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Am I the only one who thinks this is an obvious fake?!!! 180 hrs battery, usb, SD, wifi, mp3 player - all for $99! Hardware guys please let us know if this is
by divtxt 16y ago
Am I the only one who thinks this is an obvious fake?!!!
180 hrs battery, usb, SD, wifi, mp3 player - all for $99! Hardware guys please let us know if this is even feasible and what the BOM would be!
I'm guessing us doodlers & sketchers will have to wait a few more years.
EDIT: just saw the Boogie Board post and clearly I'm wrong about the feasibility of a basic slate. Someone please make one: just needs sketch and USB for charging and export. All day battery and raw bitmap is enough to start!
- jasongullickson 16y agoSeems cheap for a piece of e-ink display that size...
- hyperbovine 16y agoScreen size seems to be about the same as a Kindle DX. That goes for $379 and is thought to be a loss leader for Amazon. Also, I suspect that if somebody found a way to do stylus input on e-ink, AMZN would already be offering (or at least hyping) it. So yeah, I'm going to agree with you...
- adbachman 16y agoThe BoogieBoard is based on one of these: http://www.kentdisplays.com/products/lcdwritingtablets.html http://www.kentdisplays.com/products/lcdwritingtablets.html It's output only; think dragging your nail across a laptop screen. You might be able to send signal to it, but there's no way to get information off. I agree that this thing looks like vaporware. Too good to be true.
- andresmh 16y agoI really hope it is not fake. One data point: seems like their site is hosted in the Czech Republic.
- joezydeco 16y agoFirst thing I looked for is a mention of the digitizing technology...and there is none. Capacitive? Ultrasonic? How do they do it with such long battery life?