Bigme inkNote Color + E-Reader 10.3" 6G 128GB Dual Cameras TF Card Slot, Notetaking Digital Epaper E Ink Tablet with Stylus and Cover

Here are the important things to remember. This is a fantastic e-reader device. It is a nice large size at 10", and the e-ink screen also supports color. Color really improves the reading experience and makes coloring and drawing a real possibility. It is not a replacement for an OLED tablet. If you want to watch movies and play games exclusively, then this isn't the correct device for you. With that said, Bigme has really innovated on this device and produced something truly unique in the market. They have done the groundwork for you to create any e-ink workspace that you want. The preinstalled software is just okay, so the first thing you will do is load up the app store and install your favorite e-reader, audiobook player, your web browser, and note-taking software. It's up to you because this device works with virtually every app on the store! After that, all your passwords and favorites are synced, and you're ready to get to work. One thing that is really fantastic out of the box is the settings page. This is a tablet like no other, and it has customizations like no other. They've included a very useful "user guide" which explains the variety of settings available. I was impressed with the detail and clarity of this user guide because some areas of the tablet still have non-English characters. The startup screen and box contain non-English characters which initially made me nervous, but the software itself is almost completely devoid. The firmware update is also not translated, but the download button was obvious. These are mostly software issues that may be changes in your version of the device and didn't negatively impact my experience. You can make customizations to the display quality of the E-Ink, opting for faster refreshes, better colors, or crisper text. You can also customize the screen refresh frequency to eliminate ghosting. This can be adjusted on a per-application basis so your experience can be adjusted based on the main purpose of the app: faster refresh for the web browser or higher quality for e-reading. Another great setting is their screenwriting settings. Not all apps support pen input, so they have created three screenwriting settings that give you pen input in virtually any application. Screenwriting captures your input, and then after a slight delay, applies any screen input to the active application. I was concerned it would slow down color changes and switch to eraser. Amazingly, it captures all writing and tap input and then applies them in order. You can write on the screen with multiple color changes as fast as you can tap, and it correctly applies the input into the app. I tested this with OneNote and was unable to outpace it even with random scribbling and taps. The pen itself has a connection to the tablet and charges automatically while the device is sleeping. This is much more convenient than having to source AAAA batteries or carry a USB-C cable to charge the active pens. The simplicity of this makes the pen much more convenient to maintain. The matte screen does a good job of simulating a pen on paper experience and reduces glare from bright light. The pen does not include a clip, but aftermarket 9mm clip-on clips can be applied to secure the pen in a pocket or bag. The pen input works well with 3rd party slide input and is a very fast way to enter actual text. I felt like I could type faster with the slide than I could handwrite. In default mode (No on-screen writing mode), the on-screen slide is a little behind my pen, but didn't have any impact on my sliding speed. I was immediately able to just ignore it. Color reproduction is good. Again, it's not an OLED screen, but it displays really well in bright sunlight. In dark scenarios, there are two adjustable backlights. One is a yellow color for night use, and the other is a daylight white color. The white is better for colors, but they are both very good and can be turned on together and blended to get your desired color tone. If you want to take handwritten notes in the dark, this will be a great asset and eliminates the need for a flashlight. (Think outside or on a dark airplane) Battery life is decent. If you put it in airplane mode, it will last longer than with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth active. You can expect a full day (24 hrs) of heavy use or multiple days sitting on a desk next to your computer. It charges with USB but doesn't have super-fast charging (10W is the real power consumption when charging from 0%). I joined a few online video meetings and video calls. The video displayed on the tablet is naturally a low frame rate. I was pleasantly pleased that the video on the recipient's computer was smooth. Looked just like I was using a traditional tablet. This would be a great way to screen share and annotate with the pen. The speakers were good enough for music and audiobooks, although similar to other mobile devices in quality. Small and middle-range sound only. However, Bluetooth had no problems connecting to my wireless headphones. With headphones, it was just as good as my Android phone. This is consistent with other mobile devices. Bottom Line: If you're interested in a smart notebook or high-end e-reader that can be customized to your liking, this is a great device. It's a premium price tag but well worth it. You'll have to do some customizations to get it exactly how you want it. The effort is worth it for the good user experience. If you can't install an app on a smartphone, then you won't be able to use this product.

I am a strong supporter of color e-ink technology, as we use so many screens these days in modern times, and eye protection is very important. I was first introduced to BigMe via Kickstarter, around the time the inkNote Color was launched (I bought 2). Firstly, in the companies that adopt the latest color e-ink technology, BigMe is always at the cutting edge, and use the latest panels. They have geographical proximity and access to the manufacturers of the e-ink panels, possibly even in the same city. With their new collaboration with Good e-Reader, a very reputable Canadian company reviewing e-readers for a long time, Google Play store was made available in this tablet, making it more accessible and user-friendly globally. You don't need to root your reader or side load it. Thus, I feel quite disappointed and injustice for BigMe, when I read the reviews for this product on Amazon, which leads to this long rant/post below. I think a lot of the disappointment is actually due to a misunderstanding of what this product is about. Firstly, this is an e-ink reader with color technological advancements, built off many years of research into monochrome e-ink readers. Please do not buy it if you want to play the latest racing video game running at 60 fps. Software glitches, I agree, but BigMe has been constantly updating its software and firmware, to improve user experience, based on customer feedback. Teething problems and growing pains, unfortunately for new innovative technology. With regards to screen refresh, they reached a solution where there are multiple modes, including an "Extreme" mode, where some YouTube videos are playable. Recently, they introduced more intricate settings like "Magazine" mode, to even improve reader experience, so there is no need to keep selecting your desired "Vivid enhancement". They also added an "Auto-clean" function that reduces ghosting by a lot. You can even set the dpi for individual apps. This is a company laser-focused on e-ink and color e-ink technology, which I acknowledge is ultimately still a niche product for a niche market. The 150dpi, ghosting and slightly greenish color with limited color palette is unfortunately, not a problem with BigMe, but a limitation of current e-ink color technology, specific to the Kaleido series. A slightly better color screen (Gallery 3), but with slower refresh, the BigMe Galy is available, but unfortunately not available at 10.3 inches. If you prioritize color quality over refresh, please look that up. Comparing with US-based companies selling e-readers, there is no color e-readers comparable to the inkNote Color plus. The big hegemon in the US market recently launched a device that is still monochrome and allows writing. In summary, please think about the tradeoffs, advantages, disadvantages before you buy this product. Please go and watch an unboxing video on Youtube, I recommend Good e-Reader unboxing. Learn about the product before buying. I will leave you with an analogy. A person buys a DSLR camera and leaves a 3-star or 1-star review for it being too heavy or large. There is absolutely no DSLR camera that is the size of an iPhone, because the DSLR part, i.e. the digital single-lens reflex part of the camera, requires this body shape and form. Is it fair? You receive a reader with a dead battery after shipping for so long, and I am not even sure if the charger is the problem and in frustration or anger leave a one-star review? I have 3 of these tablets (2 x InkNote and 1 x Galy, and never had a problem with charging in almost 2 years). Anyway, I wish you all find the product you want, and it meets your expectation, but please be informed before buying. If you find this post useful, please like it so Amazon will promote it so more can read it.

I've owned a few EReaders over the years. From the first Sony Prs models to kindles to kobos. Each of them had their pros and cons. Some could be sideloaded with your books bought from places other than Amazon easily and others....you had to be creative. Regardless, I bought and used them for the purpose of reading books. What does that have to do with this Bigme that I just dropped the most money I've ever spent on a E-Ink device? Well, everything. First off, it's not a tablet, not an I-Pad, and I didn't buy it to replace one. It should never be compared to those devices. I bought it because I've always wanted an Eink reader that had a descent sized screen comparable to a hard-cover book, be in color so I could set the book cover as a screen saver and see the cover as it was meant to be seen, also to read comics and colored Manga, and have a memory card slot that gives me enough memory that I will never feel nervous about using it all up. I've waited a long time for those things and this Bigme finally checks all my own personal boxes. The colors are not as bright as a tablet display, and the pictures they show you here on Amazon are.....misleading in that respect, but overall I'm satisfied. True, there's a learning curve to the device that, to me, loses one star. And the cover it comes with feels flimsy with weak magnetism to hold the reader in place....take care. Also some of the apps are in Chinese, but those apps are not necessary to an American user...as far as I can tell. The UI is a little strange to navigate, but I recommend just tapping each button and setting to see where you end up. It'll give you the quickest way to learn the system. You will need to be comfortable navigating an Android system, regardless of how oddly it's set up, to get what you want out of it. I've connected it to the playstore, downloaded my preferred epub reader app, downloaded my preferred comic app, sideloaded my book library to a micro sd card that I've placed in the device, learned how to set the screen-saver with the image of the book I'm reading, and am now content with it. I don't care enough about the note taking or camera funtion on it to go into any of that, but I like the pen with the buttons to change the book page. I might experiment a little with the feature that allows you to write on the book you're reading. But I'm not sure. That creeped me out when I found scribbles in real books I checked out from the library so I might not. Also I'm not going to try to play videos or games with it because..... again it's not a tablet. Its strengths are in how it displays static images, not moving ones. The firmware updates that it'll periodically need also are in Chinese so unless they change that you'll never know what improvements were made unless you can read Chinese. I'm not all that sad about this. I can't read the language, but a good rule of thumb, if it's in Chinese and presents you with a choice of two buttons press the one on the right. That seems to always be the "OK" or "Enter" button. So is it worth 699 plus state tax? It'll depend on what you want it for. If you're looking for an EInk IPad to play videos and games I'd say no. However, if you want to read books and see color book covers, read comics, magazines, and other PDFs in color, however faded like old newsprint, and in sunlight, and enjoy a battery life better than your average tablet.... That's all up to you. To me it was worth it. That and it being sold on Amazon made me feel more confidant of the purchase. If I didn't like it I could have easily returned it. I've heard way too many bad things about buying EReaders from Good Ereader to risk trying to get one from there. Anyway, I hope this helps anyone whose considering buying one.

I really wanted to love this product. I use the reMarkable 2 daily. It has become an integral part of my work.99% of the time, I am just taking handwritten notes on it. The built-in notes application works flawlessly. There are hundreds of templates (I mainly use only one). It has an intuitive file system. It is easy to get to the cloud, an iPad or a computer. The pen on paper feel is great. It has many pen types to choose from. It is a good size. It has little nibs on the bottom so it doesn’t slide around. The premium stylus isn’t anything to write home about, but it has an eraser, which is essential if you are a heavy note taker like I am. There are probably ways to side load other note taking programs on it, but I have no desire to do so - I am find with what is built in. There is only one major downside - no color. Yes, technically there are a few (not many) colors that I can use. I don’t see the color on the screen, but if I export the note to an iPad or computer it will show up. Not good enough. I typically look back over my notes on the device itself - not a computer. Anyway, I still give the reMarkable 2 five starts. That’s where the Bigme InkNote Color + comes in. I really wanted this to be the reMarkable plus color. First, for you technical people, the InkNote Color + uses Kaleido 3, not Gallery 3. As of the time I am writing this, I don’t know if there are any products with Gallery 3. This did not stop me from trying the Bigme because my understanding is that even when Gallery 3 becomes available, Kaleido 3 will remain better if you are just looking for color text and color writing, as opposed to reading a comic book. So the InkNote Color + was just fine for me. It’s all bad news from here, at least for my purposes. The built in note-taking app is awful. There are much fewer templates. The software doesn’t do a good job of hiding the menu for lefties (my left hand often exits the app while I am writing). The software is not intuitive in terms of where to store the notes. Also, there are no nibs on the bottom, so it tends to slide around if you have it on a slick table. Lastly, it has a smaller footprint than the reMarkable 2, which does become noticeable when taking a lot of notes. The good parts about the built in app is that it is very responsive, and it too has a good pen on paper feel to it. However, the stylus does not have an eraser. That alone is almost a deal killer. I need to be able to use an eraser on the fly. I can’t stop, change the pen type to eraser, erase what I what, and then go back to the pen. I need to take notes very quickly, and I do not have the time for that. I tried using the reMarkable stylus with the InkNote so that I would have an eraser. It sort of works, but not really. Speaking of pens, the InkNote has far fewer choices. There is basically pen, pencil, and highlighter (I may be forgetting one). The reMarkable has many different types of pens that fits your mood. You may be wondering about the Google Play Store. Yes, the InkNote comes preloaded with that. No need for side loading. You can get all kinds of note taking applications. Here is the problem. I tried about a dozen note taking apps, and they all have a terrible lag. You just can’t have a note taking experience that mimics writing on real paper when there is a lag. By the way, while OneNote technically works, with all of its tabs and whatnot, there is very little screen space to actually take notes. There are apparently some cool features of the InkNote. You can scan a document (although I couldn’t figure out how to scan without it converting to I formatted text). There is some feature where it can record a conversation and transcribe it on the fly. I haven’t had a chance to try that, but depending on how good it is, that could be a great feature. So why two stars instead of one? The COLOR!!! I absolutely love having the color on the screen. It really is a game changer. Is it a little washed out? Yes. It is at a lower resolution than the black. But it is readily visible. There are many colors to choose from, whether writing or highlighting. If you are like me and different colors mean different things, this is the best feature of all to have. I still don’t like having to manually change the color, as that takes time. But the software does let you make some pre-sets, so that helps. Also, the stylus has three buttons on it that supposedly can be programmed to do just about anything. I haven’t tried, but if those buttons could change the ink color, that would be great. Again I don’t understand why no eraser on the top. Instead they have a laser pointer. Seriously? All I have done with that is play with my cats when taking a break. While I LOVE the color, all of the negatives make it so that I just can’t justify spending twice what the reMarkable 2 costs with all of the inferior aspects of the InkNote. I can hope that the reMarkable 3 (if and when it comes out) will have color. Meanwhile, I still find that to be the best product in this category.

After watching and reading several reviews which listed the cons of the BigMe Inknote Color +, I was a bit hesitant to give it a go, especially after a mediocre experience with the Boox Note Air 4C (the ghosting was so bad no matter how I adjusted the settings to the point I thought it likely defective). Well, I'm extremely happy I did, because this tablet checked all the boxes for me (and a couple extra) and I got exactly what I'd been looking for: an alternative to ereaders with closed systems (cough). It really looks like BigMe solved the ghosting issue that I anticipated might be problematic with ALL ereaders with the Kaleidoscope 3 screens, and that was a big one for me. I also found the input response to be far superior to Boox's noticeable lag, as well as (I think) better lighting. I do think the Boox has the edge on build quality, but we're talking a VERY slight edge, and I can say that in no way whatsoever am I disappointed with the BigMe, as the build quality is still excellent. The BigMe pen works great and feels solid beyond the standard included with the Boox tablet's pen, which I considered adequate (like a standard Bic pen is adequate I guess). The BigMe's pen looks and feels more premium, perhaps the only drawback being that it magnetically mates with the edge of the tablet via two pins as opposed to Boox's airless magnetic pen charging. I consider it a minor issue at most. I was also surprised to find the BigMe's overall android skin to be more intuitive than Boox's, and I had no problem in initial setup or adjusting any settings to tweak things to my own tastes, adding apps, adding books, or anything else. And NO crashes or glitches so far. You also get a nice case for everything, which I thought came with the Boox 4C but didn't. So far the note taking and transcription have worked fine. On top of all that, you get front and back cameras, 4G sim slot with a microSD to expand memory, an accessible USB port with the cover on (it seems a no brainer, but one of the complaints about the Boox 4C is that the case they sell for it blocks the USB port), and the BigMe has 128GB of internal memory, whereas the Boox 4C has half that. And so far, the battery life is on par with Boox's (if not a good bit better). I will say (as many reviews have pointed out) that the "color" is muted and pastel-ly, but I knew to expect this and was willing to accept that for what I was getting overall. I WILL UPDATE if I encounter any issues, but so far I'm not only happy, but also relieved to find that what I hoped for actually did exist, and I got exactly what I was looking for with the BigMe Inknote Color +.

Pen to light. Does not work well with OneNote writing notes. Software is not intuitive. Nice writing experience.

I use B/W E ink for many years and this is my first colour E ink. I have satisfied for the product as it meets all my expectations, 10.3 inches is the perfect size to read a pdf ebook and the colour display is good enough for reading E-book. It has google play installed so I can install many apps I want. The UI is user-friendly and easy to use.

I bought this as a replacement for my ReMarkable 2, primarily because it has a color screen, which is great. I like the ReMarkable’s form factor over the BigMe as the ReMarkable is slimmer and more “paper” sized. Also the ReMarkable has default features like select, cut and paste, and undo, which is not available on the BigMe. But, other than color, which is a big plus, the BibMe is a full Android device and has some really cool features, like voice transcription and translation, built in AI and has a Kindle app. The BigMe is much more versatile but for purely taking notes the ReMarkable is better.