Submitted 23 hours ago by faizalr@piefed.social to technology@lemmy.zip
Reetle’s smartink I is an iPhone case with an e-ink display that lets users flip their device and read books without screen glare.
On the knife-edge of being really clever and deeply stupid.
the embedded gadget is powered by AI
Tipping away from clever.
Why do all the cool gadgets only come out for the phones of people who aren’t interested in cool gadgets?
Isnt Apple design the epitome of “cool” by sacrificing practicality? What are you trying to say here? It sounds like nonsense.
‘Aesthetically cool’ isn’t same as ‘cool functionality’.
You can already get a better version of this that isn’t tied to a specific model of phone and just attaches to the back with a magnet and is perfectly usable on its own if you want.
https://www.theverge.com/news/838885/xteink-x4-e-reader-magnetic-apple-iphone-google-pixel
And this product actually exists.
They’re available on AliExpress to ship now. Also thanks, I already have a kobo, android reader, and now I think that I might need this …
I mean, kinda exists. It’s a preorder status set to ship Christmas eve. Have they shipped any? Is it actually existing?
The white version seems to be in stock, only the black one shows up as shipping later. There is a comment elsewhere in this post stating that they got one already
It’s currently sold out, but they have been shipping them for a year. They are currently available in allie as well.
Perfect place to put the upcoming Open Book Touch by @joeycastillo@mastodon.social
That’s brilliant! Now, when users replace their phone, they also have to replace a second device. Hooray for planned obsolescence!
Lets be honest. When they upgrade their phone they’re not gonna bother replacing the ereader thing.
This device is neat in concept, but probably going to be awful in practice.
Cool in theory but I can guarantee you will not enjoy reading books on that thing
This might finally be a use case for folding phones.
many people do, not specifically on this but on other compact handheld e-readers.
Yeah I had a 5 inch one and it’s acceptable if you have nothing else but I just got a kobo and it’s simply night and day
Tho yes there are people who will prefer this but I’m confident the average consumer will not
Tho perhaps the low power notifications or calendaring is useful 🤷♀️
A Kobo is a hell of a lot bigger than that.
Phones are tall and narrow. For reading books you don’t want to be reading 5 words then having to go down a line. Ebook readers are typically closer to 4:3
This makes no sense to me. If you don't like glare on your phone then just get a matte screen protector. If you specifically want e-ink then just get a small ebook device that's a similar size to this case.
I just don't see a use case
So a yota phone but with more steps?
I already have an e-ink second screen that sits on the back of an iPhone… 4? 5? It’s collecting dust in a drawer, but I swear this is a recycle of an old project. It’s already been done!
Also, I have an old Yotaphone.
Neat.
otacon239@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
So I looked into it and there’s a few indicators this will either be vaporware or garbage:
Just to name a few… My guess is that the OS will suffer from being difficult to navigate and unresponsive from all the garbage they try to cram on it and none of it will be intuitive.
Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 hours ago
There is a video review out youtu.be/htmETs9i4ak
otacon239@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
My inner skeptic sees an app and just knows that they’re collecting everything that goes through it. Not to mention it will probably a brick in a few years. It’s a product that’s a neat engineering accomplishment but I doubt it would actually get much more than a few hours of use on its couple of years of existence before you get your next iPhone that this no longer fits.
Side thought: this could have been a MagSafe attachment which would have made it compatible with a much wider range of models.