The Freewrite Alpha is a portable device designed for folks that want a distraction-free writing experience, but prefer a keyboard to pen and paper. It has a full-sized mechanical keyboard and a 6.5″ x 1″ monochrome LCD display that’s just large enough to display between 2 and 6 lines of text at a time, depending on […]
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Freewrite Alpha is a smaller, cheaper distraction-free writing tool (maybe too small, probably too expensive)
18 Comments on Freewrite Alpha is a smaller, cheaper distraction-free writing tool (maybe too small, probably too expensive)The folks at Astrohaus have been selling a line of distraction-free writing gadgets under the Freewrite brand for years. Straddling the line between laptops and typewriters, they’re basically keyboards with black and white displays, long battery life, and the ability to save what you write to cloud storage. Freewrite devices ain’t cheap though, with prices […]
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Ultimate Writer is a DIY E Ink typewriter (with a custom wood case)
Laptop computers have largely replaced word processors for most folks who want to do some writing/typing on the go. But laptops are also fabulous procrastination machines: games, websites, and cat videos await every time you sit down to write. So it’s not surprising that companies like Astrohaus have managed to convince some folks to spend hundreds […]
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Pomera E Ink typewriter coming to America (crowdfunding)
Japanese company King Jim has been selling a line of “E Ink typewriters” under the Pomera brand name for years, and now the company plans to bring its latest model to the United States. The Pomera DM30Â features a 6 inch E Ink display, a built-in keyboard, and a design that lets you fold the […]