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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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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

I would sign up for a mailing list for when this is available, I will probably actually buy one if it's android with root.

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

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Huge congrats! I've been dreaming of something like this for a while - instant pre-order!

your support means everything! thank you! i wish people could understand how hard it is to survive low volume novel consumer electronics.. not meant to solicit pity, but to appreciate why we're all just stuck with big tech after indie company after indie company fail

Your prices are impressive for low volume.

I hope things go well for you. These are the kinds of devices I want to become mainstream.

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

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Very interested to see this. I have a Supernote which has passed the basic gadget test: I still use it regularly after the initial few weeks. But it's true that it is limited to (a) taking notes in meetings and (b) reading and annotating PDFs. I wonder what more I would do with a truly fast screen.

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

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I've been dreaming of a device like this to run Obsidian on. I made an e-ink theme for Obsidian[1] but the refresh rate and ghosting of e-ink makes it less appealing to work with. I am curious to see if this device will solve some of those issues. [1] https://minimal.guide/features/eink

we have a couple units set aside for devs to optimize their apps to the daylight, email me and we can try to get you one! many of our early testers / customers loved using it as an obsidian typewriter anjan 'at' daylightcomputer.com

In one of the pictures on the site was it sitting on a dock with a keyboard. I use obsidian and would use this as an obsidian typewriter. If I order is it just the tablet itself or more? I presume it runs Linux so any keyboard that would work in that environment would work with the device? Even better if I can ssh into it.

Edit: I see elsewhere in this thread that it’s android. If I can adb shell into it and push my own custom launcher to it, I’ll buy one today :)

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

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You can see the videos here: https://daylightco.gorgias.help/en-US#article-509983

Wrong link?

This should be the right link

https://daylightco.gorgias.help/en-US#article-493382

(points to the section where you can see videos)

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…

Will you offer a 13 inch version?

What about computer screens?

And a color version?

For background I have a boox max, a dasung 253 bw and dasung color 253. Happy to spend even more money on a new generation of devices.

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

#209

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…

How's the battery usage? You mentioned that it's not bistable and doesn't retain an image on power-off; does that mean the display requires non-trivial power even while displaying a static image? One of the big selling points of my reMarkable 2 is the incredible battery life.

Any plans for color? I know it'd be a sacrifice of brightness. I'm still interested despite the limitations.

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

#210

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…

Instant buy. Love the design and mission. Where can I get the wooden stand?
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