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Very curious to hear experiences from anyone who has one of Hisense's e-ink phones. I recently bought a Boox android e-reader in this form factor, but I was eye
by superamit 3y ago
Very curious to hear experiences from anyone who has one of Hisense's e-ink phones. I recently bought a Boox android e-reader in this form factor, but I was eyeing this phone!
- bhpm 3y agoIt’s a shame Boox violates GPLv2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735962
- warkdarrior 3y agoI'm a happy user of Boox Nova Air, this is news to me. Has anyone sued Boox? I'm looking at a new device, maybe an Air 3, but I do not want to get one if I'm subsidizing their legal costs.
- bhpm 3y agoSadly there’s not a lot of money in defending open source.
- carlosjobim 3y agoIs it so incredibly important that it has to be said every time the brand is mentioned? Boox devices are good, and I don't think there is any other hardware that compares to what they offer.
- bhpm 3y agoOpen source is a cause near to the hearts of many people on HN. So, yes.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoI was briefly looking at the Boox Palma - which appeared to be an e-ink smartphone. I then discovered that the marketing page never mentions 4G or 5G support - because it doesn't actually have a cellular modem. I can see how most people would take that foregranted. Ouch.
- fortytw2 3y agoI have a HiSense HiReader Pro that I picked up right when it came out. It's absolutely loaded with nonsense + makes zillions of requests to Chinese IPs and it takes ages to figure out how to disable / block it all. It also only works on a single GSM band in the US (which to be fair, I knew before I bought it), but I was hoping that single band would be usable. I went back to using a Kindle because the experience is so much better all around. Vaguely intrigued by the new Boox Palma though.