Whatever happened to cheap eReaders?
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Way back in 2012, The Guardian reviewed an eInk reader which cost a mere £8. The txtr beagle was designed to be a stripped-down and simplified eReader. As far as I can tell, it never shipped. There were a few review units sent out but I can't find any evidence of consumers getting their hands on one. Also, that £8 price was the subsidised price when purchased with a mobile contract. Their w…
  • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I would rather pay more for a better device, and preferably not one from Amazon if I can help it. Its only a matter of time before they start cracking down even more on side loading

    They already started that technically with removing USB downloads. I got sick of their shit and jailbroke my Kindles. They live in KOReader now.