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Working on the Boox Note Air 2 Plus with a Bluetooth Keyboard
The dream of having a single machine you can take with you when you’re out and about that will be all things to all people continues. Tried the iPad: but it tried to do too many things without being spectacular at any of them. Laptops: well, sure, but I can’t relax with them in the evening: I always feel like I’m in 'work mode' with them. Enter the Boox Note series of e-ink tablets: Android tablets with the sort of screen you would more commonly associate with a Kindle than a productivity device. Twinned with a Logitech K380 bluetooth keyboard, I thought: 'let’s give this a go!
Let's start with the devices themselves. The Logitech keyboard is a known commodity: solid typing experience and quite well balanced. The Note Air 2 Plus is thin and light. The battery life is superb. The standout feature, however, is the Note Air 2 Plus's magnetic case. Like an iPad Smart Cover, the front of the cover has several folds that allow it to form a rudimentary stand. This works well when in e-ink typewriter mode! The overall package is quite flexible, too -- while the separate keyboard means this isn't a laptop, it does mean that I can keep the keyboard in front of a book, for example, and have the display over to one side while I take notes.
Because the Note Air 2 line of e-ink tablets runs full-blown Android 11 (no Android 12…
