My own experience, a couple of months using an e-ink device heavily, is that there's a great deal of foregone potential.
Battery life, recharge time, outdoor viewability, overall display quality, and the fact that the devices really are general-purpose / mobile devices (there are Linux, Android, and a few other OS variants out there) means that apps can be tailored to them.
What I like about the BOOX is that it's a pretty good e-reader, and ... somewhat OK Android tablet. That's not faint praise, it's actually "I kinda wish it were a worse tablet so I wouldn't be so distracted by it". Given the present state of mobile device addiction, that could be a fairly broad potential market. Even a small percentage of 4--8 billion is a large number.
Use as a terminal disiplay (using Termux) is surprisingly good. Given that terminals were originally based on teletypes, this isn't entirely surprising.
I'll follow up on your suggestions, thanks.
And can confirm that any e-ink device should be refreshed fairly frequently. The BOOX default is 20 displays, in practice 5--10 would be preferable, though that depends in part on the display mode used (the BOOX has five, from highest quality render to fastest update/paint rate).
No doubt.
My own experience, a couple of months using an e-ink device heavily, is that there's a great deal of foregone potential.
Battery life, recharge time, outdoor viewability, overall display quality, and the fact that the devices really are general-purpose / mobile devices (there are Linux, Android, and a few other OS variants out there) means that apps can be tailored to them.
What I like about the BOOX is that it's a pretty good e-reader, and ... somewhat OK Android tablet. That's not faint praise, it's actually "I kinda wish it were a worse tablet so I wouldn't be so distracted by it". Given the present state of mobile device addiction, that could be a fairly broad potential market. Even a small percentage of 4--8 billion is a large number.
Use as a terminal disiplay (using Termux) is surprisingly good. Given that terminals were originally based on teletypes, this isn't entirely surprising.
I'll follow up on your suggestions, thanks.
And can confirm that any e-ink device should be refreshed fairly frequently. The BOOX default is 20 displays, in practice 5--10 would be preferable, though that depends in part on the display mode used (the BOOX has five, from highest quality render to fastest update/paint rate).