[HN Gopher] Hisense Hi Reader Pro: Android smartphone with a 6.1...
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       Hisense Hi Reader Pro: Android smartphone with a 6.1 inch E Ink
       display
        
       Author : teleforce
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2023-01-28 16:43 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
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       | sand500 wrote:
       | For me, one of the biggest drawback of eink is poor comparability
       | with scrolling content, e.g. reading HN. Ideally there would be
       | an app with page based navigation.
        
         | ahoya wrote:
         | It's not bad on modern eink. For example you can even watch
         | YouTube on this device comfortable
        
         | smnrg wrote:
         | EinkBro is a browser which by default uses pagination.
         | 
         | https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro
        
         | rchaud wrote:
         | on my Boox Note e-ink tablet, the OS comes with PgUp/PgDn soft
         | keys for this reason. Very useful addition.
        
         | victormustar wrote:
         | That's also what could interest me with this product, using
         | this technical limitation to avoid spending too much time
         | scrolling through content feeds.
        
       | rchaud wrote:
       | I'd be interested to know how well color images and PDFs display
       | on monochrome screen. I have an e-ink tablet and while text is
       | fine, images lack contrast and details can be hard to make out.
        
       | smnrg wrote:
       | All I'd want is this phone (can still use Venmo, Uber, and other
       | modern platforms) plus a stock ROM and relocking bootloader.
       | 
       | One could use adb and RethinkDNS to freeze or firewall
       | connections and some processes, but it's a lot of work and a poor
       | experience.
        
       | xrd wrote:
       | Looking forward to the HN post in a few years where someone has
       | ported Doom to it.
        
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