
About 18 months ago, I got my hands on the Onyx Boox Palma, a phone-sized e-reader that totally redefined what I thought of E Ink devices. The screen was fast enough to run all my normal apps, and the processor was even fast enough to play modern games. The only problem was that, while it was the size of a phone, it didn't have support for SIM cards, so it was ultimately just a tiny Kindle in disguise.

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