I hope they expand their device offering beyond niche eReaders; there's a lot of people with Kindles that Amazon is trying hard to turn into paperweights.

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[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

It's all ESP32 devices, I don't know if Kindles use that chip (probably not). Any device that's mildly powerful won't be using it anyway. It seems like it's their open source project for Xteink's ereaders including some e-ink displays, not an independent platform, so it's not gonna be useful for third party devices.

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[–] tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 months ago

Epaperweights*

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[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago

I'd like to see more niche devices, like Boox Nova Air

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[–] matterofact@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This looks like a good alternative to a kindle. What is the ‘best’ hardware available to run this on?

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[–] matterofact@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Have done some research and I see the xteink x4 seems decent. No backlight but has USB-C and they have an official partnership with Crosspoint. Only thing I’m unsure of is battery repair down the line

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[–] matterofact@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago

Battery can be accessed by opening the device and it’s then just two soldered wires. Not ideal but fairly straightforward if needed

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