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txtr http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/txtr-beagle-8-kindle-rival-174316464.html http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/txtr-beagle-8-kindle-rival-... Not sure about

by Tycho 14y ago

txtr http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/txtr-beagle-8-kindle-rival-174316464.html http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/txtr-beagle-8-kindle-rival-... Not sure about all the details but the gist is you can make these things cheaper by stripping out some of the features that the Kindle has: built-in battery, wifi, 3G, lots of controls on the device.

TeMPOraL 14y ago
I'd love to get my hands on e-ink displays for < £8; I'd put them to great use. A replacement screen for Kindle costed me around $45 two months ago.
- asdfs 14y ago
  Same. It's unfortunate that there's seemingly no way to obtain e-ink displays directly from the manufacturers. I don't know how txtr is managing to obtain such a low price point, though. 4GB of flash, a CPU, RAM, the display, the case, manufacturing costs, a bluetooth radio, and two AAA batteries seems extremely difficult to obtain for < $13. This is not including the price of manufacturing and shipping. EDIT: Ah, I see. They've got their own book store, so they're hoping to recoup costs on that.