yes! having the option to run android apps is why I am leaning towards something like the boox. im thinking of a setup where i would have the help manual for whatever open on the ereader when im doing programming stuff, and to be able to select some text on my laptop and have it search that on the ereader using tasker and also autoinput to control the app. dunno how well all that will work though
I recently wrote a review on Reddit where I used split screen to code in termux and look at reference in the other. Admittedly Android's split screen mode is super clunky to use but if you're not constantly switching between apps in the reference pane it's okay.
Having a Laptop + ereader setup would probably be a mess to set up with the cut+paste stuff. If e-Ink reference materials is your use case I'd probably suggest instead that you either get one of the Boox models that has HDMI in (Max Lumi does) or if you have $ to spend, get the Dasung e-Ink monitor instead, and use it as a 2nd monitor for your laptop. That would be much easier to cut and paste between your coding environment and reference materials.
(Also, Boox tablets aren't easily rootable so auto-inputting stuff into apps isn't easy. You could solve that by building a virtual bluetooth or USB keyboard with an Arduino that your laptop controls, though.)
good review! yes it would be tempting to go for the larger models for the external monitor feature, but i will be using it for for basic ebook reading most of the time so ill probably settle on the 10 inch since it will be more comfortable to hold.
the cut and paste stuff would definitely be messy but autoinput works without needing root so the only thing i need to figure out is how to transfer the text to tasker. probably something like 'join' would do the job
