The Bigme inkNote Color is an Android tablet with an E Ink color display, support for pen and touch input, built-in cameras, mics, and speakers, and a heavily customized user interface optimized for ePaper displays.
I reviewed the original inkNote Color last year, and found it to be an interesting device for digital note taking or reading. But I was underwhelmed by the software and the color display. Now Bigme is launching a new model called the inkNote Color+ that should bring at least some modest improvements to the display.
For the most part the new model is identical to the version I reviewed last year. It’s the same size and shape, has the same processor, memory, storage, and wireless capabilities, the same camera and battery, and most other features. But there’s one major change: Bigme says the new inkNote Color+ is the first 10.3 inch tablet to feature a 10.3 inch E Ink Kaleido 3 display.
The new screen should bring better color saturation. It also packs more pixels into the same 10.3 inch size, which should make both black and white and color text and images look better on the screen.
Here’s an overview of the differences (and similarities) between the BigMe InkNote Color and Color+ tablets:
| BigMe InkNote Color+ | BigMe InkNote Color | |
| Display | 10.3 inches E Ink Kaleido 3 1860 x 2480 pixels (greyscale) / 300 ppi 930 x 1240 pixels (color) / 150 ppi Front light with 36 levels of brightness adjustable cold and warm color temperature | 10.3 inches E Ink Kaleido Plus 1404 x 1872 pixels (greyscale) / 227 ppi 720 x 960 pixels (color) / 117 ppi Front light with 36 levels of brightness adjustable cold and warm color temperature |
| Processor | MediaTek Helio P35 4 x ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores @ 2.3 GHz 4 x ARM Cortex-A53 CPU cores @ 1.8 GHz PowerVR GE8320 graphics @ 680 MHz | |
| RAM | 6GB | |
| Storage | 128GB microSD card reader (up to 128GB) | |
| Audio | Stereo 0.7W speakers 4-mic array | |
| Cameras | 8MP (rear) 5MP (front) | |
| Security | Fingerprint sensor (in power button) | |
| Battery | 4,000 mAh | |
| Wireless | Dual-band WiFi Bluetooth 5.0 4G LTE bands B34/B38/B/39/B40/B41 | |
| OS | Android 11 (heavily customized) | |
| Special features | Speech to text OCR (image to text) Wacom EMR digital pen / remote control / laser pointer / 4096 levels of pressure sensitivity G-sensor (automatic screen rotation supported) | |
| Ports | 1 x USB 2.0 Type-C 1 x nano SIM / microSD card combo slot | |
| Dimensions | 222.5 x 191 x 6.9mm | 222.5 x 191 x 6.6mm |
| Weight | 477 grams | ? |
I fell like the render images are a bit overpromising that screen…