Boox Note Air5 C Tablet ZDNET's key takeaways The Boox Note Air5 C is available for $530.
It has an improved pen and writing experience, and is faster with less ghosting.
The AI features aren't that useful, and the magnetic pen placement is a design flaw. View now at Amazon
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There's nothing like laying out a new planner with to-do lists and goals at the start of a new year. In the past, I would buy a new planner every year, but would eventually abandon filling it out by April.
In order for me to stick with a planner for the whole year, it has to offer completely customizable note-taking features, while allowing me to break down my priorities. Well, I think I've finally cracked the code to the perfect planner.
Also: I wasn't looking to replace my Kindle, but this Android e-reader made it easy
The new Boox Note Air5 C is an e-ink tablet that allows you to create pages upon pages of notes and templates in one single device, all optimized with features like AI-powered Smart Scribe tools powered by Android 15.
Digital paper tablets are getting more and more attention with brands like Kindle and ReMarkable, and there's even research to back up why. According to a 2025 study, participants who worked on digital paper tablets had 35% lower stress levels while completing their tasks, as well as a 30% reduction in cognitive load, compared to those who worked on computers.
What makes this particular Boox digital paper tablet stand out from older models is how it writes. I am a pen-to-paper person, and the combination of the Pen3 stylus and this tablet's screen makes it a true paperlike writing experience. That's because the pen has an improved texture surface with 4,096 levels of pressure and ultra-low latency to make it feel like you are writing on actual paper with a real ballpoint pen.
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