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The Boox Palma e-reader is unquestionably my favorite gadget from the last few years, but I also get why so many people find it to be a little confounding. It's a phone-shaped e-ink device that has all the capabilities of a modern Android smartphone—in addition to serving up your e-books, it can run apps from the Google Play store; it even has a camera. But doesn't have cellular functionality, which means it can't take calls. That might be changing, and soon.

According to a report from The Verge, Boox's parent company, the Chinese tech firm Onyx International, is working on a new Palma-like device that will retain the form and e-ink display of the current Palma, but add both cellular connectivity and a color display—two of the most reques

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