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posted by spiraldancing on Thursday January 30 2020, @06:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the there's-an-app-for-that dept.

An Open Source eReader That's Free of Corporate Restrictions Is Exactly What I Want Right Now:

I get it. The Kindle and its ability to shop for and instantly buy books anywhere using wifi or Whispernet are incredibly convenient, and it’s what’s made Amazon’s hardware the obvious choice for consuming ebooks. But supporting awful companies like Amazon is getting harder and harder if you were born with a conscience, and right about now, an open source ebook reader, free of corporate restrictions, sounds like the perfect Kindle alternative.

A fully open-hardware eReader, it includes the following design specs: ARM Cortex M4 processor, 400x300 monochromatic resolution, microSD card reader, lithium-polymer rechargeable battery, audiobook-capable headphone jack, and audio-command-capable microphone.

The Open Book Project was born from a contest held by Hackaday and that encouraged hardware hackers to find innovative and practical uses for the Arduino-based Adafruit Feather development board ecosystem. The winner of that contest was the Open Book Project which has been designed and engineered from the ground up to be everything devices like the Amazon Kindle or Rakuten Kobo are not.


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  • (Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Friday January 31 2020, @06:04PM (1 child)

    by barbara hudson (6443) <barbara.Jane.hudson@icloud.com> on Friday January 31 2020, @06:04PM (#951866) Journal

    Nobody considers servicing when buying or leasing a car. It's all about the monthly payments. And keep in mind - more than half of all cars sold are used, with no servicing included, and they STILL don't consider servicing costs.

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  • (Score: 2) by kazzie on Saturday February 01 2020, @07:56AM

    by kazzie (5309) Subscriber Badge on Saturday February 01 2020, @07:56AM (#952262)

    Some customers must be interested in maintenance costs, othereise the likes of Kia wouldn't have advertising campaigns harping on about the 7 year warranty they offer with all their cars.

    I am a buyer of used cars myself too. But the used market needs to be supplied by the buyers of new cars. I'm a bit surprised at people who prefer to rent a new vehicle for three years, as opposed to taking the hire-purchase or finance route which would leave them owning the vehicle at the end of the period. There'll be monthly payments whichever route you choose. Naturally, the dealers would prefer to lease the car out, as then they can get the second-hand sale price at the end of the lease period.

    The whole thing feels like "Driving as a Service" to me.