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Re: Yotaphone

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post #7

Go check out Engadgets hands on with a prototype of it on YouTube. I'm on my phone otherwise id link it myself. It's certainly interesting, but I think the eink back looks a little... Well, ugly. Would be neat if reading HN on it would not drain my battery, but the radios suck down most battery after the screen, so I think offline documents would be better suited. Think not needing a kindle... It's really different.…

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Re: Yotaphone

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post #7

Go check out Engadgets hands on with a prototype of it on YouTube. I'm on my phone otherwise id link it myself. It's certainly interesting, but I think the eink back looks a little... Well, ugly. Would be neat if reading HN on it would not drain my battery, but the radios suck down most battery after the screen, so I think offline documents would be better suited. Think not needing a kindle... It's really different.…

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wAKFc_hFN0

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Re: Yotaphone

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post #11
post #7

Go check out Engadgets hands on with a prototype of it on YouTube. I'm on my phone otherwise id link it myself. It's certainly interesting, but I think the eink back looks a little... Well, ugly. Would be neat if reading HN on it would not drain my battery, but the radios suck down most battery after the screen, so I think offline documents would be better suited. Think not needing a kindle... It's really different.…

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Re: Yotaphone

#18

The "Scroll down" hint wasn't obvious enough for me. I'd also show both screens as soon as you land on the page, as that is the unique feature of this phone and it took me quite some time before I actually found it. (If you don't scroll but just click on the links you just see 1 screen at a time. If you aren't really paying attention you don't notice that there are 2 different ones)

I had no idea what everyone was talking about - on iPad you get some sort of mobile version.

Re: Yotaphone

#20
post #4

Maybe it's just me, but at first it reads like "Yet Another Phone"...

It wasn't obvious to me until I watched the hands-on with Engadget - the unique bit is the e-ink always-on screen on the back.
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