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Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by officeplant on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:31AM (#29253458)
Living the e-ink dream. I keep waiting for some sort of ARM powered e-ink laptop to materialize out of the ether, but it hasn't happened yet.
Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by rchaud on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @10:19AM (#29254193)
I have a Boox Note Air that runs Android. I imagine the processor is ARM-based. I can hook up a BT keyboard + mouse and use it like I would a regular tablet.

Plus, it has 3 screen refresh settings (low, med, high), and the middle one makes typing a very nice experience

Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by officeplant on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:02PM (#29257369)
I'll have to check that out. Especially if it can be tinkered with via a custom rom like lineage.
Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by tluyben2 on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @09:37AM (#29253548)
Yeah, same, so I 'wing it' by having a Linux machine in my bag and ssh.
Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by bebna on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @12:16PM (#29255819)
Check out the pinenote project. It is intended to be more than just a hackable eink reader slab.
Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by officeplant on Wednesday November 17, 2021 @02:00PM (#29257339)
Pinephone and Pinebook Pro owner. Eventually it will be added to the collection.