Thread: Earl: a 6" E-ink Android Tablet with Solar Panels and Radio
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Old 12-10-2013, 05:15 AM   #63
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Originally Posted by JAcheson View Post
Meet Earl

"Earl" is an Android tablet with a 6" e-ink screen and solar cells on the back, designed to be a back-country survival tool with GPS and preloaded maps. It also is set up to read Epub, Mobi and PDF.

Further, it has a fairly decent radio in it:


The tablet has a 3000mAh battery rated for 20 hours of active use. The solar cells are supposed to recharge it in 5 hours.

Originally seen on Engadget.

Frankly, I'm interested in the thing just to have a full-fledged Android tablet with an e-ink screen.
Oh wow. This is wild! Being a radio-geek and ham radio operater since I was a kid I love this thing.
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