The cynic in me wants to know: Once purchased, will it, and any media it might contain at any time, be under the sole control of the purchaser?
If not, it's definitely not worth buying.
Since it's from china, some security trust issues aside, musing from perspectives of OnePlus and Onyx Boox, yep, you completely control the device and what you put on it.
Who wouldn’t want a safe, secure America ereader. A country that takes care of their citizens. Spreads freedom. Values privacy. A good Christian nation, definitely not ran by the rich. Yikes. “China bad.”
Did some searching, and all of Readmoo's previous devices run Android. So you aren't forced to buy any books from them. Install whatever reading app you want and get your books with whatever method you choose.
My hope is that they just put android on it so I can just sync it with whatever like nextcloud, or at least callibre support. Then I would just never enable wifi and sync it with my desktop.
I never understood why nobody made an E reader that you could read “like a book” that just had two screens and a hinge
Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?
for the vibes of course, not everything has to be optimised for practicality
Two Kindle, one duct tape
but then i'd need to swipe to flip the page on both of them, that's like, effort
not everything has to be optimised for practicality
True, but this solution also lacks the vibes. It's directionally correct though!
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
Adjacent to an e-reader, but Microsoft tried that. Typical Microsoft fashion, they fumbled it.
You would think at least the Chinese brands would try it.
Yeah, OLED isn't really the best choice for an e-reader.
There's a reason e-ink is a thing.
"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
Yeah that’s great but I really don’t want OLED on an ereader.
Once again, this isn't an OLED screen. It is an E Ink screen, like the black and white ones, but with color. And it folds, if you want that.
I get what you’re saying, but still… why did they put an OLED screen on it?
My eyes are dying already!
Make it smaller
reaches the 200,001th bend
snap
Damnit!
I hear if you fold it 42 times it’s thick enough to reach the moon
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
Who asked for this, I don't expect many people want a pocket able e reader to carry around every day, I carry my tiny shitty old Kindle in my backpack if needed, otherwise I just listen to audio books or read ebooks on my phone. But the foldable technolog itself is interesting and could have some novel applications down the line
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 :(
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
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!
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…
Can I play DOOM on it?
You can read it!
DOOM choose your own adventure style e-book?
That would be so good if they had a competent author.
I would bet it already exists.
Where can I get notified when this is available ? 🤔
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