Boogie Boardin'

[Theory5]

Hey I found this great tablet called a boogie board, and its only for $30! It doesn't use any electricity to hold a display on the screen, just to erase it.

I really want to get one, but I have a few hangups on the design. First off the boogie board does not (yet) have any memory, so you can't save pages. Popular science says later versions may have that ability. Another problem I found is on their website, the watch battery is sealed into the case, so it can't be replaced and the website doesn't talk about replacing it at all. But the good news is that the battery runs for literally years, so you probably are getting the most out of the $30 bucks you spend!

And once I get $30 I am going to buy this :-)

what do you think?

[alexander]

thinking that one might be able to build an arduino interface for it.... depending on how easily hackable the hardware is...

[freeztar]

What would you use this for?

 

With some memory, I could definitely see some uses. But as it stands: $30 for a virtual piece of paper?

 

Pros: Cheap, Does not use paper or ink

 

Cons: Can not fit in pocket, no permanent storage, not as easily available as pen and paper, poor design

 

Good idea, but it needs to at least offer an SD slot or something.

[Theory5]

What would you use this for?

 

With some memory, I could definitely see some uses. But as it stands: $30 for a virtual piece of paper?

 

Pros: Cheap, Does not use paper or ink

 

Cons: Can not fit in pocket, no permanent storage, not as easily available as pen and paper, poor design

 

Good idea, but it needs to at least offer an SD slot or something.

 

I think at the moment it is meant to replace notepads, stickypads and lists. I dont know about you guys but I have a bunch of stickynotes plastered all along my wall and on my desk. This could help clear things up. I really do hope that their next model does incorporate some memory.

[freeztar]

What about this?

Jørn Christensen - www.mettle.dk - [email protected]

 

Yeah, it is utterly mindblowing that they would not provide a memory slot of some kind. It wouldn't cost much money for them and it would open this device up to many more uses. :shrug:

[alexander]

if you could build an interface to it via an arduino or a parallax propeller, you could turn it into a kindle, kindle, but way cooler...