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by spaceisballer 750 days ago
It’s funny that Tech is the source of and solution to all of our problems. But my real critique is that all portable devices these days are around $1000 dollars. I’m sure this display makes the device expensive, why can’t we just have a more humane workflow in our current devices instead of buying a new device?
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cush 750 days ago
The most expensive part of a device is the display. This is a bleeding-edge, first -generation, low-production-run display on top of an Android tablet. If it does what the demos show, it's the device I've been waiting a decade for and is totally worth $800, to me. Also, the price includes a Wacom pen. Hopefully they can get the costs down, but the price seems completely fair.
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normalaccess 750 days ago
For some, e-ink displays are the holy grail of tech. I have several e-ink devices but the real hangup is the refresh rate. If this solves that problem in a meaningful way it could be game changing.
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cush 750 days ago
Some are comparing their display tech to Pebble, which was so threatening to the growing smartwatch market that Fitbit purchased the company and (for reasons I don't know) took all their IP and shelved it. I wonder if Daylight will be able to keep their mission when Amazon comes knocking
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keane 749 days ago
Happily they’re a public benefit corporation
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jll29 750 days ago
I agree, refresh rate is an issue that is more important than energy usage, colors or life time (apparently e-ink dies quicker when viewing videos).

I'm just experimenting with a USB-based external e-ink display to see if it is capable of reading/writing/editing technical documents (started last week), using a device with a 50% more affordable price point. My first impression was I needed to increase the font size to be able to work. Let's see how it goes.

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rchaud 750 days ago
Video forces e-ink screens to redraw the scene 30 times per second. For static text like an ebook, the display redrawing the scene far less frequently, maybe once every 30 seconds, if that's how long it takes to read a page of text.
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rchaud 750 days ago
Images look terrible on e-ink, so that's an issue as well.
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