Boox’s tiny Picco e-reader ought to land in November

Boox teased the Picco, its tackle the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, again in July, however offered nearly no particulars. Now, due to some reporting out of IFA, we’ve acquired a bit extra information, although sadly nonetheless no worth. Unlike the Xteink gadgets, the Picco won’t have magnets on the again for attaching to a telephone. The 3.97-inch e-paper show, nonetheless, will probably be touchscreen, which The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski referred to as a “welcome upgrade” on the X4 Pro. The Picco has bodily page-turn buttons, and they are often personalized with completely different actions for brief and lengthy presses.

There’s apparently no onboard storage, and it depends completely on a microSD card to carry books. But along with including information to the cardboard, you possibly can switch studying materials to the Picco straight over USB-C (which the Xteink gadgets lack) and even WiFi from a companion app.

The Picco received’t run Android, like Boox’s different gadgets, and can as an alternative run a stripped-down, Linux-based OS. The firm is together with a handful of extra apps like a timer, a todo record, and a studying stats tracker. But, it’s unlikely that Boox will open its firmware like Xteink has, so it may be a much less hackable and customizable gadget.

There’s nonetheless some issues we don’t know, like worth, battery life, Bluetooth help, or if it’s going to embrace a participant for audiobooks. But all ought to be revealed in November, when it’s anticipated to launch.