E Ink Displays Have Evolved...

Farewell. Off. Oh. Help him. You sweet heavens

Ham. When we're like, we defeat the AI? This is what we turn it into

Oh, man. So today we're checking out the latest from books. This is in their note series and it is called the Note Air 5

It is a 10.3 inch e-ink tablet. The black and white resolution 2480 by 1860

It's got six gigs of RAM and 64 gigs of storage. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are built in

This is essentially your note-taking, productivity type of device with a display that's obviously easier on your eyes that you can use for long hours

Now, I remember my first exposure to the book's brand and the idea of color e-ink at all

Because obviously these things, when we talk about e-readers, you imagine a completely black and white display

Well, not the case anymore. So the device is solid metallic. It's cool to the touch

We can see the pin set up on the back for some of the accessories. And you also get an idea of the aspect ratio

So meant to be held in this portrait, but like with a spot for your thumb to sit

that isn't on the screen. We can also see some speaker grills, volume buttons, power button

I mean, and otherwise it basically feels like a tablet, but it does feel solid

So also in this package, we're gonna see our pen or stylus

And I know they sent some different tips as well, marker tips. Ooh

Now you can see this one has this little cap to protect the tip, you know, poke yourself

We don't always have a clip if you want to clip it on a shirt. Crazy, this goes like, oh yeah, look at this

We have nub storage in the top. How do we lock it in

There we go, we lock it in. Now this guy is gonna sit where

Ooh, sit there. Also in this section of the box, we have our USB cable

USB-C to A, a SIM tool. We're gonna have 5G on this one

You're gonna throw your SIM card in this guy and you're gonna have permanent connectivity

which is pretty cool. I'm also noticing the power switch most likely doubles

as a fingerprint scanner for unlocking it, which is a nice touch

Okay, so first up, as far as accessories go, we have this cover, magnetic versatile stand case

Oh, interesting. So this has a textured feel to it almost like a waxed canvas type of feel That interesting The clasp is completely removable And when we insert this way

oh, that's kind of a good look, right like that. I presume this is if we want to carry our pen, so

You know what I mean? The cover's gonna have a number of ways that you can prop your device up

this. Ooh, okay. So I presume this will be our option one, which is kind of nice. Look at that

flat. We can use it totally open or is this, this is drawing this angle right here. That's what

you're going to want. You hear it as like almost like a textured sound. This is going to be your

minimal setup. Extremely thin, extremely light. You still have a cutout for charging it while it

remains in the case. But if you want the keyboard input for even more potential productivity

You could own both. They sort of match. It gets obviously a little bit bigger. Same removable

magnetic clasp and it has the exact same wax canvas type of feel. I'm not saying that's what

it's made of. I'm just saying it feels like that. And then this one is going to have your

interaction with the pins. Sits right in there like that and we now have

a laptop-like input. So we're using it like that, or we are carrying like that

I guess that's all you can't fold it. Oh, you can't fold it all the way around. Do that too. Now this is obviously gonna make text-based input

a lot more efficient. A surprising amount of key travel for such a shallow overall form factor

Okay, so here we are in the interface, And look at that little touch of color you're getting, even though it's e-ink

You can see the availability of apps here, different tools. What can we see here? Voice recorder, calculator

What's a nav-a-ball? Oh, I see. Okay, cool. We can customize this

So we can leave this and it will be a persistent little navigation option

When I click it, you can see I can get quick access to a variety of different settings. I like that

Yeah, look at this. I can put it wherever I want. Obviously, we can take notes. Obviously, we've got a library in order to store our books

This thing has a browser on it. It's called Neo Browser. just works speakers it usable you can use it these things represent value the refresh has its limitations you know that it but in a pinch you want to use it for consumption totally fine and then you get

the benefits of e-ink when you're using for productivity note taking and reading late at

night without having this like very bright backlight so there's some settings here actually

for the, what they call the front light, bright, soft, or custom, or off

But they call it a front light, not a back light. You got a bright setting, and as the lights go down, you're going to see this is too bright, right

So, like, you don't want this late at night. You want the full relaxation experience

Maybe you want to take your lighting and make it a little bit warmer, okay? No problem, can be done

And maybe you want to take your back light and, like, bring it down, just like your phone. Like, totally doable

So then if you're in direct sunlight or in front of a window, you turn it off completely

So the device has been set up now and we've got some books downloaded

It's currently set up for a pin, but it does have a fingerprint unlock, which is obviously more convenient

So pretty typical registration. Just lift and tap. Obviously, a primary use for this device is to read books, read documents and deal with text

Hence the name books. We have some books that are downloaded now

And here you get a sense for what the reading looks like. and it looks like there's a little tab over here

See that? Then I can just copy that section. So we've now got the ability to turn pages using the volume

So just keep your hand kind of on the side here. I like that. Now, I think the key distinction here

between this thing and some other productivity devices is the fact that this is like a full-on Android tablet

in its capabilities. But for productivity, it can be essential to have access to the Play Store

because maybe there's some productivity app that you must have on here, just like any other tablet

So you don't have to give that up just because you're choosing e-ink for the other attributes associated with it

So this is actually running Android 15. And I presume it's going to continue to get updates as well, just like any other Android device

Oh, wow. Check this out. So I will boost the brightness for a comic like that just to enhance, you know

Did you ever actually collect comics? I had one collectible, which was a Batman comic, which was whichever copy it was where Bane showed up and broke the back of Batman

Floor plans What do you got Did you put a shelf in this room here I can add color Let see Oh some color right now Cool Oh yeah Many options Blank grid and some funnel pyramid musical score Useful If you used any kind of Android

tablet, interfacing with this is going to be a familiar thing because you're going to pull down

from here and get all your quick access. We're going to be able to take screenshots, initiate

our assistant that we can talk to. Again, it's Android, so you're very aware that you're inside

of Android and even the same gestures like swiping up from the bottom. Look at this, we can look how

much reading we're doing, our reading statistics. This is like the opposite of screen time. When you

look at screen time and it's depressing and like, oh my god, I was swiping some crap. But over here

it's like, oh yeah, I've been reading. On this screen you want to see the big numbers. Like, I've been reading. Yeah, I've been reading. Oh, what have you been doing? I've been reading. It is a funny

distinction when you're on an e-ink display how all of a sudden you don't feel the same guilt of

like consumption, the way in which the device is speaking to you, it's almost encouraging you to

read versus watch. It kind of implies like, hey, get some reading done or take some notes or

brainstorm something instead of how our existing devices seem to speak to us through the design and

the backlight and everything, which is just like the opposite. It's like, hey, watch something. Hey, why don't you watch something? Hey, are you sure you don't want to watch something? And I'm just

like you know what 2026 is the year of social media's legal reckoning and now i'm in the now

i'm in the thing now i'm just in the article and it's extremely comfortable on my eyes i'm not

burning my retinas i was the more deceived ham get thee to a nunnery why wouldst thou be a breeder

of sinners. Farewell. Off. Oh, help him. You sweet heavens. Pam. Mary

I'll give thee thou willest. This is like in the future humans versus AI

and when we're like, if we defeat the AI, this is what we turn it into

Oh, man. Pure snow. It's so drunk