I'm tempted, despite being wedded to Kindle. I can search for and borrow a library bok on Libby in 30 seconds, then have it automagically appear on my Kindle; I doubt the experience is so seamless with Crosspoint, and of course the progress won't sync. But otherwise, an e-ink screen on the back of my phone is something I have always wanted. Hey Amazon, how about a Kindle counterpart to this?

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jacek 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

- Libby on Xteink: https://www.theverge.com/tech/976390/xteink-x3-x4-x4-pro-e-r...

- There's KOReader sync in Crosspoint

But the biggest issue with Kindle is the vendor lock-in and the books don't even belong to you. There were many cases of Amazon deleting books with no refunds. That's why I am not getting any Kindle ever again.

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akho an hour ago | parent [-]

I've owned several Kindles, and haven't bought a single ebook from Amazon.

	▲	expedition32 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		My public library books are DRMed with Adobe and officially you're supposed to read them on your phone lol. But it is easy to convert them.

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samizdis 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Going back a decade or so, I bought a Yotaphone 2, which had a full-sized e-ink display on the rear. Fantastic for any text reading/writing in bright sunlight (I was based in Sydney at the time). Yotaphone is now dead, but I really don't understand why the idea hasn't been taken up by other makers.

Review (overly lengthy) from 2014: https://www.expertreviews.co.uk/technology/phones/yotaphone-...

	▲	Cthulhu_ 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> but I really don't understand why the idea hasn't been taken up by other makers. Same, but now that it quickly looks like smartphone-sized e-ink readers are the 2026 hardware trend, I can see them making a comeback now. Or as an "outside" screen on foldable phones.