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I get overly excited with any e-ink release. Always looking for the Kindle that can do just a little bit more without becoming a distraction from reading. Als

I get overly excited with any e-ink release. Always looking for the Kindle that can do just a little bit more without becoming a distraction from reading. Also, always looking for a Kindle that's less Amazon-y but still convenient. It's probably a unicorn. Any Android device I'd probably get distracted too often and wind up frustrated with how poorly the distractions run on e-ink. I suspect that non-amazon e-readers have probably reached whispersync levels of convenience after a short learning curve but don't have any evidence to base that on. Also, why can't Lenovo follow up the Yoga Book C930?! Anyway, yay e-ink!

reginaldo 4y ago
The supernote A5X or A6X may be the device for you (they do come with kindle integration out of the box). I don´t have either device, I have Kindles, a reMarkable, and a Dasung Paperlike 13 inch e-ink monitor, which motivated me to reply. You wrote: > It's probably a unicorn. Any Android device I'd probably get distracted too often and wind up frustrated with how poorly the distractions run on e-ink. I came here to tell you that you're correct, and that this is actually a good thing. Many apps try to be all encompassing, so you don't realize you're distracted by them and waste time. Having a subpar experience gives you many chances to get your focus back to where you wanted it to be. I use my Paperwhite basically for writing and, when I'm writing, I'm writing, and that's it. Everything else looks bad, so I don't get distracted as easily and, when I do, I can quickly go back to what I wanted to do. I even set my display to black and white from time to time when I'm not home.
- focusedone 4y ago
  Wisdom. Wait, you use your Paperwhite for writing? How?
  - reginaldo 4y ago
    Sorry, I meant Paperlike. Although, since you asked, I do use my Paperwhite for writing, but I never released the software I glued together for that purpose. I have a raspberry Pi set up as an access point running a little python/flask app that's controlling a X server receiving input both from the Kindle and from the regular keyboard / mouse. The flask serves the screen image, a container html, and some basic javascript to handle input (e.g. taps become clicks, long taps become right clicks) and update the image from time to time. The only tricky thing involved is that Kindle's browser is very very old, so you can´t do anything fancy or modern. The whole thing is basically a slightly modernized implementation of [1] [1] https://hackaday.com/2015/08/21/easy-to-read-bicycle-computer/ https://hackaday.com/2015/08/21/easy-to-read-bicycle-compute...
jxdxbx 4y ago
I have gone through so many devices and setups trying to find an ebook situation that makes sense. Kindle, Book, different sizes. Fantasy of reading Instapaper and PDFs and comics and stuff, not just ebooks, and having it not be a huge pain in the ass. What I have found is that for me, ebook readers are good for ebooks and ebooks only. And just normal ebooks; PDFs stink on every e-ink device (including 12" devices I've used). So my current setup is that my 12.9" iPad Pro is my "everything" reader since it's the only no-compromise device (PDFs and comics at full size) and it has the apps I need. I now try to use my phone more for ebooks, and took social media off it. We'll see how that goes. Now that Kindles will automatically convert ePubs to KFX via sent-to-kindle maybe I will try that again, if KFX files can actually live in your personal documents library. (You can't sync sideloaded books with the Kindle unless they're in the terrible MOBI format.)
- Georgelemental 4y ago
  Many PDFs can be read quite comfortably on an e-ink reader once reflowed with K2pdfopt (https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/ https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/). KOReader (https://koreader.rocks/ https://koreader.rocks/) will do this for you, one of its killer features
robin_reala 4y ago
Tbh if all you want is Kindle that’s less Amazony then Kobo will be right up your street.
AlanYx 4y ago
>Also, why can't Lenovo follow up the Yoga Book C930?! Have you seen the ThinkBook Plus Gen 2? This is the spiritual successor to the C930, with dual LCD/eink screens.
- focusedone 4y ago
  The ThinkBook Plus is pretty cool, and I'm glad Lenovo is still trying crazy things, but it's not a great successor to the Yoga Book C930. It's much larger and heavier, really just a traditional laptop with e-ink bolted on. I'm sure the typing experience is far superior, but the Yoga Books were trying to be a totally new type of device. They were truly groundbreaking - actually introduced new possibilities for how a computer could be used.
LeifCarrotson 4y ago
Have you tried a reMarkable tablet? https://remarkable.com/ https://remarkable.com/ It's a 10.3" e-ink device with a really nice touchscreen surface that supports low-latency, high-precision writing using a stylus. It's Linux-based and is highly hackable with lots of open-source projects: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable It seems to stand alone.... Yay e-ink, boo GPL violations.
- focusedone 4y ago
  I played with one; really nice hardware. Probably the ultimate digital note-taking device but for that price I'd expect it to do a little more. Had no idea it was hackable, that makes it much more interesting!

reginaldo 4y ago

The supernote A5X or A6X may be the device for you (they do come with kindle integration out of the box). I don´t have either device, I have Kindles, a reMarkable, and a Dasung Paperlike 13 inch e-ink monitor, which motivated me to reply. You wrote: > It's probably a unicorn. Any Android device I'd probably get distracted too often and wind up frustrated with how poorly the distractions run on e-ink. I came here to tell you that you're correct, and that this is actually a good thing. Many apps try to be all encompassing, so you don't realize you're distracted by them and waste time. Having a subpar experience gives you many chances to get your focus back to where you wanted it to be. I use my Paperwhite basically for writing and, when I'm writing, I'm writing, and that's it. Everything else looks bad, so I don't get distracted as easily and, when I do, I can quickly go back to what I wanted to do. I even set my display to black and white from time to time when I'm not home.

focusedone 4y ago
Wisdom. Wait, you use your Paperwhite for writing? How?
- reginaldo 4y ago
  Sorry, I meant Paperlike. Although, since you asked, I do use my Paperwhite for writing, but I never released the software I glued together for that purpose. I have a raspberry Pi set up as an access point running a little python/flask app that's controlling a X server receiving input both from the Kindle and from the regular keyboard / mouse. The flask serves the screen image, a container html, and some basic javascript to handle input (e.g. taps become clicks, long taps become right clicks) and update the image from time to time. The only tricky thing involved is that Kindle's browser is very very old, so you can´t do anything fancy or modern. The whole thing is basically a slightly modernized implementation of [1] [1] https://hackaday.com/2015/08/21/easy-to-read-bicycle-computer/ https://hackaday.com/2015/08/21/easy-to-read-bicycle-compute...

jxdxbx 4y ago

I have gone through so many devices and setups trying to find an ebook situation that makes sense. Kindle, Book, different sizes. Fantasy of reading Instapaper and PDFs and comics and stuff, not just ebooks, and having it not be a huge pain in the ass. What I have found is that for me, ebook readers are good for ebooks and ebooks only. And just normal ebooks; PDFs stink on every e-ink device (including 12" devices I've used). So my current setup is that my 12.9" iPad Pro is my "everything" reader since it's the only no-compromise device (PDFs and comics at full size) and it has the apps I need. I now try to use my phone more for ebooks, and took social media off it. We'll see how that goes. Now that Kindles will automatically convert ePubs to KFX via sent-to-kindle maybe I will try that again, if KFX files can actually live in your personal documents library. (You can't sync sideloaded books with the Kindle unless they're in the terrible MOBI format.)

Georgelemental 4y ago
Many PDFs can be read quite comfortably on an e-ink reader once reflowed with K2pdfopt (https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/ https://www.willus.com/k2pdfopt/). KOReader (https://koreader.rocks/ https://koreader.rocks/) will do this for you, one of its killer features

robin_reala 4y ago

Tbh if all you want is Kindle that’s less Amazony then Kobo will be right up your street.

AlanYx 4y ago

>Also, why can't Lenovo follow up the Yoga Book C930?! Have you seen the ThinkBook Plus Gen 2? This is the spiritual successor to the C930, with dual LCD/eink screens.

focusedone 4y ago
The ThinkBook Plus is pretty cool, and I'm glad Lenovo is still trying crazy things, but it's not a great successor to the Yoga Book C930. It's much larger and heavier, really just a traditional laptop with e-ink bolted on. I'm sure the typing experience is far superior, but the Yoga Books were trying to be a totally new type of device. They were truly groundbreaking - actually introduced new possibilities for how a computer could be used.

LeifCarrotson 4y ago

Have you tried a reMarkable tablet? https://remarkable.com/ https://remarkable.com/ It's a 10.3" e-ink device with a really nice touchscreen surface that supports low-latency, high-precision writing using a stylus. It's Linux-based and is highly hackable with lots of open-source projects: https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable https://github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable It seems to stand alone.... Yay e-ink, boo GPL violations.

focusedone 4y ago
I played with one; really nice hardware. Probably the ultimate digital note-taking device but for that price I'd expect it to do a little more. Had no idea it was hackable, that makes it much more interesting!