A startup's "tablet" gears up to take on Apple's iPad

paulhart · a year ago

So it’s an e-ink tablet running Android with front lighting but without access to the Play store? I’m not clear what’s so revolutionary about that.

mikhailt · a year ago

It's not an eink tablet, it's a reflective LCD (rLCD).

orionsbelt · a year ago

I saw them say on Twitter it’s much higher refresh rate (60 fps?) than existing e-ink devices, but not sure.

nunez · a year ago

BOOX already beat them to the punch also.

gregjor · a year ago

Mindfulness.

DeathArrow · a year ago

For me a tablet isn't good enough to actually do some work and not small enough to carry them with me everywhere.

A laptop and phone combo seems much better.

bilsbie · a year ago

I’m waiting for the day I can do real coding work on a tablet.

I’ve had this weird aversion to sitting at a desk for a couple years now. I’m thinking it’s burn out related.

yodon · a year ago

If only someone made a computer you could put on your lap

realityking · a year ago

Doesn’t a Surface fit that requirement?

hiatus · a year ago

Afaik the surface line doesn't stand on their own but with a kickstand, making working on your lap near impossible.

lucasban · a year ago

I’ll be interested in seeing how this is different from the offerings from Onyx.

mikhailt · a year ago

Not an eink tablet, it's an rLCD tablet, so it's more like how it is different from the upcoming TCL's NextPaper 3 devices.

NextPaper 3 is still a full color LCD panel that you switch between modes tho.

freefaler · a year ago

I don't see any difference. Onyx also has google play store. From the info so far it looks like just another of the bunch.

jacknews · a year ago

What's the Indian equivalent of the 'bamboo network' called?

phmqk76 · a year ago

$800?! This is a sandwich in search of a picnic.

panzerboy · a year ago

Dude an investor in this startup or what?

flakiness · a year ago

They're asking for "Preorder today with a refundable $100 deposit" with this zero-info landing page. Bullish!