So, I’ve got a 9th generation Kindle Oasis and its battery is really starting to show its age. This is also one of the models where it is damn near impossible to replace the battery. Any attempts that I have read about online resulted in broken screens and sadness.

I’m not too wedded to the Amazon ecosystem, but I do like being able to borrow library books, which my local library allows in the form of sending them to your amazon account. I have a few books from the kindle store, but not a ton.

I’ve been looking around online for a replacement e-ink reading device, and the Boox Page has caught my eye. I’m curious how those have been performing for anyone who’s got one here, since they’ve been out for a while now. I like the idea of it not being tied to any particular vendor’s store, and the fact that I could install the Kindle and Libby apps on it, along with, apparently, pretty much anything else available in the Play store.

Important things for me are battery life and having physical page turn buttons, as well as a built in light so that I can read in bed without bothering my wife with a table lamp or something.

I would love to see some feedback from people who own these devices.

Also, does anyone know how often the Boox store restocks them? It’s been showing as unavailable every time I check over the past few days.

  • st3ph3n@midwest.socialOPEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Update for those who are interested: I bought a Boox Page from B&H photo in New York, and received it today. Spent probably far longer than I needed to fiddling around with the settings and loading content onto it, but it is now ready to rock and roll. I really like the Boox Drop feature - just wirelessly dropping files onto it through a web browser on my local network rather than having to rely on a cloud service (while also still having that available as an option) is cool.