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This year at IFA 2025 in Berlin, hundreds of brands are showing off their latest products, highlighting recent additions to their lineups and announcing new gear. But there’s also a lot of tech that’s not quite ready for prime time, and isn’t being publicly exhibited. I visited the BOOX booth today hoping to take another look at its great e-readers like the Palma 2, but ended up getting a surprise early preview of the next generation of Palma, with a couple major upgrades in tow.
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Electronic paper displays have been nothing short of a revolution, and their ultra-low power demands, image retention capabilities, and exceptionally eye-friendly output have formed the foundation of the e-reader industry. We’ve come a long way from the early days of the Kindle, and companies like BOOX have continuously pushed the tech to new places with things like stylus input, color screens, and useful new form factors.
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The Palma series represents one of those novel shapes, shrinking your e-reader experience down to the size of a smartphone. My colleague Rita absolutely adored the Palma 2 when reviewing it earlier this year, loving the app flexibility afforded by running Android, the hardware’s rugged construction and solid battery life, and that fantastically pocketable size.
Rather than resting on its laurels, BOOX has been working hard to offer shoppers even more reasons to consider picking up a Palma, and its next-generation device is built to address maybe two of the biggest upgrades users have been asking for: a color screen, and cellular connectivity.
BOOX is no stranger to color, already using color E Ink panels on larger e-readers like its Note Air 4C. So far, though, shoppers haven’t had that kind of option from the petite Palma lineup, but that’s changing — and soon.
Next month, BOOX plans to announce a color version of the Palma — the exact name has yet to be revealed — but other than the new, more vibrant screen (within the constraints of e paper, obviously), this looks and feels just like the Palma 2. That includes the same sort of textured back that’s just so satisfying to hold, and a build that feels super robust despite its compact size.
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