- The solution to the on-screen keyboard usage issue is to install the Google Gboard keyboard from the play store. I configured it to use the split keyboard that moves the left and right sides of the keys toward the left and right sides of the display. The space bar is much wider and the auto correction works just as well as on my Android phones. All of this makes for as good a typing experience on the Go 7 as with any other device I use.#
- Boox sells a stylus that works with the Go 7 that costs $50, but that is not yet available to order in the United States. Fortunately, the Go 7 supports USI 2.0 (Universal Stylus Initiative), which means other branded USI 2.0 styluses should work and I bought this cheaper one on Amazon. Unfortunately, it now looks to be out of stock. #
- Stylus input and thus handwriting on the Go 7 is not very good mostly because the nib of the stylus is a hard plastic and you are writing on a glass screen. You have a similar experience writing on the Apple iPad using the Apple Pencil except that latency and pressure sensitivity is better with the Apple Pencil than most USI 2.0 styluses. In my opinion, because the handwriting capability is not going to be very good it's not worth spending a lot of money on a stylus. In fact, you really don't need the stylus to use the Go 7, which is why one is not included. #
- One final issue to report, as this Boox Go 7 has a monochromatic screen colors in apps are "translated" to different shades of black and in some instances the results are not very good. An example is Google Keep, note text displays pretty good but tap the add button to create a note and you see a dark background and black buttons but not text because it appears Google has dark text on those buttons. What I had to do is optimize the app, select Other Colors, and increased the Webpage Text Color to 20.#
- The solution to the on-screen keyboard usage issue is to install the Google Gboard keyboard from the play store. I configured it to use the split keyboard that moves the left and right sides of the keys toward the left and right sides of the display. The space bar is much wider and the auto correction works just as well as on my Android phones. All of this makes for as good a typing experience on the Go 7 as with any other device I use.#
- Boox sells a stylus that works with the Go 7 that costs $50, but that is not yet available to order in the United States. Fortunately, the Go 7 supports USI 2.0 (Universal Stylus Initiative), which means other branded USI 2.0 styluses should work and I bought this cheaper one on Amazon. Unfortunately, it now looks to be out of stock. #
- Stylus input and thus handwriting on the Go 7 is not very good mostly because the nib of the stylus is a hard plastic and you are writing on a glass screen. You have a similar experience writing on the Apple iPad using the Apple Pencil except that latency and pressure sensitivity is better with the Apple Pencil than most USI 2.0 styluses. In my opinion, because the handwriting capability is not going to be very good it's not worth spending a lot of money on a stylus. In fact, you really don't need the stylus to use the Go 7, which is why one is not included. #
- One final issue to report, as this Boox Go 7 has a monochromatic screen colors in apps are "translated" to different shades of black and in some instances the results are not very good. An example is Google Keep, note text displays pretty good but tap the add button to create a note and you see a dark background and black buttons but not text because it appears Google has dark text on those buttons. What I had to do is optimize the app, select Other Colors, and increased the Webpage Text Color to 20.#