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Am I the only one who thinks this is an obvious fake?!!!

180 hrs battery, usb, SD, wifi, mp3 player - all for $99! Hardware guys please let us know if this is even feasible and what the BOM would be!

I'm guessing us doodlers & sketchers will have to wait a few more years.

EDIT: just saw the Boogie Board post and clearly I'm wrong about the feasibility of a basic slate. Someone please make one: just needs sketch and USB for charging and export. All day battery and raw bitmap is enough to start!



The BoogieBoard is based on one of these: http://www.kentdisplays.com/products/lcdwritingtablets.html

It's output only; think dragging your nail across a laptop screen. You might be able to send signal to it, but there's no way to get information off.

I agree that this thing looks like vaporware. Too good to be true.


Screen size seems to be about the same as a Kindle DX. That goes for $379 and is thought to be a loss leader for Amazon. Also, I suspect that if somebody found a way to do stylus input on e-ink, AMZN would already be offering (or at least hyping) it.

So yeah, I'm going to agree with you...


First thing I looked for is a mention of the digitizing technology...and there is none. Capacitive? Ultrasonic? How do they do it with such long battery life?


I really hope it is not fake. One data point: seems like their site is hosted in the Czech Republic.


Seems cheap for a piece of e-ink display that size...




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