Terrence O' Brien is the Verge’s weekend editor. Boox teased the Picco, its take on the buzzy Xteink X4 e-reader, back in July, but provided almost no details. Now, thanks to some reporting out of IFA, we’ve got a bit more info, though sadly still no price.
Unlike the Xteink devices, the Picco will not have magnets on the back for attaching to a phone. 97-inch e-paper display, however, will be touchscreen, which The Verge’s Andrew Liszewski called a “welcome upgrade” on the X4 Pro. There’s apparently no onboard storage, and it relies entirely on a microSD card to hold books.
The Picco won’t run Android, like Boox’s other devices, and will instead run a stripped-down, Linux-based OS.
The company is including a handful of additional apps like a timer, a todo list, and a reading stats tracker.
There’s still some things we don’t know, like price, battery life, Bluetooth support, or if it will include a player for audiobooks.




