Aclaratory notes about e-ink

[CounterPillow]

Just surprised me that Pine decided to enter the e-ink readers segment with such a big screen and price point, instead of going for a 6-7" reader like the Kindle ones, just to read for causal users.

The Kindles are heavily subsidised through book sales by Amazon. PINE64 would not be able to make an eReader of a similar price point.

The most important things for such devices are not to have magnetic pen support, but have such a good e-ink and screen that's like reading a book.

As somebody who owns and regularly uses a reMarkable, having good pen input is absolutely a selling point for a device. If you use your eInk devices mainly for reading books, then I see why you are not so much persuaded by the pen input. However, I for one appreciate no longer having random stacks of papers in my room getting larger with my scribbles.

No idea how the PineNote will be, but that would be a really steep price for not being outstanding.

The used SoC is an incredibly good choice for moving eInk out of the realm of eReaders and into the realm of more general computing devices, as it is much higher performance than those used in eReader type devices.

As for your question about the screen, all eInk screens are made by precisely one company. In essence, if you have seen a 10.3 inch eInk display, you know exactly which one it uses.