So many of these marketing-slick web sites show up on HN....
Some guy in his basement that cobbled together a working e-Ink word processor would be much more interesting to me.
Some guy in his basement that cobbled together a working e-Ink word processor would be much more interesting to me.
I'm on my mobile so don't have a picture but will post one later.
One surprising thing to me?
I don't use it. At least, not much in comparison to my actual laptop.
It reminds me of folding keyboards for cell phones. I've bought a couple and thought, these are great, they'll make inputting text on a cell phone so much easier... except I don't end up carrying them around in my pocket, and so end up typing on my mobile phone using the touchscreen just like everyone else.
People think that a distraction free device will allow them to achieve their goals but it is actually the discipline to do the work which will allow them to achieve their goals; the device probably won't change that.
Requires a largish 3d printer (which I happen to have, one of the advantages of co-owning a makerspace:https://revolutionmakerspace.com/) or ordering a 3d print online.
Also, you might like to check out the pomera https://goodereader.com/blog/reviews/digital-memo-pomera-dm3...
That's exactly what this looks like. It looks like someone glued an e-Ink display into an old ThinkPad T41.
Zoom in on the bezels in the up-close view: https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/61a133075b8ce58a48f1bed1/61e...
The southeast corner looks like there's a battery indicator half-covered up.
It even has a IBM ThinkPad logo and a "T41" in the corner and machine screws holding the screen together.
This was already done successfully in another project; though on that one, it seemed like one would need to read Chinese to be successful with it.