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There are rumors they will release a V2 Pro version with touch and backlight in the second half of this year. They also have already announced the S4 that is b
by tmottabr 3mo ago
There are rumors they will release a V2 Pro version with touch and backlight in the second half of this year.
They also have already announced the S4 that is basically the same device, a bit ticker with touch and backlight and running android.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3mo agoIt has perfectly usable buttons. Adding touch feels like straying from the core proposition to have a minimal reader.
- jerojero 3mo agoif its still as open, I'm pretty sure the touchscreen can be worked out to work well. but I really agree with you, I'd love to have a frontlight on it. That's literally all I'd wanted over the current device. No touchscreen necessary. but between touchscreen + frontlight and neither, perhaps I'd be willing to have a touchscreen so long as the software is good (which something like crosspoint I'm sure would nail)
- c45y 3mo agoYeah I really like not having a touchscreen that I have to worry about bumping while I'm reading, a backlight is the only addition I would enjoy to the current x4
- jdhawk 3mo agoI love the buttons, would loath a touchscreen on this size format. Just add a backlight!
- sieve 3mo agoEvery item you add to the device adds a failure mode. Light is fine. Touch ... I don't know. I like the tactile feel of buttons. And Android means the device no longer runs on a microcontroller which has consequences for battery life etc. As long as they keep the original, minimal model active with minor QoL improvements, I guess it is fine.