I received my new tablet yesterday– an Onyx Boox Max2 Pro. The main selling point for me was the screen size, e-ink, and that it runs Android, though a dated version 6.

Out of the box, it balked at signing into the Play Store, complaining about manufacturer/device licensing. Ereader Store posted a YouTube video to update the Boox version of Android and demo the play store.

From Play, I installed Termux, KWS, File Manager, and Amazon Music. There was a hiccup installing Amazon Kindle, with error 910, solved just by restarting the Boox.

From Termux, I installed git, openssh, and nodejs using pkg. To allow other programs to access Termux files, you have to run termux-setup-storage.

Much of my tablet use before was viewing sheet music, either on-line or pdf. The latter looks beautiful on the Boox. For viewing material on-line, I’d suggest installing Chrome which handles color-to-gray mapping better than the built-in/default Boox browser and opens the default pdf viewer automatically. (Using the Boox viewer, you have to find the download alert and select the file.) For my use case, it will probably be worth scripting a set-list into a single pdf file, or keeping a directory of the ordered set list and use the Boox pdf viewer.

My initial impressions using the Boox are that the display is nice, the control buttons feel clunky, the finger touch response of the display is unreliable, and the WiFi powers down automatically after disuse. I’ll be looking at connecting a Bluetooth page turner and keyboard, and perhaps a monitor stand.