• @bloup@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3126 days 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
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      4026 days ago

      Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?

        • @espentan@lemmy.world
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          1126 days ago

          Apparently a foldable OLED screen is, typically expected to last at least 200.000 folds. That’s more than a 100 folds/day for 5 years. I’d take my chances on one, I think.

          • WFH
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            25 days ago

            Unless you go once near a beach and a single grain of sand gets past the airtight bag the phone was in and the Totally-IP67-We-Swear phone chassis and is fucking destroys the screen from the inside, with a repair bill worthy of a new phone because “that kind of damage is not under warranty”.

            Source : happened to one of my best friends. Fuck you with a folding dildo, Samsung.

            • lime!
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              125 days ago

              that’s also a good reason to not have the screen fully close. less danger of stuff getting inside.

            • lime!
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              825 days ago

              yeah but you’re not folding it 100 times a day. if you’re an avid reader, you’re opening and closing it 10-20 times a day tops.

            • Ulrich
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              325 days ago

              If you’re going to read from one screen at a time, why have 2 monitors on your computer?

              • @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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                125 days ago

                If I were to read a book on my computer, I would use one screen. That’s kinda my point. A second monitor does nothing for me in that scenario.

                But it folds like a book, and i see it being held like a book. If that means text populates in two columns like a book, and you read one column at a time, I really don’t see the point of the second side. You can just turn the page.

                • Ulrich
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                  I mean it’s for the same reasons books aren’t the same size as matchboxes. A larger area makes it easier to read.

            • @Matth78@lemm.ee
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              325 days ago

              I guess this way you can also use it for manga or any other medium that sometimes use both page to display something.

      • @bloup@lemmy.sdf.org
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        324 days 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
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      926 days ago

      Adjacent to an e-reader, but Microsoft tried that. Typical Microsoft fashion, they fumbled it.

    • @dryfter@lemm.ee
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      224 days 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.

    • Brokkr
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      2825 days 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

  • @ghashul@feddit.dk
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    1326 days 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

  • @BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world
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    25 days 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 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

    • @cm0002@lemmy.worldOP
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      2025 days 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
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      225 days 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
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        124 days 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.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘
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    1024 days 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
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    724 days 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…

  • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    526 days 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.

      • @Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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        825 days 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
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      325 days 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.

  • palordrolap
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    426 days ago

    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.

    • @Eximius@lemmy.world
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      025 days ago

      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.

      • @Subdivide6857@midwest.social
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        225 days ago

        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.”

    • InfiniteGlitch
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      1426 days 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
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        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 books they’ll never read in order to look smarter. Like the old trope of wearing glasses achieving the same goal.

        • @shneancy@lemmy.world
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          1026 days ago

          hey there’s also some of us who buy books we will definitely read eventually and they just keep stacking up, gotta put them somewhere

        • @pycorax@lemmy.world
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          526 days ago

          I buy books for collection purposes and to display them on the shelf for aesthetic reasons but read ebooks on my phone because it’s way more convenient that way. I don’t think it’s really mutually exclusive.