@riley E-ink tablet, FYI.
It has no SIM capability, no camera, though there are a mic and speakers. I keep authenticated apps to an absolute minimum (Pocket is that exception), though I'm thinking of adding email to it. Jitsi meet might be a voice comms option.
TL;DR: excellent for reading, good for Web (use Einkbro: https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro), quite good for podcasts, notetaking suprisingly good, multiple firmware upgrades over the past 2.5 years, which I consider good support (exceeds any prior Android device). Reasonably un-googled (no Google Play or Google registration), though still Android. Heavy use of F-Droid and Aurora Stores.
More recent releases double onboard storage. I'd still prefer to see ~512 GB (it's cheap). Document management is a major weakness.
I've written a few reviews and reflections mostly at Hacker News. Meta-review linking others: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36965197
From that:
For more on what e-ink delivers vs. tablets generally, see "The Case Against Tablets" (and specifically the long comment with the big table):
https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/880e5c403edb013918e1002590d8e506
The Long Comment: https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/880e5c403edb013918e1002590d8e506#956cc690403301391d35002590d8e506
Related topic, E-Ink Design Principles for Web and Applications:
- Persistence is free
- Paints are expensive
- Refreshes are slow
- Colours are very limited or nonexistent
- Line art displays beautifully. Raster images not so much
- Pagination navigation is strongly preferred to scroll
- Graphics are reflective rather than emissive
- Touch / Wacom may exist
- Feature detection capabilities are limited, particularly for HTML/Web (via media queries).
https://diaspora.glasswings.com/posts/638a8d10e041013afba8448a5b29e257
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