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Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps?

From ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>)
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.hardware, alt.comp.hardware
Subject Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps?
Date 2012-07-31 01:20 +0000
Organization loft
Message-ID <a7oq7jF3kcU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <jukjgq$84b$1@dont-email.me> <lbis0816q0tooem97juruu10ce1oaj1uq1@4ax.com>

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In article <lbis0816q0tooem97juruu10ce1oaj1uq1@4ax.com>,
Charlie+  <chasg> wrote:
>On Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:34:04 +0000 (UTC), Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com wrote as
>underneath  :
>
>>We know that epaper takes half a second to update its
>>screen, so it can't keep-up with keyed input.
>>
>>But can't a method be found to buffer a [selectable]
>>number a chars, between screen updates. Or some 
>>other solution.
>>
>>And why shouldn't it have an email-client and a
>>'lynx-like' http-fetcher?
>
>I assume ePaper is the same as eInk? my Kindle does webpages etc -slowly
>and small-ly  but you can use it at a push!
>C+

The Kindle browser is certainly not perfect, but is useful for things like
bringing up google maps in a pinch, checking things you should have looked
up before you left the house and killing spam comments on your blog.

The kindle (not kindle fire, but regular kindles) is a linux device
and there are plenty of jailbreaks out there to get you into it.  It's
easy to develop/port Linux API  programs for it with Scratchbox or other
ARM linux cross compilers..
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Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2012-07-23 22:34 +0000
  Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Paul <nospam@needed.com> - 2012-07-23 21:12 -0400
    Re (2): Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2012-07-24 08:01 +0000
    Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-07-27 15:03 -0400
      Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? root <NoEMail@home.org> - 2012-07-27 20:04 +0000
        Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-07-29 20:10 -0400
  Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Charlie+ <charlie@xxx.net> - 2012-07-24 08:11 +0100
    Re (2): Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2012-07-26 17:58 +0000
      Re: Re (2): Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2012-07-31 01:21 +0000
      Re: Re (2): Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Charlie+ <charlie@xxx.net> - 2012-07-31 09:10 +0100
    Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2012-07-31 01:20 +0000
  Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> - 2012-07-24 07:57 -0400
    Re (2): Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com - 2012-07-26 17:58 +0000

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