I used to have a Kobo Aura HD. I bought it to read books, but I didn’t read many books—I ended up reading mostly manga. Recently I’ve found a few things about the Kobo that annoy me. First, manga isn’t great on it, since the screen is small. Then there’s the lack of marketplace apps—you can flash Android, but it’s an old version and the experience is poor. On top of that, Kobo’s official services are no longer available in China, for reasons you can guess. So I started thinking about switching. The requirements: a bigger screen, convenient app support, and a reasonable price. That’s when I saw Onyx had announced a new 10-inch e-ink device, the Boox Note. They said pre-orders would start around New Year’s, but January came and went without anything happening. Then they said pre-orders would start on February 4th, which got pushed to February 7th. Anyway, it still shipped before Chinese New Year, Tmall offered interest-free installments, and the first batch came with a free case. Pretty decent overall.