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Re:E Ink faces growing competition in the "paper-like" displ... by WillAdams on Sunday September 01, 2024 @09:54AM (#41416998)
I really miss, and worry that I will never be able to replace my Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4110 which had a transflective display (which allowed using it in full-bright, direct sunlight, even at the beach) and a stylus --- closest I came was a Samsung Galaxy Book 12 (which I wasn't able to replace).

The problem is, trying to out-bright the sun on a battery-powered device is exactly as stupid as it sounds, and solutions such as transflective displays don't showroom well (someone should build a showroom w/ a light booth which simulates a bright sunny day and invite folks to try to use devices in it w/o shading them).

At this point in time, I'm seriously considering switching to a Raspberry Pi 5 as a daily driver (paired w/ a Wacom One 13 gen2 display w/ touch) --- if that display could be supplemented by (or swapped out for) an e-ink or similar daylight viewable pen-enabled display, it would probably push me over the edge (and yes, I've considered just pointing my Kindle Scribe's web browser at a page on the rPi --- if someone has a tool which would allow this to capture stylus input, please let me know).

Re:E Ink faces growing competition in the "paper-like" displ... by throwaway48476 on Sunday September 01, 2024 @11:20AM (#41417673)
There's a new company whose name I forget making a transflective display tablet.
Re:E Ink faces growing competition in the "paper-like" displ... by WillAdams on Sunday September 01, 2024 @07:41PM (#41421275)
I would be very interested in this, esp. if it runs Linux.
Re:E Ink faces growing competition in the "paper-like" displ... by tomthe on Monday September 02, 2024 @08:38AM (#41424931)
This one might be interesting for you: https://daylightcomputer.com/ it has a fast e-ink-type of display. Unfortunately it is expensive and not available.