Review | Onyx Boox Max2: e-reader you can annotate reports on is a black-and-white beauty
At first sight an e-reader twice as big as an Amazon Kindle and with a black-and-white screen may lack appeal, but wait until you see what it can do, and all the different file formats it supports
So small and light you can hold it one hand. That was always the selling point of Amazon’s 6-inch Kindle, a revolutionary e-reader when it was launched in 2007. So why would anyone want a 13.3-inch e-reader, in the form of the new Onyx Boox Max2?
Design and hardware
The Boox Max2’s screen is only slightly less than A4-sized, that’s why. Its size explains why there’s a loop for a built-in stylus on its right-hand side, for use when annotating PDFs, presentations, essays and scientific papers.
That’s not all it does. It’s possible to use gestures on its touch screen, just like on a tablet. And the reader has its own web browser, Wi-fi, and Bluetooth for use with wireless headphones.
Software and features