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I want one too, but it seems that most people don't care. Otherwise there would be a big demand for them.
by sdfin 7y ago
I want one too, but it seems that most people don't care. Otherwise there would be a big demand for them.
- RL_Quine 7y agoIt's the sort of thing that's nice on paper, but the practical limitations make it sort of useless for live updating content. I really like the devices for nearly static information displays because they're not bright and distracting, it's only noticeable if you want that information.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoIt's hard for the market to process demand for something that doesn't exist yet. For use in their main computing device, people would like an e-ink display that could reliably pull 30+ FPS while not costing a fortune, and preferably with some color capacity. They don't want a display from Kindle. Until the gap between that and what we have today is closed, the demand signal won't register. FWIW, there was a huge initial demand back in the Kindle era; the e-reader use case was absolutely perfect for these screens. Nowadays, from what I can tell, the main demand for e-ink is in retail, for cheap electronic price displays. But that doesn't drive the progress of e-ink much, if in any way at all.
- BlueTemplar 7y agoYeah, just see how smartwatches have moved towards usually-off transmittive LCDs instead of always-on transflective ones... (Which IS IMHO ridiculous...)
- TeMPOraL 7y agoYeah. I dread the day my Pebble Time gives up the ghost; I don't see any equivalent or better smartwatch on the market. I might actually start looking into good ol' mechanical watches instead.