What you could know
- Two new Onyx Boox e-readers are launching right now with Kaleido 3 colour E Ink shows.
- The tablet-sized Observe Air 5 C is obtainable from $499.99/£499.99/€529.99 and features a stylus.
- The phone-sized Palma 2 Professional is obtainable from $379.99/£379.99/€399.99.
Do you like studying e-books however hate carrying round a bigger e-reader? The unique Onyx Boox Palma made a reputation for itself by being the primary main phone-sized E Ink system, and now the second follow-up is flipping the script by including a layer of colour to that E Ink display screen.
Powered by the identical Kaleido 3 E colour Ink show as many common e-readers launched in 2025, the Boox Palma 2 Professional’s phone-like type issue makes it probably the most transportable colour e-reader you could find. It weighs simply 173g (that is fairly a bit lighter than your common smartphone lately), but the 6.13-inch show is sufficiently big to comfortably learn from.
The twin-tone frontlight makes it simple to regulate the colour temperature all through the day, and Boox’s quick refresh expertise plus the Android 15-powered OS means regular Android apps work completely. It additionally sports activities 5G connectivity, so you possibly can pop a SIM card in and have a knowledge connection wherever you are at — simply bear in mind that it does not perform like an E Ink cellphone.
Impressively sufficient, the Palma 2 Professional additionally helps the InkSense Plus stylus for highlighting and fast notes, and the SIM tray doubles as a microSD card reader for expandable storage.
The second announcement comes within the type of a correct E Ink pill known as the Observe Air 5 C. Because the title implies, it is a follow-up to the wonderful Boox Observe Air 4 C. Except for a giant improve to Android 15 (the Air 4 C launched with Android 13 earlier this yr), the Air 5 C has a greater keyboard case that attaches with useful magnetic POGO pins.
The writing expertise has been upgraded as properly, with a extra textured floor that feels “extra paperlike,” in accordance with Onyx, in addition to an improved Pen3 stylus. The Boox Observe Air 5 C additionally “thoughts mapping and AI-powered Good Scribe instruments” to make note-taking and group simpler. Primarily, Boox is framing this as the final word E Ink day planner pill.
Each of the brand new Boox merchandise may be bought right now on the official Boox Store web page.