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4d ago

The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback

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The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback

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4d ago

The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback

www.theverge.com /news/650922/readmoo-e-ink-mooink-v-color-folding-screen-ereader

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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!

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.
- 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.
- 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.

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…
- Onyx Boox runs android
  
  No custom roms
- How would american with proprietary chinese hardware and software change anything for you?
  
  I like to have control over my computing platforms? And I don’t like to have my shit break when they completely abandon the platform a couple months down the road? That’s why I want FOSS solutions.

reaches the 200,001th bend
snap
Damnit!

I hear if you fold it 42 times it’s thick enough to reach the moon

I never understood why nobody made an E reader that you could read “like a book” that just had two screens and a hinge
- Why would you want that if you can have something light that can be held in one hand?
  
  for the vibes of course, not everything has to be optimised for practicality
  
  The hinge lasts longer than a foldy screen.
  
  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
- 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.
- Adjacent to an e-reader, but Microsoft tried that. Typical Microsoft fashion, they fumbled it.
  
  The Surface Duo really does make a great e-reader.
- You would think at least the Chinese brands would try it.

My eyes are dying already!
Make it smaller

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

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.

Where can I get notified when this is available ? 🤔

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.
- 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.
- I don't want a folding e-reader, I was a dual eReader with a hinge in the middle that acts like a book.

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
- 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 :(
- 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
  
  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.

Can I play DOOM on it?
- You can read it!
  
  DOOM choose your own adventure style e-book?
- It'll probably run Android, so yes, but your eyes will bleed from the ghosting.

- This is an E Ink screen: "The mooInk V features an 8-inch folding E Ink screen that’s been tested to survive over 200,000 bends."
  
  OH! I thought this was OLED, like the Samsungs...

Great, a device style I hate with a screen style I hate. I look forward to never owning one.
- Congrats?
- You know, you don't have to give voice to every thought that bumbles around in your noggin.

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 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”.
  
  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.
- Thats funny, my lemmy automatically upvotes my own posts but yours aint.
  
  I manually remove the auto upvote:D

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