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Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by andrei_says_ on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:11PM (#29273047)
Have you found any drawing apps that work well with the eink screen - apart from the boox one?
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Re:Ask HN: Why E-Ink Phones? by dredmorbius on Thursday November 18, 2021 @09:38PM (#29273168)
No.

I'm a horrible guide for that as I'm really not an artist.

The BOOX notes app (which doubles largely as a paint app) is pretty good, however.

The principle issues with third-party drawing and handwriting apps, from what I understand, are:

- Input lag for Android-native as opposed to BOOX/e-ink optimised is much greater.

- Android apps tend to presume colour and animation, both of which are poorly supported by e-ink. (Though there are in fact colour e-ink devics, including from BOOX.)

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