🆕 blog! “Whatever happened to cheap eReaders?”
Way back in 2012, The Guardian reviewed an eInk reader which cost a mere ÂŁ8.
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 t…
đź‘€ Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/05/whatever-happened-to-cheap-ereaders/
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#ebooks #eink #reading
Terence Eden
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