Tilde Lowengrimm on Nostr: Because I'm as pedantic as y'all are, I want to get in here and um actually myself ...

Because I'm as pedantic as y'all are, I want to get in here and um actually myself before anyone else does. Technically, the Supernote A6 X2 Nomad supports all of these specs except for the frontlight, which is very much the softest requirements. So why am I ignoring it? Well, I'm not ignoring it, I have a Supernote A6 X which I use all the time and carry with me every day. But. Although you can easily run Android apps on these devices and Ratta even provides instructions and tells you to go nuts with sideloading if that's your kink, the app support is in practice extremely poor. There's a reason it's not officially supported: the device's specs just aren't cut out for mainstream Android apps. Most apps kinda work basically, but many (including important-to-me ones like Reader) are basically unusable with how slow they feel on this device. I know that the A6 X2 Nomad is somewhat faster, but I have it on good authority (numerous Reddit complaints) that it's not actually fast enough to run Android apps in general — as opposed to being able to sideload things and having a few apps which are usable and many which aren't. So, honorable mention to Ratta's devices which I absolutely love. And I absolutely applaud their commitment to repairability and to building a device which meets their exacting standards (there's no frontlight, for instance, because it would make the writing experience worse). But for now, I'm planning to get the new Boox unless Ratta release a faster Supernote A6 and an EMR stylus with a little flashlight in its tip to compensate for the lack of frontlight.