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Feels ridiculous that we've had Kindles since 2007 but we've still got no A4-sized Colour E-Ink Tablet in 2024.


Sony made one a while back but I've never tried it, and it's as expensive as the remarkable if not more.

https://www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/design/stories/DPT-RP1/

https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/sony-digital...


The DPT-RP1 line was acquired by Fujitsu and is now sold at the Quaderno. The hardware has been updated a bit in the Quaderno Gen 2, including a Wacom digitizer. They're still great devices, and the same open source software for the DPT-RP1 (dpt-rp1-py) works with both Quadernos.


It's been awhile since I've looked into it, but are you sure the open source software is compatible with the latest Quaderno's?

I've been following this issue[1] on GitHub that seems to suggest people are still holding out for a solution.

[1] https://github.com/HappyZ/dpt-tools/issues/181


You're linking to dpt-tools. I've never tried that software.

I have a Quaderno Gen 2 and personally use dpt-rp1-py (https://github.com/janten/dpt-rp1-py), so I can confirm that at least it works. (When I first set it up, I had to run the "dptrp1 register" command twice because I got an error message the first time, but that hasn't come up again -- you only have to register it once on a given computer.)


That's why I'm waiting for further announcements of the Supernote A4x, it fits that bill as far as I can tell.


Sure we do: https://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/readmoo-mooi... . No idea of the quality, but it exists.


> You cannot sideload any apps, so you are stuck with the defaults, but the most damning thing, is that you cannot sideload PDF files, since the MooInk 2C lacks a PDF rendering engine.


You can see the price on this thing. Large e-ink screens are expensive, colour large e-ink screens even more so. How many people do you think would pay 900EUR+ for a device 2cm larger on each side?




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