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A $150 Buttonless, Open Hardware Answer to Kindle is being crowdfunded by Open Book Touch (itsfoss.com)
submitted 1 day ago by FirmDistribution@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/49429587

URL for the crowdfunding: https://www.crowdsupply.com/oddly-specific-objects/open-book-touch

Specs:

  • Display: 4.26" e-paper touchscreen, 480 × 800 px, warm + cool frontlight
  • Processor: ESP32-S3 dual-core, Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE
  • Memory: 16 MB flash, 8 MB PSRAM
  • Formats: EPUB and plain text, no DRM
  • Storage: microSD card slot
  • Interface: USB-C with integrated LiPo charging
  • Dimension: 78 × 120 × 10 mm, about 85 g
  • Open source: MIT-licensed firmware, open hardware (to be released at shipping)

It also has a replaceable 800 mAh battery, I found it cool :)

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[–] aggelalex@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Okay, but... Isn't pocketbook good enough?

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Pocketbook is great, and runs Linux out of the box. But it's not available globally

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.org 1 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Can I use a pocketbook with my self hosted OPDS server? My wife uses the Onleihe function it offers out of the box, but I would want to connect it to my book server.

[–] Anivia@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago

You can install KOReader on Pocketbook ereaders (no jailbreak required), which supports OPDS

[–] aggelalex@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

I haven't used anything like that, but a quick search brought up this:

https://github.com/j2robin/Pocketbook-OPDSClient

[–] MrFloppy@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

Aditional, Pocketbook can handle your public libary app, to read downloaded books from your public libary.