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The mooInk V includes a reading mode allowing it to be held half-folded like a paperback.
The ereader has a reading mode?? This changes everything!
Can we just get a thin tablet like e reader with small bevels that can run any normal OS? Android or Linux? Ik they are some but they are mostly Chinese with proprietary hardware and software…
Onyx Boox runs android
No custom roms
How would american with proprietary chinese hardware and software change anything for you?
I like to have control over my computing platforms? And I don’t like to have my shit break when they completely abandon the platform a couple months down the road? That’s why I want FOSS solutions.
Capitalism really doesn’t allow for FOSS hardware
The cynic in me wants to know: Once purchased, will it, and any media it might contain at any time, be under the sole control of the purchaser?
If not, it’s definitely not worth buying.
Since it’s from china, some security trust issues aside, musing from perspectives of OnePlus and Onyx Boox, yep, you completely control the device and what you put on it.
Who wouldn’t want a safe, secure America ereader. A country that takes care of their citizens. Spreads freedom. Values privacy. A good Christian nation, definitely not ran by the rich. Yikes. “China bad.”
I’ll wait until Kobo makes one
Do you have a kobo? I’m wondering how much people enjoy reading with them. I’ve got an older Kindle that I was able to jailbreak, but I was looking for something a little simpler to maintain.
I really like my Kobo. It feels sturdy and has real push buttons.
I switched from Kindle Paperwhite 1st Gen to a Kobo Clara Color a month or so ago. It was cheaper than Amazon’s color Kindle offering plus Amazon not letting readers download their books pushed me out. I did try the jailbreak for the Kindle and…I gave up on it after numerous issues that I ran into probably relating to the age of my Paperwhite.
I mostly use Overdrive (Libby) to get books from my library. The Kobo has Overdrive support…mostly due to Kobo store availability and whether or not you have multiple library cards with multiple libraries. I’m in NY state and have a library card with my city library and then one with the NY Public Library. This isn’t really a reflection on Kobo, more so Overdrive being shitty and not willing to update their Kobo app to work with how they migrated from the Overdrive app to Libby.
This is where Calibre comes in handy, I download the book to my phone from Libby, transfer it to my Mac and use Calibre to add it to it to my Kobo. It’s not pretty like Overdrive’s Kindle integration where you basically press a few buttons in the Libby app and the book is sent to your kindle.
As far as reading the book in general, I don’t really notice that huge of a difference other than better technology. I did have some slight bugginess when I first used it, but after a full charge and a few reboots it seems to be fine now. I don’t have a current gen Kindle to compare it to, so someone else can speak to that. I do wish it wasn’t such a hassle to get my library books to it, but at least I have access to all my books!
I got a kobo recently and like it a lot. I got the sage because the screen is about the size of a manga page, which I knew I would be reading a lot of. I keep it in airplane mode most of the time and use Calibre to load it up. The system works well for me
Using Calibre, they’re much of a muchness. I’ve got a kobo, I mostly eRead on my phone.
Did some searching, and all of Readmoo’s previous devices run Android. So you aren’t forced to buy any books from them. Install whatever reading app you want and get your books with whatever method you choose.
My hope is that they just put android on it so I can just sync it with whatever like nextcloud, or at least callibre support. Then I would just never enable wifi and sync it with my desktop.
I never understood why nobody made an E reader that you could read “like a book” that just had two screens and a hinge
While that sounds cool to me, it kind of defeats my main purpose of switching to an e-reader in the first place. I have trouble holding physical books for a long time due to hand pain. I had a similar issue with the e-reader, just not as bad, until I put a PopSocket on the back of it. Now I can hold it with the PopSocket resting in-between 2 fingers and can read significantly longer.
Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?
I read a lot of technical material that has lots of diagrams and it’s difficult with an E reader paging back-and-forth between the text and the diagram that I’m trying to understand
for the vibes of course, not everything has to be optimised for practicality
Two Kindle, one duct tape
but then i’d need to swipe to flip the page on both of them, that’s like, effort
not everything has to be optimised for practicality
I see what you did there ;)
True, but this solution also lacks the vibes. It’s directionally correct though!
Adjacent to an e-reader, but Microsoft tried that. Typical Microsoft fashion, they fumbled it.
The Surface Duo really does make a great e-reader.
You would think at least the Chinese brands would try it.
Yeah, OLED isn’t really the best choice for an e-reader.
There’s a reason e-ink is a thing.
“The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends.”
You could at least read the sub heading
Yeah that’s great but I really don’t want OLED on an ereader.
Once again, this isn’t an OLED screen. It is an E Ink screen, like the black and white ones, but with color. And it folds, if you want that.
I would buy it. But I’m not into the OLED screen
I get what you’re saying, but still… why did they put an OLED screen on it?
You misread the first sentence.
reaches the 200,001th bend
snap
Damnit!
My eyes are dying already!
Make it smaller
I hear if you fold it 42 times it’s thick enough to reach the moon
Interesting! I just recently upgraded my old 6" Kindle to a 7" Kobo. I’m very happy about it, and the extra size is nice. If a more portable reader that doesn’t compromise on screen size exists when I’m ready to upgrade next I’m all for it
Who asked for this, I don’t expect many people want a pocket able e reader to carry around every day, I carry my tiny shitty old Kindle in my backpack if needed, otherwise I just listen to audio books or read ebooks on my phone. But the foldable technolog itself is interesting and could have some novel applications down the line
I bought a Kobo Clara hd (6") especially for the reason to be able to carry it around in a pocket so that I can always have it on me
Yeah my Kindle is around 6 Inch as well, which while it fits my back pocket, not something I’m keen to carry with me everywhere, I only like reading on my slow e ink screen when I have free time to comfortably sit and relax, which is usually at home or back when I had an hour long train commute to work. Otherwise my phone is better, audio books in particular are really good to listen to while walking or doing some activity.
Me* listen, it’s just one of those things you have to try for yourself, when I got my first foldy phone I didn’t get it specifically for reading (I had other more important use cases in mind) but man when I used it for the first time to read a book it was AMAZING to be able to hold it like a book.
Idk maybe I’m weird, but it’s the little things like that lol
*But I want an eink version, but that might be a ways off :(
Where can I get notified when this is available ? 🤔
Can I play DOOM on it?
You can read it!
DOOM choose your own adventure style e-book?
That would be so good if they had a competent author.
I would bet it already exists.
It’ll probably run Android, so yes, but your eyes will bleed from the ghosting.
I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven’t read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.
I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven’t read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.
I don’t know whether this is sarcasm or not, can’t figure it out. But if isn’t, well, I suppose they won’t.
Reading is usually for oneself and not to show off, so I assume, people who purchase such a thing wouldn’t care about showing off.
I like reading normal books but, I currently prefer devices (I.E screens) because it’s easier to carry around, multiple books possible and less preying eyes “what are you reading”.
It was a joke, an old running one, making light of people (frequently resurrected among Millenials) who have books on display. The jest is that people like to display books they’ll never read in order to look smarter. Like the old trope of wearing glasses achieving the same goal.
hey there’s also some of us who buy books we will definitely read eventually and they just keep stacking up, gotta put them somewhere
I buy books for collection purposes and to display them on the shelf for aesthetic reasons but read ebooks on my phone because it’s way more convenient that way. I don’t think it’s really mutually exclusive.
It’s a Boomer joke, yes =))
Thats funny, my lemmy automatically upvotes my own posts but yours aint.
I manually remove the auto upvote:D
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This is an E Ink screen: “The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends.”
OH! I thought this was OLED, like the Samsungs…
