Boox is taking over Xteink with its personal tiny e-reader

Boox’s new Tile lineup will tackle Xteink’s fashionable e-readers which can be sufficiently small to stay on the again of an iPhone with MagSafe. As noticed by Good E-Reader, the primary one is the Picco, which can characteristic a 3.97-inch front-lit, black-and-white e-paper show and expandable storage with an SD card slot. Boox confirmed to The Verge that the Picco is within the works, noting that it’s a part of a brand new Tile lineup and could have an “accessible price point,” however with out another particulars about its plans, like specs, the particular value, or a launch date.

The front-lit show might put it on par with Xteink’s new $99 X4 Pro e-reader, which The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski calls “the best tiny e-reader you can buy.” However, a part of the attraction of Xteink’s little e-readers is their means to magnetically persist with the again of a telephone, and it’s not clear but if the Boox Picco could have an identical characteristic.

It seems to have buttons in a promotional picture, but it surely’s additionally not clear but if it is going to rely solely on buttons, like the unique Xteink X4, or additionally embrace a touchscreen. According to Good E-Reader, the Picco will seemingly have a minimal, tiled UI restricted to fundamental apps like Neoreader, a music participant, and a podcast participant, placing it in a really totally different class than the Android-powered Boox Palma.