the tablet has double the chances of surviving tumble tests than what the iPad Mini is capable of. The Fire HD 8 is priced at $99.99, which is $10 more than the outgoing model. The Fire HD 8 Plus, on the other hand, is priced at $119.99.
2022.
Amazon’s $60 Fire 7 tablet finally gets USB-C
Amazon has unveiled a new edition of the budget tablet Fire 7 — as well as its kids-oriented counterpart — now equipped with a USB-C port and boasting a 40% improvement in battery life, reaching up to 10 hours. The updated 7-inch tablet is priced at $60 and comes with an enhanced quad-core processor and double the RAM, now 2GB. While these specifications aren’t cutting-edge, they are likely sufficient for basic activities such as web browsing and video streaming. Amazon notes that the 7-inch model is its top-selling tablet, largely due to its very low price.
2021.
Onyx Boox refreshed 3 its Android eReaders
Onyx introduced three new enhanced Boox models: the 13.3-inch Max Lumi2 and the 10.3-inch Note5 and Note Air2 models, all featuring Android 11 and some new software capabilities. The new models come with minor hardware improvements, including increased RAM and storage and now utilize a faster and more efficient processor. They also include a couple of new and refined stylus pens and have upgraded the magnet that secures the stylus along the side. Additionally, the device now features a new type of pre-installed writing film to enhance the feel of the screen, similar to the Nova Air released a few months ago. Onyx’s previous generation models are expected to receive the 3.2 update in November. While they usually incorporate most of the new software features, they rarely update Android versions, so don’t anticipate any of the older models getting Android 11.
