42 points Perroboc 1 hour ago 11 comments

ihuman 55 minutes ago | parent

packetlost 35 minutes ago | parent

Too bad this didn't make it into the new Kindle Colorsoft. Oh well

MattTheRealOne 30 minutes ago | parent

Hopefully this means a new Kobo Libra before too long.

IshKebab 27 minutes ago | parent

This is their colour filtered black and white product. Quite muted colours in the past and it only really works well with a front light, which kind of ruins the point IMO.

I'm much more interested in their Spectra and Gallery displays which use color pigments. You can even buy e-ink gallery style displays for a totally unreasonable price!

https://inkposter.com/products/inkposter-tela-28-5?variant=4...

Actually to be fair that is not a totally crazy price.

zeeveener 14 minutes ago | parent

I wonder how white balance is handled across these products.

I recently bought the InkJoy frame which is similar to what's sold at your link and the white balance is _awful_ and grey.

I naively expect these to reflect light like paper photos and be nearly identical in that regard when mounted beside each other on a wall, but I've been disappointed with the results so far.

Colour depth is not _as_ big a deal to me as the image simply looking natural among printed photos.

BoingBoomTschak 25 minutes ago | parent

Still nothing for people who don't care about the color gimmick? I mean my Aura One is still going strong, but I fear it'll never be replaced by something better (or even as good).

teroshan 20 minutes ago | parent

I'm in the exact same situation, still rocking an Aura One with KOReader and can't find anything with that form factor in black/white that satisfies me.

There's something to be said with a device that has a single purpose and supports custom firmware: other than the micro-USB port and the slightly shorter battery charge I don't think I will be changing it soon.

stuxnet79 15 minutes ago | parent

Once I saw that Kobo was going all in on the color e-readers I decided I'm going to sit this whole trend out and bought another Aura One. Between it and the one I currently own they should carry me for a long, long time.

The Aura One is essentially perfect. The only gripes I have are the USB port and non-removable battery. It is a bit slow with the stock OS but with KOreader it runs amazingly well.

jdprgm 2 minutes ago | parent

I also have a kobo aura one and was just recently researching potential upgrades and was shocked even looking outside of strictly kobo that I couldn't find anything that was a clear upgrade or equivalent on various features against it. For a product almost ten years old it's so weird.

real_faxenoff 8 minutes ago | parent

I've always wanted a color E-Ink tablet, but I could never figure out exactly why. Doctor, what's wrong with me?

qzw 4 minutes ago | parent

Me too. But it’s better than wanting a megayacht or some other more ridiculous affliction, isn’t it?