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Boox Picco unveiled: Petite 3.97" e-reader with Pomodoro, microSD, and MagSafe
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this post was submitted on 28 Sep 2026
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Right, and yes, I read a lot on a similar device.
Pics to give you an idea: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=xteink4+review+photo&t=fpas&ia=images&iax=images I believe I set my fonts smaller than on these.
It's just very convinient to carry it around in a pocket and take out at any moment vs conventional A5+ ereaders. I didn't use them that much for that reason, but that thing is great in crowded busses or wherever. Strong edge2edge grip makes me overlook the amount of text it can display easily.
Where it has problems though is that it reads only epubs (text files) and preferably lighter ones too. PDFs are out of the question, manga/comic books. Not only because it's just 480x800px - many cheaper ebooks still manage it with similar pixel count - but because of it's serious hardware limitations.
If you sail the high seas, there is not much problem finding books of, say, Terry Prattchet or Michael Parenti in epub. But that means this device is solely dedicated to reading books, a subsection of them that someone cared to properly digitize to share or sell. Skimming through articles and documents, scrolling thtough scans, manuals, formatted textbooks is out of scope here. It does one thing, last weeks, and doesn't feel like a huge commitment while carried around.
IMHO, as long as you can browse Lemmy threads on your phone without aids, it's not too small, and I'd rather look at what one wants ebook for, if what you want to read fits what this reader can open.
Calibre will happily convert PDF to EPUB, FWIW. Pictures may be a problem with this device, and formatting may be iffy, depending on the source, but you can do it.
I can happily bake you a cake. Doesn't mean you'll want to eat it.
What kind of cake are we talking here?