Many eInk devices now available Much has happened in the world of eReaders since my original blog posts highlighting the need for more 13.3" eReaders and it’s now more than 7 years since I bought my 9.7" Onyx Boox M96. There are now many 13.3" options available as well as 10.3" devices. I won’t go into details here or plug any particular manufacturers; a quick search on YouTube will present you with many up to date reviews and comparisons....
Netronix and, purportedly also Onyx International, are developing 13.3 inch screen eReaders using eInk’s Mobius screen, as rivals to Sony’s expensive, PDF-only DPT-S1 Digital Paper. A new video shows the Netronix device prototype being displayed at a recent trade show: Unfortunately, it seems that without a major company to put up the money to manufacture, market, distribute and sell it the device won’t become available to consumers. That is a real shame!...
Introduction Last July (nearly a year ago) I bought a larger format eReader that is manufactured by a chinese company named Onyx under the branding “Onyx Boox”. The model, the M96, was an upgrade to their previous one, the M92, and I had been waiting patiently for a while, desperate to have a larger eReader for textbooks. The screen is 9.7 inches diagonally. This doesn’t sound much of an increase on a 6 inch screen, but consider that this gives 2....
I use Zotero to manage my literature collection, including all the associated PDF attachments. It really made my life easier when I set up the WebDAV file sync on Box. However, until now the only way to sync files to my Onyx Boox M96 eReader (image) was by connecting a USB cable and copying them manually to the device. Since Zotero stores the files in cryptically-named individual folders it is hard to do this manually in an organised manner and involves lots of clicking....
I have been waiting for some time for a new large-format eReader to be announced for reading PDF journal articles and textbooks. The Onyx Boox m96 sounds promising although the screen is “only” 10 inches in size and 13.3 inch eReaders for a reasonable price might be on the horizon. The exciting Sony DPT-S1 is unavailable, expensive and only works with PDFs. What a catastrophe! Come on, Sony! In the meantime, I have discovered an open source project called k2pdfopt that purports to convert journal articles into Kindle-formatted pages, by splitting the pages into smaller pieces and trimming borders etc....