baicalin,
I want a $100 9.7" device.
Yet, I do not want the device you are describing.
I already have one device with large screen, limited storage that is (and needs to be) in the same room with the computer. I have a monitor.
For 100USD I can put up with the need to convert everything I want to read to pdf. I can put up with a limited storage and a limited battery. But my limits are - at least 20 standard books loaded on the device and several days of reading without needing to connect the device (to load a content or charge it).
Have a look at Amazon Kindle DX. They stopped making it, because there was only a limited market.
Have a look at Sony and their 13" $1000 device
Have a good look at txtr beagle - they tried to do something very similar, just with 5" e-ink screen. It retailed for 59Eur and it took *significantly* longer to develop than you have planned.
I have been watching the e-ink technology very closely ever since I discovered that Sony has started to sell the very first e-ink reader - Sony Librié in Japan.
I have seen RobertB coming here, completely ignorant about e-ink reader, full of wonderful plans about a device the company he worked for was going to [have] built. It took *much* longer than 2 months for his company to come up with a functional reader - an OEM built generic device with a slightly customized firmware. And - mind you - the company RobertB worked for was a full-blown electronic manufacturer with lots of engineers, distribution network and a brand-name.
I do not want to discourage you. We need ambitious people trying to make what others consider impossible. This is how great stuff gets created.
I want you to pause and make a detailed plan before you end up with $50000 in your hands and no way to manufacture the promised hardware.
Sit down and write a complete use-case for your device. - A detailed description of who is going to use your device (ideally several different classes of users) Write a detailed description of all the steps a typical user in each use-case would need to perform in order to use the device. From this description you get a list of all features that your device + bluetooth dongle (that you have to include in the price of the device) + software stack for PC AND Mac AND Linux AND [perhaps] Android need.
You need to have a detailed design - not internal circuits, but a list of features, case, connectors, user control interface (buttons, touchscreen ...)
If you want to have a good campaign you need to hire some native English speaker to correct the text on your page. You even have typo in the very first word of description:
Quote:
paerS
is 9.7 e-ink reader. only has blue tooth connectivity. paperS doesn't have high spec hardware but ...
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it is pa
perS and not paerS
I know you need someone. I am not a native speaker myself.
UPDATE:
Have a look at those guys:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...id-phone/posts
They already had a successful similar product on the market.
Yet, they took much longer than 2 months to produce, and at this moment they are about 2 months behind schedule, AND they still do not have the fitcases ready to ship. Fitcase is basically only a cosmetic add-on - a holder for phone and blue-tooth equipped small screen (inkCase).