It may seems to be an incongruous, stupid idea. But I think it can be done and it would give to Pyra a lot.
I thought to this when I saw this
I know that Eink screens are: cheap, very thin and very low power-consumption. Like you can see with this watch:
So the idea is to put a e-ink screen on the back of the Pyra lid.
We would be able to read ebook for longtime thanks to eink comfort, like a real book. It would be like we have all our books with us everywhere we go. It could also serve to display hour or informations on the Pyra when the main screen are closed.
A video which show and explain all awesome unusual benefits:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajqiG_4tLcc?feature=oembed
I thought to this when I saw this

I know that Eink screens are: cheap, very thin and very low power-consumption. Like you can see with this watch:

So the idea is to put a e-ink screen on the back of the Pyra lid.
We would be able to read ebook for longtime thanks to eink comfort, like a real book. It would be like we have all our books with us everywhere we go. It could also serve to display hour or informations on the Pyra when the main screen are closed.
For people who want to know what uses this could have, here are some examples an e-ink second screen on the back of the lid could give us:
Also, for the record, I would prefer we had regular e-ink instead of color e-ink. It has better dpi and refresh rates.
- Personalize your lid to have whatever design you want on the back when an app is not using it. Note that you can actually cut the power to an e-ink screen and it will continuously display the last thing it was displaying with no need for power.
- Use it as an ereader when it is closed.
- Show information from your music player such as current song, next song, etc. on the e-ink screen so you can check this information without having to open your Pyra
- As Kiga mentioned, you could display the time and date
- Display notifications sent by applications
- Display caller id and text messages for those interested in using the Pyra as a phone.
A video which show and explain all awesome unusual benefits:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ajqiG_4tLcc?feature=oembed
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