Is there a good e-ink screen now to use for outdoor word processing

sdspieg · 04-26-2020, 12:17 AM

I have been following the e-ink market for years, waiting for a regular e-ink screen on a device that's bigger than a phone or even a regular Kindle (no WACOM required, no color required, maybe 10 inch?) but still affordable, with a decent refresh rate (NOT necessarily for watching videos, but to be able to browse the internet), running on Android (9?) with the Google App store, relatively sturdy (since it will be used outdoors), with the option to attach a bluetooth keyboard. So the main use case would be to JUST take it outside, do some research, but mainly just to work on drafting texts that could then subsequently still be edited on a more convenient computer indoors. I realize there is a market for stylus-based drawing or annotating. And of course those would end up costing more (WACOM layers, stylus). But surely I can not be the only one who just wants to be able to sit in the sun and type in documents in - say - Google Docs on a screen that is legible and shows me more than just a few lines at a time... And at a price point that doesn't break the bank. I obviously like the fact that Onyx (and a few others) are experimenting with new e-ink concepts, but isn't ANY vendor just focusing on this market niche?!?!

ottischwenk · 04-26-2020, 01:04 AM

The only device without Wacom that halfway meets the requirements is the Likebook Mars - 7.8 inches, Android 6.
For outdoor computing I use the Likebook Ares - 7.8 inch, Android 6. The Wacom stylus to place the cursor because the screen is too slow to display the mouse pointer.
All 10.3 inch devices with Android have Wacom.
The 10.3 devices have the same resolution as the 7.8, but the screen is not easily fragile, and they are more than 70% more expensive

fjtorres · 04-26-2020, 06:08 AM

Well, there's this:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=329209

Combine it with a bluetooth keyboard and a decent offce suite and you'll have a decent word processing setup. Not as cheap as the LCD equivalent but it'll work.

You can even get MS Office on it.

sdspieg · 04-28-2020, 12:48 AM

Thanks much!

04-26-2020, 12:17 AM	#1
sdspieg Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Nook, Kindle 3	Is there a good e-ink screen now to use for outdoor word processing I have been following the e-ink market for years, waiting for a regular e-ink screen on a device that's bigger than a phone or even a regular Kindle (no WACOM required, no color required, maybe 10 inch?) but still affordable, with a decent refresh rate (NOT necessarily for watching videos, but to be able to browse the internet), running on Android (9?) with the Google App store, relatively sturdy (since it will be used outdoors), with the option to attach a bluetooth keyboard. So the main use case would be to JUST take it outside, do some research, but mainly just to work on drafting texts that could then subsequently still be edited on a more convenient computer indoors. I realize there is a market for stylus-based drawing or annotating. And of course those would end up costing more (WACOM layers, stylus). But surely I can not be the only one who just wants to be able to sit in the sun and type in documents in - say - Google Docs on a screen that is legible and shows me more than just a few lines at a time... And at a price point that doesn't break the bank. I obviously like the fact that Onyx (and a few others) are experimenting with new e-ink concepts, but isn't ANY vendor just focusing on this market niche?!?! Last edited by sdspieg; 04-28-2020 at 12:49 AM.

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04-26-2020, 01:04 AM	#2
ottischwenk Wizard Posts: 2,870 Karma: 3933245 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Salzburg AT Device: Boox 4/14, Like-/Meebook 1/8, Tolino 1/10, Kobo 0/5, Kindle 0/3	The only device without Wacom that halfway meets the requirements is the Likebook Mars - 7.8 inches, Android 6. For outdoor computing I use the Likebook Ares - 7.8 inch, Android 6. The Wacom stylus to place the cursor because the screen is too slow to display the mouse pointer. All 10.3 inch devices with Android have Wacom. The 10.3 devices have the same resolution as the 7.8, but the screen is not easily fragile, and they are more than 70% more expensive

04-26-2020, 06:08 AM	#3
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Well, there's this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=329209 Combine it with a bluetooth keyboard and a decent offce suite and you'll have a decent word processing setup. Not as cheap as the LCD equivalent but it'll work. You can even get MS Office on it.

04-28-2020, 12:48 AM	#4
sdspieg Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Nook, Kindle 3	Thanks much!

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