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Rez 3d ago

@joel @jp Neat! It seems a little small for my liking, but I do get that there are many use-cases out there. Let us know what you think after breaking it in a little more!

Profile13115 3d ago

@joel @jp There is a custom open source firmware if you are not aware yet, looks promissing: https://github.com/crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader

GitHub - crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader: Firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper display reader

Firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper display reader. Contribute to crosspoint-reader/crosspoint-reader development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@fredy_pferdi yep, it's what I installed on mine!

Profile13115 3d ago

@joel Amazing, is it possible to fully disable wifi and bluetooth in the gui?

@fredy_pferdi not from what I saw, I don't worry much tho

theTangent.Space 3d ago

@joel just looked up that book, how had I not heard of this series?

@theTangentSpace I had it in my collection for a while because of a Humble Bundle, decided to start it on this!

Beware of spoilers btw

Can we have a pic of a page to see how many lines we get ?

Jeremy 3d ago

@hyde @joel I just uploaded one here!
https://polymaths.social/@jp/statuses/01KMG3MG2EA0V2JD6G1XK89FP1

Jeremy (@[email protected])

[1 media attachment] @hyde @joel @tootbrute It's really not as bad as you'd think. This is the default font size with the Crosspoint firmware and I find it more comfortable to read on than my phone at the same distance. Probably because of the e-ink. And yep, there's no light. But that's not a big concern of mine for a secondary pocket reader.

polymaths.social

@hyde @jp sure

Not bad actually.

@joel @jp what kind of files can you upload there ?

@hyde @jp epub files are what I've tried, also sleep wallpapers in BMP format

Hyde 📷 🖋

@joel @jp No PDF support ?

@hyde @jp I'm inclined to say no.
The device is based on ESP-32 and has like half a megabyte of ram

Judeau (EatTheRich)3d ago

Adam 3d ago

@hyde I believe the device only supports txt and epub file formats. @joel @jp

thanks!

@joel @jp I love the small size of these. I have also seen people attach them to the back side of their phone. I'm not sure how practical that is, but I at least like the idea of it. Haha!

I definitely plan on picking one of these up at some point. I looked a while back but I could not find a good US distributor without a ridiculous markup.

@Judeau @jp I got mine from AliExpress

Also attached the magnet to my phone case lol