Putin gave Xida's yotaphone to make the electronic ink screen once again the focus of attention. However, yotaphone is no better, purely for the ink screen to change the mobile phone is not worth it. Although we introduced such an InkCase electronic ink screen last year, it seems that it has not entered the lives of most people. Now, this screen has evolved to the third generation inkCase i6, will it be closer to us?
Although it is the second screen of a smartphone, InkCase is more like a smart hardware connected via Bluetooth and mobile phone. It is similar to the smart watch Pebble, but the location has changed. So it can't (or doesn't want to) achieve dual screen synchronization. The InkCase has a built-in memory and decoding chip. The information on the app that you want to display to the second screen is sent to the InkCase conversion decoding via Bluetooth and displayed in electronic ink.
The app on the mobile phone should be displayed on the InkCase. It needs to be developed based on the SDK provided by InkCase. When and what content is pushed to the inkCase screen, the application developer needs to design. They once released the 1.0 version of the SDK, but the function is relatively simple, and now they are preparing the 2.0 version of the SDK for the third generation, conservatively estimated to be available before and after the Spring Festival. Along with the third generation of products, they launched five apps to meet the needs of users to basically use the ink screen for reading, information inquiry and so on.
As a relatively independent intelligent hardware, the increase in the number of apps and the increase in product sales have become "the problem of having chickens or eggs first." Apple Watch relies on the brand does not need to worry about the number of apps, inkCase obviously does not work, before the widespread consumer recognition, the app, especially the super app developers, will not easily develop apps for it, but there are not enough common apps, It is difficult to gain widespread recognition from consumers. On this issue, founder Yang Guanzhe said that they are also actively communicating with domestic super app software companies to get their app support inkCase, on the other hand, they are also preparing to hold a developer conference to attract more developers' attention. After all, what apps users like to use on the ink screen first, they also did user surveys. The results are mainly news viewing, WeChat, reading and music. The iReader Android version already supports inkCase, and others are actively contacting. .
Several important issues, the founders also answered:
Why not double screen sync :
1. The amount of data transmitted by dual-screen synchronization is too large, and the power consumption is high. The method of pushing the app on the mobile phone to the second screen can significantly reduce the amount of synchronized data and save power.
2. The front screen and the back of the mobile phone have different application scenarios, and the experience of color and black and white users is also very different, and it is more suitable to design their own apps relatively independently.
3. The smartphone has a short battery life, and the two are relatively independent to ensure that the information stored in the InkCase can still be displayed for a while even if the phone is out of power.
How to further reduce the power consumption to the second screen:
The app push data on the mobile phone adopts the method of updating and pushing. When the content does not change, for example, when reading a book, it is not necessary to synchronize data and save power. The Bluetooth 4.0 power consumption of the new generation is also significantly lower than the previous 2.0. It can take about 7 days to charge the InkCase once.
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