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This is very reminiscent of the Noteslate vaporware: http://www.noteslate.com/
except we waited until we had actual hardware prototypes before going public, from an ODM we've been working on for a while. and (some of our team) are on HN, which gives us much more street cred. and you can find pictures of us. one of the reasons I've been skeptical about the noteslate is because I couldn't really find out who was making it.
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> I guess we (i.e techie internet folks, you included) have been served so many crowd funded promises that it's difficult to believe things that are too good to be true. well, I personally have basically stopped contributing to crowdfunding campaigns, I've been burnt a lot. and this is also why we haven't gone public earlier, even when we've been working on this for years. > I truly understand and support that you do…
I appreciate your approach of avoiding speculation (apart from the mass-production uncertainties) and I've just pre-ordered. I have a couple LCD pen tablets (Samsung Note 10 and Surface Pro 3, apart from a USB Wacom Intuos 3) and a Kobo Aura H₂O, and your device looks like something I'd use often. Just to give you a little feedback, I don't expect any reply for now: - if the cloud sync can not be disabled I'll just n…
these uncertainties is why we hired Dragon Innovation early on. they're very, very good at this and has a very good track record when it comes to hardware startups (e. g. pebble and makerbot).
Very much want one, if it materializes I will feel very jealous of today's college students. This would have been a godsend, I would take notes in class, but organizing them was always a pain. I've lost several class notes I wish I kept. Will hold out until actual products are given to the public, I've seen several pitches for this that haven't materialized. Best of luck though, I will be waiting.
I too struggle (and fail) to keep physical papers organised. But I'm not sure why electronic papers should be any easier? Unless there's some amazing software that can recognise content automatically...
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"best developers" was a bit tongue in cheek, it was late and I didn't have time to come up with good wording (I'm not a good word person). but what I tried to convey; we know that even _if_ we can release a toolchain, we can't deliver a full, polished SDK. so "best developers" was more about developers that don't need any hand-holding. but again; we can't even promise that we have the time and resources to package up…
Is it safe to assume that it will be possible to update the firmware on the device so that some updates will be possible after shipping?
edit; also, it is a device connected to the internet. not supporting updating the firmware would be extremely irresponsible from a security perspective.
That said, and it might be nitpicky of me, but the choice of micro-USB for charging is a real annoyance. This is a premium device at a premium price point which I'm expecting to keep for many years. USB-C for portable devices is something that I'm considering a must-have at this point. Will probably wait for the first hardware revision.
Believe it or not, this is a product that could save an incredible number of lives over time, by allowing us to spend more time outdoors: http://sunlightinstitute.org/research-studies/
It's (partially) replacing paper. You can already take paper outside.
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except we waited until we had actual hardware prototypes before going public, from an ODM we've been working on for a while. and (some of our team) are on HN, which gives us much more street cred. and you can find pictures of us. one of the reasons I've been skeptical about the noteslate is because I couldn't really find out who was making it.
Will you show your working prototypes at CES then?
but seeing is believing, especially with this product, videos doesn't do it justice imho. so we need some way of getting it into the hands of people, probably some kind of ambassadors that have some reach and a lot of integrity. but this has to wait until our ODM finishes the next batches of prototypes, so we actually have devices that we can send out.
I've tried the prototype device, and I'm very excited that this is finally coming to market! That said, and it might be nitpicky of me, but the choice of micro-USB for charging is a real annoyance. This is a premium device at a premium price point which I'm expecting to keep for many years. USB-C for portable devices is something that I'm considering a must-have at this point. Will probably wait for the first hardwar…
So, it looks great but a) does it have a backlight b) can I sync it with my own server instead of some 3rd party cloud service?