Bigme Hibreak: These smartphone come with a color E-Ink screen and also Android 14
Bigme Hibreak: These smartphone come with a color E-Ink screen and also Android 14
The Bigme Hibreak is a new smartphone with a current operating system and an E-Ink display technology. The device will be available in two configurations.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16133938
Bigme Hibreak: These smartphone come with a color E-Ink screen and also Android 14
Odd choice to use Android 11 on one of them and Android 14 on the other. Makes me suspicious of their ability to keep these devices up to date over time.
The fact that they have to advertise the Android version tells me this will never see a single update.
Wow, a company with no working website, and only CGI renderings, with YouTube videos of their CGI products set to a techno track with the lyrics "Fuck it" playing over and over again.
Very legitimate. Who do I give my money to?
But it’s inheriting classics, breaking through!! What’s not to be excited about?!
<breathy> Bigme </breathy>
Any review? In theory interested (I have reMarkable 1, 2 and PineNote) but short of trying one myself I'd like to read what people here think, not just announcements, otherwise feels like an ad.
Obviously based on the community here, I'd also like to know, beyond the eInk screen performances (which seems to be the single biggest differentiating factor) if it's possible to use Linux rather than Android, like on the devices I already have.
Which do you prefer? reMarkable 2 or PineNote? I've been thinking of getting something like those.
I use the reMarkable 2 nearly daily. It's so much thinner and can be tinkered with (you can ssh to it then do whatever you want BUT the interface itself, the read/writing software xochtil is NOT open-source, hence hacks) so I prefer it.
That said the PineNote is quite powerful comparatively, both specs (which don't "feel" like much when you are on eInk anyway, even memory) and connectivity (e.g Bluetooth simply opening up a world of accessories) so it's cool to tinker.
What usage do you have in mind? Could help to differentiate both. Also FWIW I don't think the PineNote is in stock.