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[-]LarrySwinger1(+1|0)

This device is the real deal can confirm. I forget what the issue was exactly, the note taking option was a bit basic like there were no structured notes. But it wasn't a deal breaker either way.

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[-]iSnark2(+2|0)

I think the price point is a high for a technology that most have not seen or experienced first-hand.

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[-]LarrySwinger1(+1|0)

It's worth the investment if you make heavy use of it. They talk about sustainability on the webpage but the battery cannot be changed so it isn't good for occasional use, you'll damage the battery.

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[-]x0x70(0|0)

There are cheap $6 LCD ones on Amazon. Maybe those have to take off a little first just so people have the familiarity to know they want something better.

It's a paradox. To sell something of high value that is new you need something that can be done for cheap while being good enough that people want more of it but better, but not so good that people don't just stick with the cheap version.

The model a lot have used in the past is vastly subsidizing the hardware and making the money some other way. But doing the math the amount of revenue you would need to make monthly to be able to knock that price down for selling peoples notes back to them would be enough to chase people away on its own. IDK, maybe people would pay $20 a month for their own notes.

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[-]LarrySwinger0(0|0)

There are cheap $6 LCD ones on Amazon.

Got any links? At that price point it has got to be utter crap. Like you can never pay a team for their effort that way. It sounds more like the price of some cheap Chinese product. Come to think of it the Trekstor Pyrus Mini is very cheap and still decent. After inactivity it turns off entirely to save battery, that way it can have a small battery as well for lighter weight.

It'd be immoral to have people pay for access to their own notes imo, it's like a company will own part of your brain. In the spirit of freedom people should have access to their own data. There's the Hemingway note taking device that uses this model, it turned me off from it. I believe you need to register a cloud account to even use it and it will send your data automatically.

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[-]x0x70(0|0)

https://www.amazon.com/mafiti-Writing-Scribbling-Drawing-eWriter/dp/B07VM4CYXQ

It's marketed as a toy and mostly is I assume. You know the esp32 chip revolutionized hybrid power in microcontrollers. It's not that hard to set up. Point being is that with a little effort it is possible for cheap devices to save power without fully turning off these days. So there could be some cheap devices without that downside.

I think the main two problems with trying to use these devices would be a lack of networking and a lack of memory. Still kind of cool idea for maybe a fridge notepad for grocery lists.

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