@limerod@reddthat.comM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 1 year agoMinimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboardwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down115
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkMinimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboardwww.notebookcheck.net@limerod@reddthat.comM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-square@histic@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI wonder how hard it would be to open source something similar with something like an nrf52 or similar and a 3d printed enclosure I might have to look into this tbh
minus-squareSeekPielinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-21 year agoIdk if Bangle.js is open source, but I imagine a e-ink display could be possible?
minus-squareMaggiWuerzelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoMain problem will probably be battery life. At least if you want to do more than show the time on it.
minus-squareCaptain HowdylinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIirc there’s a pine watch. Maybe it didn’t have e-ink
minus-squaredirective0linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoI wish Eric had given us pebble v2 instead of beeper, honestly.
minus-square@machinaeZER0@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI got into Pebble last year, hahah. I have four now because I’m a weirdo (two Times, a Time Steel and a Round). Thank goodness for Rebble!
minus-square@enix@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoHopefully you have better luck with the batteries than I did
RIP in peace Pebble
I wonder how hard it would be to open source something similar with something like an nrf52 or similar and a 3d printed enclosure I might have to look into this tbh
Idk if Bangle.js is open source, but I imagine a e-ink display could be possible?
Main problem will probably be battery life. At least if you want to do more than show the time on it.
Iirc there’s a pine watch. Maybe it didn’t have e-ink
I wish Eric had given us pebble v2 instead of beeper, honestly.
I got into Pebble last year, hahah. I have four now because I’m a weirdo (two Times, a Time Steel and a Round). Thank goodness for Rebble!
Hopefully you have better luck with the batteries than I did