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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by no_wizard on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:26PM (#24029613)
My issue with both: color e-ink refresh times are atrocious, and the other ebook reader doesn’t support color, a non starter for me unfortunately.

Otherwise they look very good! Hopefully the tech keeps improving so we can have good color e ink displays that support sketching like the second tablet

Edit: I take it back, this[0] version of the android powered sketch able e ink reader can be used with outside input, which gets me over the issue of no color.

I think I might pick one of these up if I don’t find good software for the iPad Pro that can do this well

[0]https://onyxboox.com/boox_max3

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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by soapdog on Sunday August 02, 2020 @12:49PM (#24029767)
Check the link I posted on the parent comment, the refresh rate is not bad at all.
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Re:Stories and lessons from working with Jeff Bezos on the o... by lostlogin on Sunday August 02, 2020 @02:29PM (#24030468)
> the refresh rate is not bad at all.

By eink standards.

The issue for me is that devices seem to all be touch, rather than have buttons. The eink lag isn’t suited to this as touch without immediate response is not good. I’d prefer buttons.

This niggle aside, those are impressive devices.

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