I watched this video on my Daylight Computer :)

Definitely loving the rise of e-paper. As someone who spends a large portion of every day looking at a screen, it is just so much more comfortable than staring at a flashlight. Definitely exciting that we're starting to see innovation in this space again!

How do you like the Daylight? Was considering getting one for reading/note-taking but the price is quite high compared to some other options.

It's my primary mobile device; it's completely replaced my phone at this point besides GPS, and I don't even have a personal laptop. I just plug my ZSA voyager into it and use a bluetooth mouse and it becomes my laptop. I believe the primary thing that puts it above alternatives is that it can be very reasonably used for input (no noticible latency for typing or any finger / mouse inputs). The fact that they don't try to fight you / treat you as a child is a breath of fresh air for a modern device too. They have official recommendations for hacking on your device with custom ROMs and OSs.

The biggest cons for me are:

- without using the backlight, the battery lasts on the order of days vs e-ink which can last on the order of weeks or longer. With the backlight I can drain it in a day.

- The display is not as reflective as traditional e-ink, so there are lots of lighing environments where e-ink can be comfortably used without a backlight, but the Daylight would be difficult to use. Natural outdoor daylight (as the name suggests) or well lit indoor environments are perfectly fine to get away without the backlight though.

- The lack of a camera can lead to tricky situations sometimes. I have to use an alternative client for Signal (Molly) to be able to use it as my primary device, because the Signal app requires you scan a QR code to pair with a desktop. USB cameras are arbitrarily blocked too, I tried.

For me, the fact that it's smooth enough to be able to watch videos without a hiccup, be smooth for any kind of input, and treats me like an adult out-weigh the cons. I use it more than any other computer, but I also don't feel the same attachment to it like I used to have with my phone. It's great and I highly recommend it if you can afford it.

Can’t you decode a QR code and then paste it over? Or will it take a USB camera as an addon for this temporary need?

> Can’t you decode a QR code and then paste it over?

Yes, but that is intentionally rejected by the Signal app.

> Or will it take a USB camera as an addon for this temporary need?

See:

> USB cameras are arbitrarily blocked too, I tried.

The only way to use Signal and pair it with other devices is to use a different app without these arbitrary restrictions like Molly.