A Truly Pocket Sized E-Reader: The Boox Palma Unboxing and First Impression

Y'all!! Check out the newest addition to my e-reader collection! This is a really powerful e-ink device that you can carry in your pocket. Come get a look and my first impressions. #booktube #kindle #books

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Peloton: FtDanielleReads
00:00 Introduction
00:20 I got the Book Palma!!
00:34 First Look: The Box
01:50 The Screen
02:05 Size vs iPhone 15 Pro Max
02:27 What's in the box
03:05 It's NOT a Phone!
03:23 Basic Set-Up
09:06 My First Impressions
10:14 What is it? Basic Specs
12:21 Making Calls on the Book Palma?
13:01 Sound on the Book Palma
14:22 The E-Reader for Commuters?
15:19 Battery Life of the Book Palma
16:12 Customizability of the Book Palma
19:35 On-Screen Controls
21:19 Google Play Store on an E-Reader
22:41 Security Concerns
23:21 All-in-One E-Reader
24:00 It's Quick!!
25:04 Lights and Warmth on the Book Palma
27:39 It has a CAMERA!!
28:18 PDF Reader
28:45 What's Missing

[eileen]

I’ve had my Palma for about a month now, and I love it! It’s so nice to take to work with me so I can read on my breaks. And having all of my reading apps in one place on an ereader is fantastic!

[jsthbreethe]

I ordered one yesterday! I’m so excited to be able to have my KU and Nook books on one device.

[OMundodaTutu]

You can use the gestures for home screen. My setup is: left gesture - back button/ middle gesture - home/ right gesture -multitasking switcher

Than the extra button i have: short press - full refresh/ double click - clear cache/ long press- sleep

I absolutely loved your review. Thanks 🧡

[GopherCakeStuff]

I've had mine for a while and I love it so much. I was also playing Tetris on it the other day 😂

[msmuniz]

It looks cute. I like the white one a lot. I would consider one in the future, refurbished or whenever the price goes down. I have my paperwhite and love that so I don’t feel an urgency to buy the boox palma right now

[Sybilla]

I typed out a long post and I think forgot to press 'comment' button before I left the site and came back to no comment. I'm such a ditz. Anyway, I'm so glad you got the Palma to review. I got one a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. It's so nice to have something I can hold in one hand and turn pages at the same time with the rocker buttons. I even look at some social media occasionally and the pictures are pretty good in e-ink if you set it on balanced. I went in the browser (warning: browser images are a bit slow occasionally for some reason, but everything else is super fast) and nabbed some iphone sized wallpaper pictures for my wallpaper, screensaver, and power off images. Just took awhile to find some with right image contrast suitable for e-ink. And a learning curve for saving to the device gallery but I figured it out finally. I don't have a case and did something I rarely ever do or recommend, I put a popsocket directly on my Palma (I know, bad) but it helps me grip it better, and I always need my popsockets. I'm so glad you got the Palma, Danielle. I love your review of it. :)

[markdc]

Thanks for the video - im thinking about a palma but when i had boox devices in the past, it seemed like i had to tweak the refresh settings depending on which app i was using (kindle, pocket, neo reader, etc). Did you fiddle with the settings much after initial set up? I agree a stylus would be nice so its a portable note pad.

My only complaint: you said 1975 was black and white TV era?! Dont make me feel old! Its more like the 60s for b/w tv. :)

[wanderingwithstacy]

I bought it for my husband, but I ended up taking it for myself 😂

[bzylarisa]

I'm so interested, but I don't think I'm going to get it anytime in the future. But, it's so tempting!!!😆 Well, never say never.

[KevinGamin]

Palma use case - You can read with one hand while you give your dog or cat scritches when they're on your lap or, if they're small enough, on your other arm.

[MelissaWolfer]

Thank you for your insightful first look at the Palma. In my quest to convert as much as possible to eink to help with my eye fatigue, I have settled on the Palma and SuperNote combo. I had the Kindle Scribe and loved it but couldn’t justify keeping three devices. I use the Palma to replace my phone apps (Words with Friends, Messenger, Telegram, Reddit, OneNote, Email, etc), when possible, and of course reading from Kindle and Libby. I have read several books on the Palma so far and find it fantastic. The screen is adequate and the navigation excellent. I use a Bible app daily and listen to audio through it and find the speakers to work well. I haven’t tried headphones through Bluetooth yet. I am new to Boox so I’m sure there are things I’m missing … just like the Naviball you mentioned .. I had no idea. I’m going to have to explore the Boox feature set more. Keep up the good work.

[macbrebonicks]

I got mine used for $240 on Mercari. Can you please do same more videos on the OCR, PushRead and BOOXDrop festures?

[Jestre]

Yes, but how many PPI is it? j/k you mentioned that a half-dozen times :). Couple things: Glad you got one, I've been looking at these for a few months, but just can't decide between this and a cheap $99 Kindle to carry around. I don't have any Kobo or other reader's books (why not just buy all from Kindle store?), but I guess I could try, perhaps when they are on sale in one place and not another?

As for Manga, most manga has only a color splash page, but the rest of the pages are in black and white, so while I read most of it on my iPad Mini, it is still in color. I wonder if the Kindle app on the Palma offers a guided-reading mode where it enlarges just the part of the page being read. If so, that would be very nice. The problem with current color displays is that the "color" is really just a filter layer on top of the other display layers of the screen, so it tends to drastically reduce the contrast of the diplay, and the majority of the color options available today are only 150 ppi (over a 300 ppi b/w display).

And for the firmware upgrade for pen support: I suppose it all depends on whether they are using the Carta 1200 with the digitizing layer included or not. The screen can be ordered with and without digitizer support, so I'm guessing for cost savings they are order the one sans that layer, which means no simple firmware upgrade. Boox do offer other Kindle-sized devices with this, so this could be an option. Sounds like you have the Remarkable and perhaps a SuperNote and Boox in the full-size device. Which do you prefer for notes and reading?

I really look forward to seeing what you think after a month or so of use! Thank you.

[DonnaPinkRibbon]

QUESTION: Along with reading, I want a device I can load my collection of mp3 songs to and play them. Can you do that with this?

[erynjohnson]

My burning question for all you Paloma users is if it can run apps simultaneously? More specifically I use the timer feature in Bookmory every time I read whether it’s a physical book, e-book or audiobook. It is super easy for me to run that in the background on my phone And switch between whatever app I’m using to read and the timer. Is it possible to do that on the Palma? Also, if I want to tandem read an e-book and listen to the audiobook is that something I can run simultaneously? I am definitely tempted, but for the price, I am slightly skeptical, especially now that I know that the system currently runs on is eventually going to stop being supported. I don’t plan to use it for anything except for reading, no games, social media apps or YouTube, Spotify, truly strictly reading but again the price is a bit high considering My Kindle signature cost maybe just around half of that.

[chiarapatsias]

hey! im having trouble turning pages with the volume button on the kindle app, it just doesnt work! 😢

[Veronica.Roni.V]

I like the fact of downloading other apps but it's way to small for my taste. I want a kindle that is a little bigger than the signature. I hope color soon too
Great review. 😊 thank you.

[ursulaoelofse]

It's way too expensive to get here in South Africa. At its price point, it's almost double the price of the kindle itself. Which in South Africa is 4K + due to the exchange rate between the Rand and the U. S. Dollar.

[editsbysouth]

be careful doing the driving video, weirdos are really good at figuring out where you are. great review!!

[mudbrick]

You cannot listen to audiobooks on hoopla on the Palma