Exceptional introduced a brand new paper pill at the moment — albeit one with out the superior colour display screen present in its current Paper Professional and Paper Professional Transfer tablets. The brand new Exceptional Paper Pure as a substitute options an upgraded model of the black-and-white E Ink show discovered within the Exceptional 2 that launched over six years in the past, and as soon as once more skips any display screen lighting. Because of the brand new show and under-the-hood upgrades, the corporate says the Paper Pure is twice as quick at “navigating, zooming, and turning pages” when in comparison with the Exceptional 2.
The Exceptional Paper Pure is offered for preorder at the moment for $399 by way of the corporate’s on-line retailer, with transport anticipated to begin in early June. That’s the identical value because the Exceptional 2, which the Paper Pure will change, and cheaper than the $449 Paper Professional Transfer and bigger $629 Paper Professional tablets.
The Paper Pure may also be obtainable as a part of a dearer $449 bundle that provides an upgraded stylus with a devoted eraser button on the top and a Sleeve Folio case in ocean blue, mist inexperienced, and desert pink colour choices. An non-compulsory $3.99/month or $39/yr Join subscription can be obtainable, including limitless cloud storage and superior options like modifying notes in Exceptional’s apps, looking out handwritten notes, and sending paperwork straight to providers like Slack.
The Paper Pure’s 10.3-inch third-generation Canvas E Ink display screen is identical measurement and determination because the Exceptional 2’s, however the firm calls it its “whitest but.” It’s primarily based on E Ink’s Carta 1300 show, which affords improved distinction and refresh speeds. The pill itself is shorter and barely thicker than the Exceptional 2 at 6mm, however weighs 360 grams, whereas its predecessor was practically 404 grams.
A part of the load financial savings comes from a plastic rear cowl that’s now hooked up with screws and snaps to make repairs simpler. Nevertheless, the Paper Pure makes use of a bigger 3,820mAh battery the corporate says will last as long as three weeks per cost when used for about an hour per day. The pill’s Marker pen additionally wants charging because it makes use of the identical lively stylus as Exceptional’s colour display screen gadgets, but it surely powers up whereas magnetically hooked up to the aspect of the Paper Pure.
Alongside the {hardware} refresh comes a couple of new software program options, however these received’t be unique to the Paper Pure. Exceptional’s tablets will have the ability to connect with Google Calendar or Microsoft Outlook for creating meeting-specific notes which might be prefilled with agenda data from an invitation. Paperwork imported from Phrase, or webpages exported from Chrome or Exceptional’s app, can be transformed to Exceptional’s native pocket book format, permitting them to be totally edited and modified with improved formatting.
