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it's just a shame there's no SDK I noticed that the battery life is 3 weeks. Given the size of the product (not large), it's safe to say that they get that bat
by noahl 13y ago
it's just a shame there's no SDK
I noticed that the battery life is 3 weeks. Given the size of the product (not large), it's safe to say that they get that battery life by doing as little as possible. It may be that they don't have enough processing power to run any sort of apps, or if they did, it would drain the battery so much that it would ruin the device.
With that said, it would still be cool to try. It should at least be able to support a calculator.
- fidotron 13y agoAs long as you don't busy wait and only update the parts of the screen that change it's not too hard to write software which doesn't impact battery life too much. EDIT: To add, obviously minimise network connections. And if you do need them, batch them.
- Groxx 13y agoNah. Nook Simple Touches can be rooted and run Android just fine. As long as wifi is off (thus disabling the vast majority of app background syncing / periodic updates) it easily lasts a couple weeks. For that you can run a surprising number of apps just fine in a ridiculously-limited available RAM space. I can't imagine this would be anywhere near as slow as a NST, so it should be able to do just about everything except play 3D games and visit crazy-bad websites.
- onthiscarousel 13y agoThe test model I used for a month only needed one charge, it works a lot like the black and white kindle and the document stays static on the screen and the device only really turns on when you write on it or turn pages.