Context

I’ve been a long time user of the Amazon Kindle, starting with the first ever one with the physical side buttons, all the way to the Paperwhite 8th gen. While I had been very happy with it, a few things happened recently that pushed me towards getting this:

  • The whole issue with Reddit kind of made me realize that I didn’t want to trust a company with all my books, no matter how big or trustworthy the company seemed. All my eBooks so far have been bought from the Amazon store, and read on my Kindles.
  • I bought a Note Air 2 Plus a few months ago, and it was a really good device for my needs
  • Onyx released the Page

Initial thoughts on Onyx Page

  • It’s very light, and very thin. It doesn’t feel cheap or anything, but it feels lighter than my Paperwhite despite this having a slightly larger screen
  • The page turning buttons are really nice, and having a side bezel I can hold on to while reading is also very comfortable
  • The back is a bit glossier than I would’ve liked. It’s just smooth, and a big fingerprint magnet
  • The graphical art they have on the back is not indented or whatever the opposite of indentation is. It feels more like something they’ve etched onto the surface

Closing thoughts?

I’ve spent the last few hours trying this and that, downloaded the Kindle app to read (probably) my last Amazon store bought Kindle book. I will be spending the next few hours porting my Kindle books into Calibre, removing the DRM and storing them in my personal cloud :)

I don’t think there have been any reviews out there yet, so feel free to ask me anything regarding this, and I’ll try my best to answer them.

    • naznsan@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’ve Obsidian Sync set up so that my Obsidian vault is synced across all my devices. I don’t do much input into my vault on the Page, but mainly use it to view notes I’ve already written, or to keep my TODO list open while I do other things throughout the day.