Boox is taking on Xteink with its own tiny e-reader

Boox’s caller Tile lineup will return connected Xteink’s celebrated e-readers that are mini capable to stick connected the backmost of an iPhone pinch MagSafe. As spotted by Good E-Reader, the first 1 is the Picco, which will characteristic a 3.97-inch front-lit, black-and-white e-paper show and expandable retention pinch an SD paper slot. Boox confirmed to The Verge that the Picco is successful the works, noting that it’s portion of a caller Tile lineup and will person an “accessible value point,” but without immoderate different specifications astir its plans, for illustration specs, the circumstantial price, aliases a merchandise date.

The front-lit show could put it connected par pinch Xteink’s caller $99 X4 Pro e-reader, which The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski calls “the champion mini e-reader you tin buy.” However, portion of the entreaty of Xteink’s small e-readers is their expertise to magnetically instrumentality to the backmost of a phone, and it’s not clear yet if the Boox Picco will person a akin feature.

It appears to person buttons successful a promotional image, but it’s besides not clear yet if it will trust solely connected buttons, for illustration the original Xteink X4, aliases besides see a touchscreen. According to Good E-Reader, the Picco will apt person a minimal, tiled UI constricted to basal apps for illustration Neoreader, a euphony player, and a podcast player, putting it successful a very different class than the Android-powered Boox Palma.