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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Someone knows something like this with (possibly color) E-Ink?

Or maybe an E-Reader where you can go out of the reader application and install Android/Linux apps (e.g. you can "hack" them without much trouble)?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nowhere near as powerful, but you might find this interesting https://beepy.sqfmi.com/? It has a similar display to e-ink

It's a bit of a DIY thing but cool if you're into that, especially if you already have a pi zero.

Check out this article: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/messing-beepy-formerly-known-beepberry

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

$498

optional keyboard cover for an extra $101.

Ah, I understand. It's an attempt to replicate Steve "unwashed" Jobs' strategy, where buying overpriced stuff makes you BETTER, DIFFERENT and UNIQUE. Am I right?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

$500 with a keyboard would be acceptable for a device like that. But the retail price is given as $700 plus $100 for the keyboard. That's pretty steep.