Onyx Boox Palma review

The Onyx Boox Palma is an ereader that looks like a smartphone, complete with a built-in speaker, rear camera and buttons on the sides. While it won’t make any calls, it gives you access to the Google Play Store as it runs on a stripped-down version of Android 11. It’s powerful enough to run some mo...

- Sharmishta Sarkar, TechRadar

With the aspect ratio of a smartphone and Android OS under the hood, the Boox Palma is an eye-opener into how hobbled older e-reader designs are. Install (most of) your favorite apps for shopping and social media, plus your preferred e-book apps, to easily switch between e-reader and smartphone func...

- Savannah Howe, Android Police

The palm-size Onyx Boox Palma ereader offers peppy performance, but it costs significantly more than larger competitors and isn't as enjoyable for longer reading sessions.

- Sarah Lord, PC Magazine

All of this functionality does come at a price—the device retails for $279, which is obviously much more than entry level Kindles, and in the same ballpark as the high-end (and now discontinued) Kindle Oasis. But all of these features, along with the form factor, also mean the Boox Palma is the best...

- Joel Cunningham, Lifehacker

The Onyx Boox Palma is a very handy e-reader in a cell phone format. The e-ink tablet offers Android app support, plenty of memory, and good performance values as well as a large battery.

- Florian Schmitt, Notebookcheck