@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 10 months agoMinimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboardwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1274arrow-down114
arrow-up1260arrow-down1external-linkMinimal Phone: Low-priced smartphone with E Ink display and complete keyboardwww.notebookcheck.net@[email protected]M to [email protected]English • 10 months agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•10 months agoI wonder how hard it would be to open source something similar with something like an nrf52 or similar and a 3d printed enclosure I might have to look into this tbh
minus-squareSeekPielinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-210 months agoIdk if Bangle.js is open source, but I imagine a e-ink display could be possible?
minus-squareMaggiWuerzelinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoMain problem will probably be battery life. At least if you want to do more than show the time on it.
minus-squareCaptain HowdylinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoIirc there’s a pine watch. Maybe it didn’t have e-ink
minus-squaredirective0linkEnglish3•10 months agoI wish Eric had given us pebble v2 instead of beeper, honestly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoI got into Pebble last year, hahah. I have four now because I’m a weirdo (two Times, a Time Steel and a Round). Thank goodness for Rebble!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•10 months agoHopefully you have better luck with the batteries than I did
RIP in peace Pebble
I wonder how hard it would be to open source something similar with something like an nrf52 or similar and a 3d printed enclosure I might have to look into this tbh
Idk if Bangle.js is open source, but I imagine a e-ink display could be possible?
Main problem will probably be battery life. At least if you want to do more than show the time on it.
Iirc there’s a pine watch. Maybe it didn’t have e-ink
I wish Eric had given us pebble v2 instead of beeper, honestly.
I got into Pebble last year, hahah. I have four now because I’m a weirdo (two Times, a Time Steel and a Round). Thank goodness for Rebble!
Hopefully you have better luck with the batteries than I did