Boox’s New Tiny E-Reader Could Shake Up the Market
Boox has made a name for itself in the e-reader world by cornering parts of the market left unexplored by bigwigs like Amazon and Kobo, and its next product could expand its niche dominance even further. Where the Palma and its successors are about the size of a smartphone, the Picco is even smaller than a deck of cards. Little else has been revealed about the Picco just yet, though Boox has said the e-reader will sport a monochrome E Ink display and a front light.
- ▪Boox has made a name for itself in the e-reader world by cornering parts of the market left unexplored by bigwigs like Amazon and Kobo, and its next product could expand its niche dominance even further.
- ▪Where the Palma and its successors are about the size of a smartphone, the Picco is even smaller than a deck of cards.
- ▪Little else has been revealed about the Picco just yet, though Boox has said the e-reader will sport a monochrome E Ink display and a front light.
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- ▪ Boox is taking on Xteink with its own tiny e-reader — The Verge
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Boox has made a name for itself in the e-reader world by cornering parts of the market left unexplored by bigwigs like Amazon and Kobo, and its next product could expand its niche dominance even further. Today the company teased the Boox Picco, an immensely pocketable e-reader with a tiny 3.97-inch screen.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000790361","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"gadgets","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"gadgets","TAGS":"boox,ereaders","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); That will make Picco the smallest e-reader in the Boox lineup by far; the company’s current…
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