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Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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I need this to have a dedicated drawing app with layers for me to even consider this. None of the eink tablets right now have good drawing apps even if you can technically do it.

you can try concepts on our thing! its a pretty damn good drawing app / procreate alt

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

What connectivity will it have? Specifically asking about iCloud and Dropbox...

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

#143

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

Please, tell me there's a phone coming along. Light Phone made a mistake not going Android. You totally nailed it with that casually dropped Spotify icon in that shot!

I personally have zero use for a tablet. But if I can have an eink phone, with all the authentication apps I need to connect to work and do banking (and maps and Spotify), I'll drop that iPhone that is frying the brains of my kids instantly.

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

#144

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

It would be cool if we could cast our phone screens to it. That way we wouldn't have to deal with file and app synchronization, cellular tethering, or any of the other friction points of using multiple devices.

I think this might be possible out of the box with Android apps like ScreenStream: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.dvkr.scre...

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

#146

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

Sell me a massive desktop e-ink display with USB-C input. I want to code on this.

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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I am not an Android user, but I primarily rely on a cross-platform note taking app that supports Android. Does Android with this device support OS-native OCR to convert writing to text? I'm curious if this is usable with Standard Notes.

I currently own and use a reMarkable 2 daily, and then transcribe notes to Standard Notes when I'm near my computer. Would love something that lets me skip the transcription step with the advantages of e-ink / writing with a stylus.

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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IMO, the software will be the most important part of the device, not necessarily the screen. What makes the Remarkable great is that it's functionality (while limited) makes for an excellent experience. Any more details on what apps will be built in and designed for the device? (not just 3rd party Android apps that will feel like any other tablet). Also - I would order this immediately to support more e-ink devices,…

Aren't there already Android tablets with eink screens?

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

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I'm a current owner of a Ratta Supernote A5X. I use the Supernote all the time. I previously had a Remarkable 2, but thankfully Remarkable added a subscription which made me look elsewhere and led me to the Supernote. This seems right up my alley. Although, $800 seems steep. The new Supernote A5X2 is due this year... at probably half the price? Granted it doesn't have the 60fps display, but it definitely has a bunch…

you're right, for some folks it's not gonna be worth the price increase

we understand that, and we hope we can bring the price down with scale

for some of the folks who its worth it for, some of the reasons are: - onenote or noteshelf or goodnotes on eink working without lag makes it worth it - obsidian or google docs or your terminal working without latency - you end up reading way more substacks, articles, blogs, things in the browser - dragon ball z on eink is fun :)

Re: Daylight Computer – New 60fps e-paper tablet

#150

Hi yall, founder of Daylight here. Happy to answer any questions you have. Long time lurker, so this is pretty cool to finally take part :) I made this because I wanted the eye-strain free and minimalist qualities of my kindle/Eink applied to so much more of what I do on a computer. Lack of speed and ghosting felt like it made traditional Eink impossible to do most computing tasks. So we focused on making the most Pa…

Congratulations on the launch, what was your hardware journey like. Did you have a hard time raising capital to manufacure prototypes.

I'm working on a small hobbyist project right now,and actually getting it built hasn't been fun.

Would love to hear your advice.

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