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Old 07-19-2017, 12:13 PM   #41
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There are generally compromises that result from flexibility, however. For example, eInk devices running Android tend to have a significantly shorter battery life than a dedicated eInk book reader, because the reader can "sleep" between page turns, which the Android device can't do.
Absolutely. Android is /per se/ not specialized for EPD use - maybe some fixes can come from the firmware developer, maybe the Android project will reckon that there are "markets" that may require expanding some areas.

It seems that Android is the only choice at the moment...
Ubuntu Touch: «The project was started in 2011, but on 5 April 2017 Mark Shuttleworth announced that the project would terminate due to lack of market interest.[6][7] The project was then picked up by the UBports» (Wikipedia)
Firefox OS: «in September 2016 [Mozilla] announced the end of development» (Wikipedia)
The only alternative - which realistically must include software availability - would be to port a desktop Linux. I have never collected information on why and where exactly this would fail.
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