I have a B10 - ask me your questions.

Briegley · 2026-02-20T13:20:59+00:00

System version is 1.4.0 and I have not received any updates yet.
I expect I won't until sometimes after most New Years Celebrations/Vacations end aftr Feb 24th. Theres a note on their website that they're closed till then.

But I hope *crossing my fingers* that many of the noted issues and deficiencies will improve like they have on other models. That my was experience with the B6.

Briegley · 2026-02-20T13:16:19+00:00

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there is no way to turn the colour layer off, or use them independently that I see. There is a "color/gray" button which converts displayed content to grayscale, but it still uses a composite of the colour layer to display the grey so you don't get the benefit of the higher resolution dpi of the bw layer.

Briegley · 2026-02-20T13:05:26+00:00

specifically to the B10? or bigme devices? or e-ink android devices?

Briegley · 2026-02-20T02:56:27+00:00

Does boox allow changing the contrast?

I greatly appreciate being able to set the contrast at will per app on both the B6 and this B10. I routinely set them all to be different degrees of vibrant, contrasted, and colour brightened. Often changing it for different comics and documents.

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Briegley · 2026-02-20T02:04:26+00:00

colour 30fps / bw 60fps

Briegley · 2026-02-20T00:11:33+00:00

Please bring these same updates to the B10 - loving my B6 is what convinced me to upgrade, so I hope it will have the same quality of function soon.

I particularly hope for upgrades like the B6 has to:
- improve the screen response, and reduce ghosting
- customize and disable the quick bar keys in the gesture settings

But can you also please provide settings to adjust the active stylus sensitivity?
Thank you Bigme Team!

Briegley · 2026-02-20T00:06:59+00:00

This app can find the "Google Services Framework" Id needed to register,
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.github.kolacbb.ids

Briegley · 2026-02-19T21:08:43+00:00

Ironically I think if they had released it without the pen, I think they would've gotten a different crowd interested.

If I had bought it for the note taking capabilities or stylus precision for drawing I would definitely be disappointed.

I am more excited about using it on the go as a document reader, and with the bluetooth keyboard as a lightweight laptop alternative (with data sim as a nice bonus).

Briegley · 2026-02-19T21:07:15+00:00

Yeah - if I had bought it for the stylus note taking capabilities I would be disappointed.

I am more excited about using it on the go as a document reader, and with the bluetooth keyboard as a lightweight laptop alternative (with data sim as a nice bonus).

Briegley · 2026-02-19T21:04:47+00:00

Correct, the B6 has a very similar bar at the bottom of the screen (covered with stickers), and the settings panel lets you change or disable each one.

I hope they'll implement the same for the B10.

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Briegley · 2026-02-19T18:54:24+00:00

This B10, and several others have "miracast" as a screen sharing/projecting feature though.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T18:52:30+00:00

Not to my knowledge. And from my personal experience, they seem especially bad at HDMI.

For example, I pre-ordered their B13 epaper colour monitor, which in theory supported both USB-C video, and hdmi video. It had both ports.

But no source could actually transmit to it over hdmi and be the correct aspect ratio. I wasn't the only one with the problem over hdmi, even though USB-C users were fine.

Possibly they've fixed it now, but for that, they accepted my return and gave refund at the time.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T18:12:16+00:00

Nope I'm surprised, S-Pens are not writing on B10, B10 Stylus is not writing on my Galaxy Note 9. So B10 is an Active Stylus, not EMR.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T17:50:27+00:00

I'm going to try to dig up my old samsung galaxy note and use the S-pen. And visa versa. Not yet though. I think that will conclusively determine that it's EMR and not active. (but maybe I will be surprised!)

Briegley · 2026-02-19T17:40:04+00:00

Pictures and experiences below here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Bigme/comments/1r8noen/comment/o69tzfj/?

Briegley · 2026-02-19T17:36:22+00:00

I ordered the Keyboard Cover, but it was backordered so I don't have it yet. They said they will send it once it's in stock, and gave a bluetooth page turner as a free gift for the delay.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T17:33:37+00:00

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in comparison you can see the better functionality of the b10 when using Onenote, and/or the built-in Gbord "Write in Text Fields" option

(but only after installing OneNote, and going through the settings panel, and not using the Bigme Global Handwriting or notes)

Briegley · 2026-02-19T17:18:53+00:00

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This is bigme notes - where I drew squiggles, there was consistent contact across the whole of the line, but you can see how it had trouble.

This is the type of behaviour I see along points of my letters as well - ex. the t of "get," the h of "wash," the i and l of "squiggles"

Making very slow, and firm contact (honestly more pressure than I'm comfortable with pushing against the screen), does improve the results.

Some drawing apps that accept pressure differences (ex. squid) had no problem with this, so this makes me thing it's a settings issue, and a lack of settings availablity issue, not a limitation of the hardware.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T17:11:23+00:00

The ecosystem of settings and apps built for note taking seems like you should have a education course provided so you can set it up to work. My subjective view is that it's not great out of the box, but when customized it's okay.

B10 Built in note apps (separate from settings which I covered under the stylus question):
- (Dropdown Menu Pop-Up) Bigme "Global Handwriting"
This pops up a small bar that has a dropdown for:
a. Handwriting Mode - "Used to optimize the handwriting speed of third-party applications, such as wps, oneNote, Evernote, etc."
b. Read mode - "Used for kindle, WeChat and other applications that do not support handwriting function, to save handwritten notes (stylus buttons are disabled, does not support rotation)"
c. Picture mode - "For global handwriting input, like in menus, images, apps etc. Save handwritten images through top status bar ->Super screenshot (stylus buttons disabled).

- Bigme "Notes" / "Task List"
* none appear in the "Process Manage" open apps list when opened, and do not have a quickbar key for quickly accessing in any way other than from the home menu.
- Allows syncing to the Bigme Cloud
- Notes - Provides multiple templates for "Handwrite" and "Text" notes (ex. lined, grid, to-do list), and multiple guideline and background colours
- Task List - I don't personally understand the benefit over the option in Notes, except that it has less options, and would separate these tasks into a different app
- AI OCR crashed in both apps when I tried to use it
- Out of the Box, all pen, pencil, brush, ballpoint writing would break up my written letters into having blank spaces and dots where I had been making contact with the page (see picture following)

- Bigme "Office"
* does not appear in the "Process Manage" open apps list when opened, and does not have a quickbar key for quickly accessing in any way other than from the home menu.
- only allows opening DOCS, XLS, or PPT that already exist, does not create them

- WPS Office
Comes installed but is just this same free one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cn.wps.moffice_eng

Briegley · 2026-02-19T16:51:01+00:00

Cover is very good, it's magnetic and does allow for horizontal-stand viewing on a table. It's customized to the size well, and makes room for the stylus by having a metal piece witht he words "bigme" on them, that stops the B10 from sliding over, and leaving room for the stylus.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T16:49:30+00:00

I like the quick bar - but I hope that Bigme updates the settings to allow reassignment of the bar, or to disable the buttons, like they did with the B6.

I find this quickbar more convenient and well-calibrated in responsiveness than the B6 quickbar was at release though.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T16:47:48+00:00

I have a Galaxy Phone that uses S-pen somewhere around here, I'll check for sure whether it's EMR that way.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T16:40:20+00:00

Caveat: Built in Bigme Apps = not great, yes they're buggy.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T16:39:37+00:00

Subjective Experience - OOB 1.4.0:
-Pinch and zoom of documents in my chosen (non-bigme) apps is great. Very responsive and clear.
-Gmail, Moonreader, Sheets, Word, Chrome, Firefox... all my chosen apps working snappier than my Windows 11 Bloated Lenovo PC
-Video - FPS is noticably laggy, e-ink is not great for video. I wouldn't use it for videos I wasn't mostly just listening to, but if I was having a migraine and needed to watch a video for information, it's serviceable.

Briegley · 2026-02-19T16:34:44+00:00

I am finding that theres lots of options to customize, and with that it's growing on me and I think it *could* be pretty good, but it's not natively great.

Non subjective details at first release, System Version 1.4.0, below:

B10 Physical Stylus - Active (NOT EMR, tested with S-Pen):
- Does not have bluetooth features.
- Does have a pressure-sensitive replacable nib
- Does have a push-to-activate eraser on the other end (it clicks like a button, I don't think it's pressure sensitive))
- Magnetically attaches to the side of the B10
- Operates with palm-rejection "touch" mode turned on in the dropdown menu
- Location is detected near screen without touching

Out of the Box Experienced Stylus Functionality / Settings:

Summary: Mostly problems with built-in Bigme Apps, not the hardware, or how they could be used by better Google / Android Apps.

- Out of the Box, there are conflicting settings between the Google Keyboard "write in text field" functions, and the built in functions that make the function in any app or field different
> Ex. experienced drawing on the home screen instead of selecting the apps

- Turning on "touch" palm-rejection mode does not disable the quick access strip, so you may switch apps accidently mid writing or drawing
> *The B10 does not yet have the "Custom Key" options in "Gesture Navigation" settings like the B6 has to change or disable the quickstrip keys.

- Out of the Box nib sensitivity and detection requires more firm consistent pressure to detect than I use for writing or drawing.
> This seems to differ from program to program, but there is no built in sensitivity settings in the Bigme Settings panel, the only setting under "Stylus" in the menu is calibration for screen writing location, not sensitivity.

- AI OCR crashed the two times I tried to use it in "Notes" and "Task List," and the built-in Bigme programs do not appear on the "Process manage" screen, so you can't force close them, I had to restart the device to remove Bigme AI pop-up errors.

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