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Originally Posted by setasai
If you can figure out how to make one cheaper, definitely do it. Depending on how much work it becomes and how much it costs, I'd be interested in building it as well. What would you use as the backbone software?
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As a Linux person I'd tend to using Linux, but that would probably require me to write a proper display driver (something, that's long been needed, for Wayland anyway) for the mobius. I guess most People would want Android, though, because it has a wider choice of touch-enabled software.
PS: I don't necessarily agree with your opinion that it's a niche product. In my opinion, it's the price and Sony's inept public relations which make it so. There are many people out there which read documents which only make sense to read on DIN A4 or larger, on a daily basis. Particularly education, business, and technical industries are full of them. Many, many would appreciate such a device at a somewhat reasonable rate (which might be around $200 at most, I admit, but we have to thank E-Ink for that, selling the Mobius at a premium only).