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| From | Paul <nospam@needed.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware, alt.comp.hardware |
| Subject | Re: Why don't ePaper-devices do apps? |
| Date | 2012-07-23 21:12 -0400 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <juksql$s8r$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <jukjgq$84b$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com wrote:
> 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?
>
Special purpose devices, don't perform general purpose functions ?
Or stated another way, things that aren't computers, aren't computers.
An epaper device, places an emphasis on saving power, so it's
not intended as a replacement for some other small-form-factor
computer-like device. And the display technology is likely
selected as the lowest possible power using type. If the display
updated more rapidly, it would be an LCD, and it would gulp down
battery juice.
Paul
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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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