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Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by robin_reala »

goosedragons wrote: post #40
mariusor wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I advise against the Chinese devices as they often are GPL infringers (Boox for sure is). Also I don't consider running android as a plus, it's just another layer of cruft that lowers the overall performance of the device. I think Kobo's OS is largely fine and Sage has a pretty good specs: 300PPI, quad core 1.8GHz processor, and stylus support.

I've owned both. Even if Android is a heavier OS the Boox devices have so much faster hardware that they feel significantly faster. Android also greatly increases what the devices can do, e.g. magazines in Libby, Marvel Unlimited, Google Play Books, actually good web browser, etc. Yes, GPL violations are unfortunate.

How’s their long-term support? I realised the other day that my Kobo Aura H2O is now 8 years old, and still getting regular updates.

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by goosedragons »

robin_reala wrote: post #41
goosedragons wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've owned both. Even if Android is a heavier OS the Boox devices have so much faster hardware that they feel significantly faster. Android also greatly increases what the devices can do, e.g. magazines in Libby, Marvel Unlimited, Google Play Books, actually good web browser, etc. Yes, GPL violations are unfortunate.

How’s their long-term support? I realised the other day that my Kobo Aura H2O is now 8 years old, and still getting regular updates.

I doubt they will match Kobo there since Kobo literally has been updating every single model they've ever made except for 3. Although Kobo has a tendency to keep the best features reserved for newer models like Overdrive, Dropbox, etc even if the old hardware is basically identical to the new.

But that said they've surprised me. As a niche Android device from a Chinese company I expected absolutely 0 updates but my Nova 2 has gotten several with some significant improvements like the ability to split screen apps, layers in the note taking app and more. I've had Android phones from big manufacturers with worse support.

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by esperent »

criddell wrote: post #23
mariusor wrote: post #9

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Yes, calibre is a powerful tool. However not all content can (or should) go via it. My specific use case is something like the integration that Pocket has with Kobo ebook readers: I see an article I want to read on the internet, I add it to Pocket and then at my next sync I can read it on my device. An email that Amazon controls is no replacement for a proper API. Having tools to convert to mobi is not a replacement…

Have you tried Instapaper?

Testing it out now. I just signed up on the website then it popped up a "Get the App" button. Clicked that, and it brought me to this link:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tumblr&ref...

Which is the Tumblr app! What the hell?

EDIT: ok, figured it out. After signing up on the website, I'm given a page which has a single item called Getting Started. Nothing else, no menu, no header, no footer. So I clicked the link and it brings me to the Getting Started page on blog.instapaper.com

I now realize this is actually hosted on Tumblr so the Get the App button there is from Tumblr.

Not a great onboarding experience so far. Hopefully the rest of the app is better.

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by esperent »

longnguyen wrote: post #36
dcchambers wrote: post #10

In the same vein, I discovered https://ktool.io/ recently - if anyone is interested in similar functionality but doesn't want to run the media server themselves.

KTool founder here. Thanks for the mention. While KTool is still in active development, feel free to give it a try (no account needed). Much appreciated

Looks interesting but it's only showing me a Twitter sign in option. Is that the only one?

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by longnguyen »

esperent wrote: post #44
longnguyen wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

KTool founder here. Thanks for the mention. While KTool is still in active development, feel free to give it a try (no account needed). Much appreciated

Looks interesting but it's only showing me a Twitter sign in option. Is that the only one?

It is, at the moment as my entire audience are on Twitter. I'm working on other login method right now. Is there any way I can reach you when it's ready? Also I assume you would like a email/password login option? Thanks

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by wintermutestwin »

longnguyen wrote: post #39
wintermutestwin wrote: post #38

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It would be great if I could email it to myself for transferring to the Kindle via USB as I don't trust Amazon enough to allow their device to connect to the internet.

Interesting. So something like "download .mobi or .azw3 files" would fit your requirement?

Sure...

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by esperent »

longnguyen wrote: post #45
esperent wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Looks interesting but it's only showing me a Twitter sign in option. Is that the only one?

It is, at the moment as my entire audience are on Twitter. I'm working on other login method right now. Is there any way I can reach you when it's ready? Also I assume you would like a email/password login option? Thanks

Yeah, it's so common to hear of auth providers like Google, Twitter, FB randomly banning people because some automated system said so and then poof, all your logins are gone and 20 other apps stop working. So I decided a while ago it's email + password manager only for me.

I do have some sympathy though because I've implemented email auth before and it's not simple!

I'd rather not give out details here. You could add a mailing list maybe?

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by longnguyen »

esperent wrote: post #47
longnguyen wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is, at the moment as my entire audience are on Twitter. I'm working on other login method right now. Is there any way I can reach you when it's ready? Also I assume you would like a email/password login option? Thanks

Yeah, it's so common to hear of auth providers like Google, Twitter, FB randomly banning people because some automated system said so and then poof, all your logins are gone and 20 other apps stop working. So I decided a while ago it's email + password manager only for me. I do have some sympathy though because I've implemented email auth before and it's not simple! I'd rather not give out details here. You could add…

Yeah, I understand your concerns. You can subscribe for updates using this form, thanks:

https://ktool.io/subscribe

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by 2color »

Another great app that can send articles to Kindle is https://hq.getmatter.app/

The Send to Kindle browser extension is great but it's not really usable on mobile.

With Matter I can add something to my queue while browsing on mobile and from Matter send it to my Kindle already parsed and ready to read.

Re: Show HN: Serve your saved articles to a Kindle

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Post by longnguyen »

esperent wrote: post #47
longnguyen wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is, at the moment as my entire audience are on Twitter. I'm working on other login method right now. Is there any way I can reach you when it's ready? Also I assume you would like a email/password login option? Thanks

Yeah, it's so common to hear of auth providers like Google, Twitter, FB randomly banning people because some automated system said so and then poof, all your logins are gone and 20 other apps stop working. So I decided a while ago it's email + password manager only for me. I do have some sympathy though because I've implemented email auth before and it's not simple! I'd rather not give out details here. You could add…

Hey esperent. I've added email/password auth for KTool. Can you give it a try? Thx

https://ktool.io

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