What’s up, Hive! I was suppose to receive my delivery of the Onyx BOOX Nova 2 this afternoon. It ended up arriving a day early, and as badly as I wanted to tear it open, I decided to finish my new recording studio so I could do a proper unboxing video. After hanging a dozen antique picture frames, digging up my tripod and LAV mic, I was ready to rip in to this new device.
Here’s a little backstory. Months ago, I bought the Onyx Nova Pro; a 7.8” inch e-reader. What brought me to this piece of technology was a hope to set up an e-ink typewriter, more or less. @lovejoy and I are both trying to write our first novels with a deadline of June 30th. The biggest obstacle I’m trying to overcome is the distraction that comes with the network connected computer. I also want a killer e-book reader, and this checks all those boxes. I’ve paired it with a Logitech Keys-To-Go low profile keyboard and a collapsable stand I bought on Amazon for $9.
This first unboxing video is just a test of the new studio space and you’re all my beta testers. I’m pretty happy with how this all turned out, especially after a week of work cleaning, painting, hanging and organizing. The desk in this shot was picked up yesterday afternoon in the middle of a thunderstorm, near snowy weather and a pandemic, so if anything, it’s a testament to my commitment to see projects through. Enjoy.
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Looks pretty cool... 😲
I have a Kindle Paperwhite and for reading is awesome, but just trying do some web browsing is so so painful. And watching this e-reader/tablet and having that high refresh speed on the screen is just blowing my mind...
Really cool device... Hope you could share with us a little bit more of it. Maybe some general use and some other stuff...
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I'll most likely do a more in-depth review, @neuerko. Feature-centric. I still wouldn't consider this a solution for browsing because it's painful on all of them, including the Nova 2. The big difference between this and the Paperwhite is that you have the ability to connect Bluetooth input devices. The keyboard is something I wanted the most, because I see this as an e-ink typewriter.
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That is pretty cool. It actually makes me think of my days in high school and learning to type on an actual typewriter. Then many years later I am working with teachers and they are complaining that they want new typing programs because the games aren't good enough. My opinion was that all they need is a word processor and a book. That's how I learned. Anyway, all this to say that I totally get you not wanting to be distracted with an online connected device!
So happy to find you here as well. Having just gone back to Steemit yesterday to 'find some normal' I instead found the craziness there but everyone said, "go to Hive' and here I am. I am really excited to see many of the great Old Steemians and my favourites here.
It's funny as I have been thinking of making over my studio lately too to up the video game and now with the 'lock down' it seems a good as time as any. Maybe on the other side of this crazy world, we'll all have upped our games online? You seem to be WELL ahead of the game, I'm LOVING the colour and frames.
Well, I'll see you around. I'm trying to figure out HOW to join the onchainart, but nothing's easy, eh?
Also I'm sharing this with @winstonalden as this would be so up his alley a sort of modern way to get a typewriter writing in digital times.
WHOA just watched to the end, this would be an amazing 'digital sketch book' as an extension to my wacom! Hmmm. I love the 'napkin scribble' for cafes (ha, what are those since we are all locked in) but I used my surface for that, but it's so buggy, a simple scratchy "pencil/pen on paper" in an e ink setting could be amazing...Thanks for this.
Hi!! I had no idea you were here! Now, I can enjoy you all over the place! You know I am going to have to try the e-reader now!
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