Boox Just Announced Three Paper-Like Tablets That Run Your Normal Apps
Boox has announced three new paper-like tablets, the Palma 3, Note Air6 C and Note Mini C, all running Android 16 with the Google Play Store built in. Engadget
The company showed the lineup on September 15, 2026. Mashable
The Palma 3 is the pocket-sized one. It has a 6.13-inch HD E Ink screen, which looks like printed paper rather than a glowing phone display, with a built-in light you can set to cool or warm white. The body is anodized aluminum. Boox is selling it as the portable choice. It works with the Boox InkSense Plus pen for handwriting, which is new for this small size that was mainly for reading before.
It comes with 128GB of storage, plus a memory-card slot for up to 2TB. It has a 3,950mAh battery. It has a 16MP back camera with flash for scanning papers, and two microphones for voice memos and turning speech into text.
It will cost $320 in black or white. The InkSense Plus pen costs $46 extra.
The Note Air6 C is the largest of the three. Boox calls it "a refined 10.3-inch color ePaper notebook for knowledge workers." Boox It has a 10.3-inch color E Ink screen and works with the Boox Pen3. Its Dual Notes mode lets you write on two documents placed side by side, like two sheets of paper on a desk.
It costs $580 alone and $657 with a keyboard cover. The Note Mini C is the middle size. It has an 8.52-inch color E Ink screen and a power button that reads your fingerprint to unlock the device. It is listed as coming soon for $550.
The broader context here is Android. Because the Play Store is included, there is no need to install apps by hand from outside the store. That lets workplaces use their normal controls and logins, and lets people run normal apps for notes, file storage, to-do lists and saved articles. Screen refresh and battery life remain the details to adjust.
In my view, Boox is splitting the range by how you work during the day. The Palma 3 is for capture on the move, voice notes, scanning and pocketable reading with optional pen input. The Mini C fits focused reading and light marking up while still allowing one-handed carry. The Air6 C is for desk work, where marking up PDFs, reviewing papers, and keeping notes next to a document avoids constant flipping back and forth, and where a keyboard cover makes it a low-power writing surface. Color on the two larger models fits technical PDFs, charts and highlighted code that do not show well in gray. A decade ago, running phone apps on these paper screens took compromises only hobbyists accepted. Now the work is tuning, touch delay, ghost images and battery use with the light on. If Boox has kept delay low and app support stable on Android 16, these tablets fit more easily into existing Android setups. That quiet work will decide whether they stay second screens or become daily tools for certain jobs.
