One tech segment many thought would start disappearing was e-ink readers – the tablet is fine for reading, right? That turned out to be incorrect and e-readers are as popular as ever. And people don’t just use them to read – many use them as productivity tools or digital canvases for artists. Huawei wants a piece of the e-ink pie and has launched the MatePad Paper, a 10.3-inch greyscale screen with an anti-glare, reflective display to aid low-light use.
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According to the Chinese tech giant, the MatePad Paper can reproduce 256 shades of greyscale to display text and images (it can show video as well, but that isn’t the strength of this type of display). Huawei says it’s honed the tablet down to an 86.3 percent screen-to-body ratio, with a book spine-inspired design ensuring there’s something for you to hold. The sheer size of the display already sets it apart from most of the competition.
The Huawei MatePad Paper is compatible also with Huawei’s M Pencil, which usually launches alongside its more typical tablets. This means you can scribble, annotate and edit your documents and books, which is a very useful tool when it comes to e-ink devices.
The tablet can be connected with any (or all) of your other Huawei devices, including laptops, phones and tablets. Huawei says the tablet will appear like a USB drive, and you can drag and drop your notes and annotated PDFs across to your laptop. As with all other modern Huawei devices, you’ll have to deal with HarmonyOS.
The ecosystem is still growing, so it is unclear how much productivity you’ll be able to squeeze out of the device at launch. You may also not be able to find all of the digital reads that you would elsewhere, but the company is hard at work to fix that.
