Yeah, OLED isn’t really the best choice for an e-reader.
There’s a reason e-ink is a thing.
The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback
Submitted 3 weeks ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/news/650922/readmoo-e-ink-mooink-v-color-folding-screen-ereader
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Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Brokkr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends.”
You could at least read the sub heading
letzlo@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Yeah that’s great but I really don’t want OLED on an ereader.
RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
My eyes are dying already!
Make it smaller
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
reaches the 200,001th bend
snap
Damnit!
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I hear if you fold it 42 times it’s thick enough to reach the moon
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Who asked for this, I don’t expect many people want a pocket able e reader to carry around every day, I carry my shitty old Kindle in my backpack if needed, otherwise I just listen to audio books or read ebooks on my phone
cm0002@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Me* listen, it’s just one of those things you have to try for yourself, when I got my first foldy phone I didn’t get it specifically for reading (I had other more important use cases in mind) but man when I used it for the first time to read a book it was AMAZING to be able to hold it like a book.
Idk maybe I’m weird, but it’s the little things like that lol
*But I want an eink version, but that might be a ways off :(
Tekktical@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I bought a Kobo Clara hd (6") especially for the reason to be able to carry it around in a pocket so that I can always have it on me
BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah my Kindle is around 6 Inch as well, which while it fits my back pocket, not something I’m keen to carry with me everywhere, I only like reading on my slow e ink screen when I have free time to comfortably sit and relax, which is usually at home or back when I had an hour long train commute to work. Otherwise my phone is better, audio books in particular are really good to listen to while walking or doing some activity.
ghashul@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Interesting! I just recently upgraded my old 6" Kindle to a 7" Kobo. I’m very happy about it, and the extra size is nice. If a more portable reader that doesn’t compromise on screen size exists when I’m ready to upgrade next I’m all for it
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
The mooInk V includes a reading mode allowing it to be held half-folded like a paperback.
The ereader has a reading mode?? This changes everything!
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Can we just get a thin tablet like e reader with small bevels that can run any normal OS? Android or Linux? Ik they are some but they are mostly Chinese with proprietary hardware and software…
Evotech@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Onyx Boox runs android
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
No custom roms
0x0@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
How would american with proprietary chinese hardware and software change anything for you?
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I like to have control over my computing platforms? And I don’t like to have my shit break when they completely abandon the platform a couple months down the road? That’s why I want FOSS solutions.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven’t read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.
ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven’t read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.
I don’t know whether this is sarcasm or not, can’t figure it out. But if isn’t, well, I suppose they won’t.
Reading is usually for oneself and not to show off, so I assume, people who purchase such a thing wouldn’t care about showing off.
I like reading normal books but, I currently prefer devices (I.E screens) because it’s easier to carry around, multiple books possible and less preying eyes “what are you reading”.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
It was a joke, an old running one, making light of people (frequently resurrected among Millenials) who have books on display. The jest is that people like to display booms they’ll never read in order to look smarter. Like the old trope of wearing glasses achieving the same goal.
RumorsOfLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Thats funny, my lemmy automatically upvotes my own posts but yours aint.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
I manually remove the auto upvote:D
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Close. But what I really want would look like a blank book. The pages would feel like paper. When I down load the material, text appears on the pages and I can flip back and forth. When I’m done I can download another book.
I know it’s niche but that’s what I want.
iamanurd@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Can I interest you in a library?
Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I can’t travel with a library.
I’m the kind of traveler who, after I check in, the first thing I look for is the bookcase where they put all the books that other guests have left. I have to give it to the Germans; they dominate every bookcase I’ve seen.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I don’t want a folding e-reader, I was a dual eReader with a hinge in the middle that acts like a book.
Someplaceunknown@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Can I play DOOM on it?
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You can read it!
taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
DOOM choose your own adventure style e-book?
jayandp@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
It’ll probably run Android, so yes, but your eyes will bleed from the ghosting.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Great, a device style I hate with a screen style I hate. I look forward to never owning one.
transientpunk@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Congrats?
oyzmo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Where can I get notified when this is available ? 🤔
yarr@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
[deleted]Brokkr@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is an E Ink screen: “The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends.”
yarr@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
OH! I thought this was OLED, like the Samsungs…
bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I never understood why nobody made an E reader that you could read “like a book” that just had two screens and a hinge
BK85@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
for the vibes of course, not everything has to be optimised for practicality
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The hinge lasts longer than a foldy screen.
bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
I read a lot of technical material that has lots of diagrams and it’s difficult with an E reader paging back-and-forth between the text and the diagram that I’m trying to understand
JayGray91@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Adjacent to an e-reader, but Microsoft tried that. Typical Microsoft fashion, they fumbled it.
oeightsix@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
The Surface Duo really does make a great e-reader.
dryfter@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
While that sounds cool to me, it kind of defeats my main purpose of switching to an e-reader in the first place. I have trouble holding physical books for a long time due to hand pain. I had a similar issue with the e-reader, just not as bad, until I put a PopSocket on the back of it. Now I can hold it with the PopSocket resting in-between 2 fingers and can read significantly longer.
ProvableGecko@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You would think at least the Chinese brands would try it.