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From personal experience, carrying around a portable E-Ink monitor, plugging in the cables, and the initial set-up gets tiring. Some tablets are a better choice
by alex-a-soto 3y ago
From personal experience, carrying around a portable E-Ink monitor, plugging in the cables, and the initial set-up gets tiring. Some tablets are a better choice, but they mainly use Android, which may or may not work for someone, depending on your workflow.
I see why people gravitate to a laptop, a portable form factor, or a secondary 'focus' machine; in the end, each option has certain advantages and drawbacks.
Yes, we are accounting for abuse and the daily wear and tear in our design.
- dredmorbius 3y agoHaving used tablets with external keyboards (both integrated into cases and freestanding), as well as laptops, my on-the-go preference would be a flyweight laptop with integrated keyboard and e-ink screen. Low battery consumption, universally-readable screen, real keyboard, Linux, and low distractions. Onyx BOOX + Bluetooth keyboard + Termux ... gets me some of the way there, but it's not quite the same, and it's cumbersome to set up. I'd avoid Android if I could. Thing is that a freestanding (and lightweight) display is also quite useful on its own, for reading, and any hybrid design is going to bump weight up a lot, which starts negating comfort of holding that in your hands and reading. Which is to say I'm validating your design and thinking here. Watching with interest.
- alex-a-soto 3y agodredmorbius! Thank you! I'd love to chat over email. I enjoyed reading your post sometime ago about 'E Ink Design Principles'.
- dredmorbius 3y agousername at protonmail I've just pinged you.