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Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi

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rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/29/2015 4:21 PM, cl@isbd.net wrote:
> > rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 7/29/2015 5:26 AM, cl@isbd.net wrote:
> >>> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On 7/28/2015 10:02 AM, cl@isbd.net wrote:
> >>>>> rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> LK8000, which I prefer, is probably heading for the RPi but may also
> >>>>>>> appear on Android.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Again, I'm not following.  If you have an Andriod app, how does that get
> >>>>>> an ePaper display?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> It's quite possible to get an Android device with an ePaper display, I
> >>>>> have one and it's pretty good at what it does.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Take a look at the Icarus readers, the E653 in particular.
> >>>>
> >>>> How fast does it redraw the screen?
> >>>>
> >>> My guess would be somewhat less than 1 second though that's only
> >>> subjective.  It does produce some strange effects with standard
> >>> Android app animations but it mostly works pretty well.
> >>
> >> That is an e-paper display for sure then.  I'm surprised they included
> >> this display in anything other than a book reader.  So much of what a
> >> tablet or PDA does requires faster drawing times.
> >>
> >> Wait until you try to use it in cold weather.  They slow down a *lot*.
> >>
> > I'm rather unlikely to use it in the cold! :-)
> >
> > It's promoted mainly as an e-reader but with the advantage of being
> > much more 'open' than the proprietary Kindle etc.  I bought it for its
> > openness, it means I can read Amazon Kindle books *and* ePub books
> > from my public library (and for that matter other proprietary formats).
> 
> I assume you can also run your own code on it?  I've never been clear on 
> just how open Android devices really are.  I don't have one of my own, 
> but maybe it is only the Android cell phones that aren't very open.
> 
You'd have to root it, as delivered Android isn't open like a Linux
installation.  Android on a tablet is near enough the same as Android
on a smartphone, one of its advantages in a way.

-- 
Chris Green
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Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-06-18 22:39 +0000
  Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-06-19 19:10 +0000
    Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-06-19 15:34 -0400
      Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-06-19 20:36 +0000
        Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-06-19 23:22 +0000
        Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-06-19 23:58 +0000
          Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi hamilton <hamilton@nothere.com> - 2015-06-19 18:25 -0600
          Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-06-19 22:44 -0400
            Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-06-20 13:29 -0400
        Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi cl@isbd.net - 2015-07-29 10:26 +0100
          Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi cl@isbd.net - 2015-07-29 21:21 +0100
            Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 17:18 -0400
              Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi cl@isbd.net - 2015-07-30 10:23 +0100
                Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-07-30 11:14 +0000
                Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-07-30 12:55 +0100
                Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi cl@isbd.net - 2015-07-30 13:15 +0100
  Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-06-19 20:27 +0100
    Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-06-19 15:57 -0400
  Re: 4.41 inch ePaper Display for the rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-06-19 19:31 +0000

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