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A $150 Buttonless, Open Hardware Answer to Kindle is being crowdfunded by Open Book Touch (itsfoss.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49429587

URL for the crowdfunding: https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/open-book-touch

Specs:

  • Display: 4.26" e-paper touchscreen, 480 × 800 px, warm + cool frontlight
  • Processor: ESP32-S3 dual-core, Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE
  • Memory: 16 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM
  • Formats: EPUB and plain text, no DRM
  • Storage: microSD card slot
  • Interface: USB-C with integrated LiPo charging
  • Dimension: 78 × 120 × 10 mm, about 85 g
  • Open source: MIT-licensed firmware, open hardware (to be released at shipping)

It also has a replaceable 800 mAh battery, I found it cool :)

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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (8 children)

If you're honestly asking, one thing I just read is that you need an account to use it. Not sure if that is a downside for many.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

    Kobo does not need any account to use. Out of the popular mainstream eReaders, it is one of the most open. You can add non-drm ebooks to it without any issues unlike the Kindle.

    I've been using send.djazz.se to wirelessly transfer books to my Kobo, as well as the open source Calibre program on my laptop.

    No accounts required.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Woah hold on. You can wirelessly transfer books to your Kobo?

    This man's ignorance may have lead to my enlightenment.

    Damn I need to look into this now. That's like the worst part. I already stream everything else from my NaS

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    "I just read this" in a review of someone very upset about requiring an account, while the signup server was offline over Christmas. I'm very sorry I came off so "confidently", I thought writing "I read this" is a reasonable indication that this is second hand knowledge not first hand. Hearsay in a court of public opinion you could say. I guess this confidence is just my natural charisma which is my undoing again lol

    It might also be that this is only true for the regional distributor in my country. I suspect my country is the original inventor of enshittification.

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