How to use Onyx Boox Note Air 2 as a distraction-free reading device

This guide presents three simple ways to use Onyx Boox Note Air 2 as a distraction-free reading device for online articles and news.

1. The Kindle App

One of the best things about Onyx Boox Note Air 2 is that it runs Android. Long story short, if something is possible on Android, Onyx can do it too.

By installing the Kindle App on Onyx Note Air 2, you can turn your device into an (almost?) fully-fledged Kindle device.

You can use the Kindle app as your distraction-free reading app. To do it, simply install the Send to Kindle for Google Chrome™ extension. With a click of a button, it will allow you to send every online article to the Kindle app — straight from Chrome on PC.

An example article as rendered on Kindle. Neat and tidy.

2. Save to Pocket

If you’re familiar with the app Pocket, you know it helps you organize the stuff you like and save it for reading at a more convenient time.

Onyx Note Air can obviously run the Android Pocket App, which makes it easy to sync your articles.

To send articles from Chrome to Pocket, get the Pocket Chrome extension here. Just like the Send To Kindle extension, Save to Pocket can deliver each article to your Onyx device. Here is what the same example article looks like in the Pocket app on Onyx:

An example article as rendered on Pocket

3. The native Onyx RSS app + Pocket

What’s nice about Pocket is that you can I subscribe to your lists via RSS — Pocket generates RSS feeds of your saved items, and you can subscribe to these feeds using the built-in Onyx RSS reader.

First, click here to find the exact RSS feed URLs for your Pocket lists.

If you have a Pocket username (that’s not an email address), you can also create the feed URLs yourself using the syntax below:

My List: http://getpocket.com/users/USERNAME/feed/unread
Archive: http://getpocket.com/users/USERNAME/feed/read
All Items (My List + Archive): http://getpocket.com/users/USERNAME/feed/all

Note: Your Pocket’s RSS feeds are password-protected by default, but Onyx does not support this. To disable password protection for your Pocket feeds, click the “Turn off RSS Feed password protection” link here.

Next, you need to add the URLs in the Onyx RSS app. Click RSS:

Next, click Directory (the black button at the top) > Add subscription > Custom > Folder icon [+]

In the field, enter your Pocket’s RSS feed url feed that you want to follow (a url for My List, Archive or All items).

This is what the same article looks like in the RSS reader:

Pretty minimalist.

Luckily, you can switch to web view (touch anywhere on the screen to see the font and refresh options). This obviously won’t let you see color on Onyx Note, but you’ll see the original formatting of the article.