Was is currently the best eReader that isn’t forcing you into an ecosystem (like Kindle)?
Preferably smaller screen size and no colour display.
Was is currently the best eReader that isn’t forcing you into an ecosystem (like Kindle)?
Preferably smaller screen size and no colour display.
Xteink makes good tiny readers that have opensource firmwares. The new model will have a backlight and touchscreen. For larger e-ink, check out Boox. They run android and one of the few with gpu acceleration for the eink.
I’ve really enjoyed the x4 with crosspoint loaded onto it.
If you pick one up, grab a developer version as it makes it slightly easier to flash the custom firmware (takes 1-2 minutes using a web installer)
I also have an X4 that I’ve been liking a lot. There’s a few different custom firmwares to pick from, and the experience has been very nice. Simple, truly pocket sized, and sort of an “as many features as you like” situation with picking between the firmware options.
I also own a bigger Boox and phone sized Hisense Touch. They are both well made devices, and offer a very pleasant reading experience, but the simplicity of the ESP32 based X4 makes it feel more like a book. All the layers of android on top of the hardware on the other two really take away from the experience.
If there was an android rom specifically for liberating e readers that would be awesome.
The Hisense is also a hi-fi audio device so I keep it around for listening to my audio collection in lieu of owning a record player.
I’m interested in the Commodore Callback and could really see myself enjoying a modernized flip phone and the X4 as my daily EDC devices.