On balance, 2024 has not been a great year for me, for reasons both personal and global, and my smartphone addiction hasn't been doing my perpetually simmering anxiety any favors. Even though I've stepped away from one toxic social media platform in favor of another, friendlier one, I still have a tendency to fall into doomscrolling—which is why the Boox Palma has been such a godsend for me since I first reviewed it back in February. And right now, it's on sale. If you're at all inclined, I think you should buy one.
The Palma is a rather unique e-reader from Onyx International, a Chinese company that has slowly built up a cult following among e-ink aficionados over the past decade and a half—e-ink being the name for the paper-like black-and-white displays on devices like the Kindle Paperwhite. Two key things set the Palma apart from any e-ink device sold by Amazon (or Barnes & Noble, for that matter): The shape, and its unrestricted operating system. Both are key reasons why it's the best e-reader I've ever used, and why I've spent the past eight months reading more and spiraling on social media less.
It's good enough that I'd easily recommend picking one up, even though Onyx has recently released an upgraded Boox Palma 2, which I'll be reviewing soon—the differences aren't super significant (the newer version has a fingerprint scanner, a faster processor, and a more recent version of Android, but costs $35 more as of this writing) and either one will serve you well.
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