alt Hacker NewsMy wife bought one of these: https://getfreewrite.com/products/freewrite-traveler
Reviews are wildly polarised. * Some folks find it to be the best thing ever [long battery life, the new patch makes the eink surprisingly fastly responsive, decent keyboard, no distractions] * While others find it terrible [it's still eink, that's a lot of money for a device that doesn't actually do much]
You can find a selection of alternatives, and homebrewed options, here: https://www.writerdeck.org/
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wolvoleo • today at 4:50 AM
Looks great but the price is pretty insane, and really the eink should be a lot bigger. So much wasted space on the bezels.
daoboy • yesterday at 9:06 PM
That homebrew page is pure gold. Thank you for the suggestion!
That looks really cool, but that price point. I could get a Steam Deck + travel keyboard and still come out ahead.
Is that the true price for a low volume, niche product? Eink monopoly continues to make the world worse?
Looked it up, and the original One Laptop per Child came in around $200