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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's most unlikely it's 60Hz refresh. Also i'm not convinced of the need for microphones and speakers on a 10.3" eink note /annotation device. Thin makes for abysmal acoustics.
There are three main competing devices with this size screen.
Are there any decent ereaders that don't have an alloy chassis, which is a necessity?
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Since it runs a full Linux distro you can use the mic/speaker for online meetings. You could also use it to record lectures/in-person meetings and play them back later. Makes sense for a note taking device. Other devices like the Boox Note Air/Note 3 and Likebook P10 also have them.
They did update about the 60Hz business:
"Edit August 16 00:09 UTC: A previous version of this post listed the e-ink panel’s refresh rate at 60Hz. This number requires much more context. It takes multiple frames to display most images on an e-ink panel. The visual performance of the panel also depends on the method of converting the screen image to data the panel understands. We will be unable to make estimates of the panel’s true performance in frames per second without much more testing and development. So we’ve removed the 60Hz figure for now. We apologize for any misunderstanding."
This will easily be the most open eReader available. Of course it will probably have a lot of software kinks especially in the beginning but it is exciting IMO to have an essentially eInk linux tablet available with all the expected parts.