[srndpty]

“Long live e-ink”

i’m always worried it’s just around the corner from outliving its usefulness/profitability to most people. even within my tech/gadget bubble it still feels like a relatively niche thing. this keeps me upgrading my Kindle pretty much anytime a new one comes out because i’m always worried the technology will be discarded. i really love the fact that i can fall asleep reading on it pretty naturally. this DOES NOT happen when i’m in bed on my phone or tablet. i’m glad to see devices like reMarkable and Scribe pushing it further, and i just hope research continues to get the tech to a point where it can refresh quickly without artifacting at near lcd quality. and yeah, it’s nice to have a device where i physically can’t distract myself with inane social media or other silly things. i’m generally of the Alton Brown thought that anything uni-task is unnecessary, but i’ll continue to make a happy exception here.

[devilbunny]

My wife and I have Kindles for one purpose: reading outside. We use iPads inside (I’m posting from mine), but there is nothing like eInk for reading in the sun, because it looks like a book.

In a world of uni-task devices, that is one worth owning.

[maksimur]

If reading at night, Kindles should be used inside too.

[derbOac]

I'm someone who had them during the boom around 2010 or so, then found myself giving them away because they didn't seem useful, and now find myself wanting them again. Mostly I've noticed how I like to read in bed at night rather than on my phone, am not happy with the illumination options with real books in that situation, and not happy with the screens on my phone either.

I'd probably buy one immediately if I could be guaranteed I could put any pdf on it and have it display flawlessly, and if it were relatively open in terms of compatibility.

[berkes]

WRT PDF, if you want it rendered flawless, you want it rendered verbatim. No reflowing or columns removed.

That means an e-ink device the size of the pages. So probably A4. A device of 21x30cm. (8.2x11.7inches). That is huge. Equivalent of the largest iPad.