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

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Most devices let you enable a monochrome filter and optionally invert the image somewhere in the accessibility settings, for what it's worth. You don't need a special device just for that.

> Most devices let you [...] But nobody does that, because we love addictions.

This.

The screen should slowly desaturate color and eventually switch to b/w when the phone detects mindless scrolling automatically. ;)

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

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I created a shortcut to toggle grayscale for iOS. Try it out! https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/371d5ced520d40e984d626ae304...

Since IIRC Shortcuts is actually pretty clunky, it's probably easier to use Control Center to toggle grayscale, which is possible after you add the control named "accessibility shortcuts" using {settings > control center}. That is what I use. (And on Gnome, I use and recommend the following: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4012/gnome-bedtime/ )

On iOS, you can also set up the “accessibility shortcut” (settings -> accessibility -> accessibility shortcut), which lets you triple-click the home button to enable it.

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

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Can I run my own software on it? I would love to buy an epaper portable of some sort, but the fact that they're all locked down is a no go. One day I'll live my dream of vim in the forest grove.

yup yes, we will release a bootloader unlock tool so you can do whatever you want

Another massive plus.

World needs more boot loader unlocked devices.

I imagine you’ll get Linux distributions within a week or so.

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

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I bet people would pay good money for a Framework display module that's usable eInk. (Assuming it can use the same display connector.) https://frame.work/products/display-kit?v=FRANGX0001 https://guides.frame.work/Guide/Display+Replacement+Guide/86...

https://x.com/zephray_wenting/status/1535041457035280392

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

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Nah. I would wait for an ink display with 60 fps. SaaS is not the future of computing. I need control. For artistic purposes, an iPad and Wacom tablet are enough. But cool product for a rich audience. Why you call it "computer" and then a tablet. Just call it a tablet with apps in the cloud. :)

There are lots of Android apps that don't need the cloud. This can run those.

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I have the remarkable and the main reason I don't use it and use an android tablet (with a normal screen) instead is because of the remarkable's bad software support; can't sync documents and notes securely (e2ee) using standard tooling. Put money in supporting mainline linux distributions and I will buy this in a heartbeat. Many would.

Looks like this is essentially an Android tablet. Not quite mainline Linux but lots of software options.

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…

Any chance of the A4 size device and higher DPI in the future? Will pay any money for that. A4 e-ink has considerable audience that doesn't know they need it – people who read papers. All the academia is formatted for A4 and stored in PDFs, which is pretty unreadable even on 10". People literally print them on paper to read. I currently enjoying A4-sized Boox Tab X and it's a game changer, as I read a lot of papers a…

> A4 e-ink has considerable audience that doesn't know they need it

They know it very well. There's been a void for an affordable eInk device for this purpose for decades.

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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.

I don’t think this is necessarily true. I use reMarkable almost purely because it’s not an android tablet.

I have a remarkable and a boox; I only use the boox in the end because it’s Android and I can actually do things on it…

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…

Adding an additional comment here for a little extra visibility. I would absolutely love, like really love, a USB-C portrait monitor version of this. If I could just plug this in to my existing laptop and use it for reading specs, technical docs, …etc that would be amazing. Android tablet is a tough sell for my employer due to compliance, security, and such. So buying one of those for work use would take like a year…

If you can make it bigger for use as a regular monitor, I'd pay good money for it.
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