Kobo can run apps now
Article URL: https://bandarlabs.github.io/Cobalt/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49390427 Points: 236 # Comments: 91
Every screenshot below is a capture from a Kobo Clara BW. Store apps version independently of the platform; the rest ship with the platform install.
Opens installed apps and always keeps a route back to the Kobo reader.
Installs, updates, removes and reinstalls signed apps over Wi-Fi.
Browses a subject's newest preprints and reads the full text on the panel.
Store-only by design: installing it proves delivery of an app the USB package never contained.
Sends a typed message in Morse on the front light, one letter across the whole panel.
Researches, writes, narrates and plays an original audiobook.
Reads any OPDS library: Project Gutenberg, Standard Ebooks, Open Library, or yours.
Top, New, Ask and Show stories with complete comment threads.
Discovers a site's feed and presents its articles without the site's layout.
Collects the day's stories in the background while you use another app.
Asks a question and turns the answer into touch-friendly reading.
Approve or deny requests from coding agents, away from the keyboard.
A panel-native shell with keys that send input immediately.
The UI toolkit's controls, layouts, typography and states, on the panel.
Connectivity, hardware, and platform updates, kept separate from Store.
A persistent list with touch entry and completed-item states.
Two players, partial refreshes for individual cells.
Locates the hall sensor behind the bezel and reports its changes.
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