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
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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 :(
reaches the 200,001th bend
snap
Damnit!
Where can I get notified when this is available ? 🤔
I hear if you fold it 42 times it’s thick enough to reach the moon
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?
You misread the first sentence.
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.
I don't want a folding e-reader, I was a dual eReader with a hinge in the middle that acts like a book.
Can I interest you in a library?
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.
Haha, fair enough.
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.
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.
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.”
I'll wait until Kobo makes one
Do you have a kobo? I’m wondering how much people enjoy reading with them. I’ve got an older Kindle that I was able to jailbreak, but I was looking for something a little simpler to maintain.
Using Calibre, they're much of a muchness. I've got a kobo, I mostly eRead on my phone.
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