Re (2): Why don't ePaper-devices do apps?

From	Avoid9Pdf@gmail.com
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.hardware, alt.comp.hardware
Subject	Re (2): Why don't ePaper-devices do apps?
Date	2012-07-26 17:58 +0000
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<jus0ft$2lv$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References	<o5wPr.438300$%Q3.6425@en-nntp-15.dc1.easynews.com>

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In article <o5wPr.438300$%Q3.6425@en-nntp-15.dc1.easynews.com>, John McGaw <Nobody@Nowh.ere> wrote: 

> On 7/23/2012 6:34 PM, 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?
> >
> 
> They simply don't work well, or at least up to the
> standards that users have come to expect. 
> But that doesn't mean that is can't or hasn't been done.
> 
> http://lifehacker.com/5889158/
> turn-a-99-nook-into-a-fully-fledged-android-tablet-in-four-easy-steps
> 
Wow! That 'reads' fantastic.
So then, why don't the manufacturers sell it in
an 'opened-form'; if it's got an android-engine?

The low-power to read, with short periods to inet,
makes it meet the OLPC's original intentions.

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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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