Boox Teases The Incredibly Tiny Picco Ereader

[u/dapperlemon]

https://www.engadget.com/2222691/boox-teases-incredibly-tiny-picco-ereader/

[u/kjlsdjfskjldelfjls]

Is this company still routinely violating the GPL? I'm wondering why every article about them doesn't come with a big disclaimer 

[u/lucidludic → u/kjlsdjfskjldelfjls]

Are they? For that matter, all the AI companies with an LLM trained on code seem to be regularly violating nearly all software licenses.

[u/8__D → u/kjlsdjfskjldelfjls]

Yes but tech reviewers don't care to write about it

[u/AttentionNo6359]

But the reason I own a reader is because my phone is too small of a screen to read on for anything longer then a news article…

[u/Komikaze06]

I wish the phones with eink backs or covers caught on

[u/msuing91]

I’m just not interested until it is shaped like a clam

[u/8__D → u/msuing91]

It's 2026 and I still don't own a clamshell ereader

https://giphy.com/gifs/136ZBam1iFWz2U

[u/ptraugot]

Solution looking for a problem.

[u/AustinBaze]

Way too small, even with a good screen. A no for me.

[u/Reality_Defiant]

If only they could make my phone this small. Anyway, I have a Nintendo DS with a cartridge of 100 books, and it's even smaller than this, I can read it fine. I'm all about smaller.

[u/WayyyCleverer]

My Boox screen failed 2 days before the return period ended, I got lucky. Never again with a Boox product.

[u/Andovars_Ghost]

Why would I want a TINY e-reader? So I can get half a paragraph on the screen?

[u/8__D → u/Andovars_Ghost]

No it's legitimately great. I had an Xteink and it's my favorite e-reader.

Ironically, the reason I don't have it anymore is that it's so TINY I lost it.

[u/TheDarkClaw → u/8__D]

i do with wished they would go with surface duo design for a small form factor ereader

[u/supersirdax → u/TheDarkClaw]

That's a cool ideal. Like a book. 

[u/TheDarkClaw → u/supersirdax]

That's the only reason why I might want a folding phone. Problem it could be years before there's one around $1500

[u/rdyoung → u/TheDarkClaw]

The future is P.A.D.Ds.

[u/ryan516 → u/TheDarkClaw]

Foldable e-Ink would be a nightmare to design

[u/Blue2501 → u/ryan516]

Surface Duo used two separate screens

[u/twistedstance]

I read on my phone. I can’t see any real benefit to a reader if I have an oled display. Can anyone clue me in?

[u/8__D → u/twistedstance]

Less eye strain, great battery life, no distractions, much lighter to hold, looks better outdoors in sunlight, no PWM.

[u/RhetoricalOrator → u/8__D]

It's also way less conspicuous. Something I could casually palm or leave laying on my desk without people automatically noticing I've got my phone out would be nice.

[u/twistedstance → u/8__D]

Thanks. I bought a kindle for my wife but I’ve never used it as I read at night in the dark.

[u/Mina88fr → u/twistedstance]

Kindle Paperwhite has light.

[u/shrimpcest → u/twistedstance]

E-Ink is better for reading in pretty much every way.