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Re:The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 v... by unethical_ban on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:34AM (#27515280)
I think that as e-ink gets better and better refresh rates, that having it as a grayscale monitor for things like textbooks/markup and browsing the web will make sense. Having an e-ink tablet to browse HN, check email and read the morning paper sounds pretty nice. I used to get the NYTimes delivered to my Kindle each morning.
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Re:The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 v... by Arainach on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @12:17PM (#27517600)
That's not this product. The point to a device like the Remarkable is that it can't do those things. I could have an iPad Pro with a better pen, the full power of OneNote, etc., but it's way too easy to go get distracted by HN or email or a news flash. The Remarkable is a focus device.
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Re:The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 v... by robinsoh on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:32PM (#27523908)
> I think that as e-ink gets better and better refresh rates,

Could you clarify your meaning? Because as far as I know, there hasn't been any improvement in "refresh rates". Typical update times are still around 600ms. Unless you mean tricks like A2 as used by vendors like Dasung which aren't real completed updates.

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Re:The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 v... by asdf123wtf on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @04:53PM (#27521351)
Forget grayscale, E-ink is going color. Early color devices are on the market already. And there are displays in the works that are fast enough to render video.

I'm really looking forward to the future of e-ink displays.

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Re:The rise of E Ink Tablets and Note Takers: reMarkable 2 v... by DrJaws on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @07:36PM (#27523023)
yeah, call me in 5 years when those devices are no the crap they are today with their own subpixel problems where everything is blurry unless you use giant size font's .
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