Yes i see them in Japan alot

No annoying autocorrect to mess up my typing is pro too!

@@lindam78 Oh yes. First thing I've always done, every time I've installed a new version of Word, is switch off auto correct, which is the cause of more errors than it has ever properly corrected.

So this was what those little things were!! I saw sooo many in one cafe during the lunch break!

@@user-wy1nv8uf1z I own a Dasung since years, and I also have a Yoga Book C930 with a secondary eink display.

What about a display without the keyboard so the experience can be as premium as you desire? Maybe with a split ergonomic keyboard or just a 20 dollar office keyboard, whatever you can afford.

@@MrGamelover23 Having random pieces around is not ergonomic and usable as a laptop for on-the-road usage.

@@eldino random pieces? I'm essentially talking about a tablet that you can attach any keyboard to.

@@MrGamelover23 Yes. A tablet, a bluetooth keyboard and a bluetooth mouse. A combo that is usable only at home. Good luck using that on the train, on a bus, on very small tables such as cafès, in crowded spaces, on your legs. What you suggest is a very approximate workaround compared to a proper laptop.

Good. An e-ink typewriter/word processor should be like $100-$200 not $500-1000

Free write is crazy hipsters toy really) The only advantage is support of many languages.

Very true, plus I'm pretty sure are the Panasonic brand of rechargeables. Supposed to be long lasting for durability

@@FisherGrubb same technology that is in the ikea eneloop rechargables pretty much lots of good testing online shows that the ikea ones are pretty good and for that price defo good. yeah 1.2v not 1.5v when an alkaline battery reaches 1.2v the battery meter on the unit will show that it's about about 20% charge remaining. With the nimh eneloop that is practically full so it just needs know what to expect.

I get it. Hard to touch type on these dinky keyboards. Was really my only objection to this device. Maybe model DM40 would increase it's keyboard just that little bit more.

thanks for making this comment! 😅 if you don't mind, can you give us the order of release of these devices: DM30, DM100, DM200, DM300?

It reminded me T602;-)

I also have an alphasmart, and this seems like a nice alternative, especially with the QR code option as well.

I have this idea for what's effectively an alpha smart without the keyboard, so that way you can use any keyboard you want. You also could save your files into a flash drive or an SD card if you wanted. It's an idea that I'm looking into creating. Also, can the alpha smart display other languages like Japanese for instance?

the product page says 2AA batteries runs for only 20 hours! That seems like the only big flaw this has. Having to buy new batteries every 2 days if you were writing 10 hours a day seems ridiculous. You'd have to have new packs of batteries with you all the time.

It's the most critical part of the device, and they don't even mention it.

I'm not very particular about the feel of my keyboard, so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I'd say it's a little "clickier" than the scissor switch Mac laptop keyboard with about the same amount of travel. I'm comfortable using it for long periods of time. Traveling through a document is pretty slow for large files. Holding "Alt" and "up" or "down" gives you the same experience you'd usually get from "Page Up" and "Page Down" on a standard full-sized keyboard. As far as I can tell, that's the only way to move quickly though a document. If you type fairly quickly, you will notice the screen refresh is slower than standard screens, but I don't find it unbearably slow; it's much faster than e-readers typically are. It only causes me great frustration if I'm trying to hold down "left" and go too far before the screen refreshes. Same thing for "backspace."

@@a.m.bosworth Thanks for the details!

Seems so

I think that's addressed around the 1'55" mark

I'd recommend putting a book or other flat surface beneath it. The keyboard doesn't fold up on its own, but it does bow into your lap a bit if it's not supported, and it probably isn't great for the hinges to use it like that.

@@a.m.bosworth I figured that would be the case, thank you!

On lap .. not really good. You need a table, a book or something

It's not overkill, the watch battery keeps the RAM alive while you swap out the alkalines. This was very standard for 90s electronics.

Alkaline AA are 1.5 Volt, Eneloop are 1.2 Volt.

Buy Android ereader from Onyx and a bluetooth keyboard and you got it...

Goodness, my exact thoughts when I first saw this!

I think he said 20 hours early on

20 hours is good but the Freewrite wins out by being battery free here. This is beautifully compact though and the ability to save projects is attractive.

@@Ben-jx1ys Freewrite is battery free? Does it run off the energy of your writing? 🧐

@@hakonsoreide Not battery-free, but it has a built-in rechargeable battery instead of having to put in your own batteries.

@@woutvandessel1823 I know. I was trying to poke Ben there. I also think built-in rechargeable batteries isn't necessarily the best. Easily replaceable standard size rechargeables is how you make devices last longer.

It's a little bit shorter, but honestly not that bad.

This is >$200 less for one thing.

Ctrl + c (copy) Ctrl +v (paste) Shift +left arrow key or right arrow key (to highlight from where the cursor is blinking)

Shortcuts are so good once you learn them. Print a cheat sheet, if you use the commands regularly you'll know them by heart by the end of the week

Same problem here. I at least need to be able to load a DE (preferably CH) and SE Layout via software. Only Freewrite has this option yet. With the Smart Writter I could even switch the keycaps to my needs. Alternative: A Onyx Device + bluetooth Keyboard. As I want to write on a mechanical keyboard this alternative will not be cheaper but the combo comes with a e-reader and notetaking possibility. The downside: At least the Nova Air Combo doesn't come with a case that you can use to place the reader in a good position to use it with a keyboard. That will be unhandy. While one could figure out a solution at home it will definitly be annoying when one is travelling. Further I'm not shure if there is an onboard wordprocessor on the Onyx devices. Android wordprocessors could cause problem using them with an e-ink screen (like the notetaking android apps do on onyx devices...). I think there will be better solutions for those problems in the future but for now one is stuck with pricey semigood solutions. Furthermore apart from the pomera 6" you can basicly throw away all of those expensive devices when the battery dies.

Ciao! Ho visto che hai scritto che scrivi in Italiano... Quindi questo è meglio lasciarlo perdere? Com'è il Freewrite Traveler? Mi fa troppa gola

@@mazzarebe allora, io della Traveler mi sono innamorata, ed è l'unico strumento che supporti l'italiano: la tastiera fisica è US, ma puoi impostare l'italiano lato software e impostarlo come predefinito con un comando, io per abituarmi alla non-corrispondenza di tasti ci ho messo mezzora, ma se dovesse darti fastidio compri degli adesivi... purtroppo per chi scrive in italiano il Pomera non va bene. La Traveler ha i suoi difetti, ma io mi ci trovo molto bene, si adatta al mio metodo di lavoro (scrivi abbestia prima e poi assembli e correggi al pc XD). Il difetto più grosso è il costo: valuta se sei disposta a spendere quella grossa cifra, io mi sono decisa solo con lo sconto di campagna, pagandola molto meno all'epoca (circa 390€).

@@juuhachigo Grazie mille per la risposta dettagliata! Il fatto che scrivi abbestia con questo Traveler mi ha fatto troppo ridere ma sono felice di sentirtelo dire perché è proprio quello di cui ho bisogno. Il fatto che lo schermo non sia illuminato è davvero una rogna oppure no? Come sono i tasti? Fanno un bel rumore o non si sentono? Il costo è elevato ma per fortuna è quasi Natale e me lo faccio regalare dato che non sanno mai cosa farmi😂

@@mazzarebe non è illuminata e questo è uno dei difetti: se vuoi scrivere di notte e sei solo, poco male, accendi una lampada e ciao... ma se c'è qualcun altro che vuole dormire no, ecco. Una lucina a LED davanti all'e-ink, tipo nuovo Kindle, ci stava. La tastiera non è la meccanica della Freewrite grande, assomiglia più a quella di un classico portatile a tasti separati, e fa meno rumore, io trovo più comodo scrivere sulla Traveler che al pc (anche se per questo NaNoWriMo ha preso polvere e ho usato altro). L'unica cosa che mi sento di dirti è che non è pensata per fare editing: se vuoi tipo copincollare/aggiustare sulla Traveler... non puoi. Cosa che a me va strabene, ma che ad altri non piace. Ma se te la regalano, io approfitterei.... XDDD EDIT: Per sopperire alla luce puoi usare una di quelle lampade a molla da libro che si vendono su Amazon, magari mettendo un po' di gomma per evitare che il case si righi!

Enelop are intelligent basically they determine what the device is trying to pull, and they have to they are lithium batteries after all.

I was thinking the same as the calendar was showing the year 2018.

Nope, no update.

Nice. But was them with E Ink thoug?

@@TheBanguras Definitely not. We didn't see E-ink until 2004. Also, this is faster, has way more storage, and more font size options than most (early) 80s computers. What it doesn't have is a mouse -- and you really don't need one for this kind of work.

No wireless, whatsoever (except QR codes), from what they're describing.

Post school, Id use it for keeping a journal.

Notes and calendar entries save to .txt and spreadsheets safe to .csv files.

@@a.m.bosworth Thank you.

I believe they do have a setting for Chinese characters.

Try pressing the button with the Japanese characters beneath the ESC button at the top left.

@@Grenadine54 Thank you! It works!

The alpha smart is kinda similar but not the screen.

E-ink is front lit, for the most part.

@@rog2224 definitely, but I mean i wonder if this unit in particular has any lights 😁👍

It does not have any lights, so you'll have to use it in a well-lit space. I agree that spell check would be a nice touch... I know I'm going to forget to run my files through spell-check after exporting them...

Main reason I bought this was to get away from the autocorrect messing up with the flow of my typing! Buy a cheap clip on book light and your good to go.

Quite honestly, as a touch typist, the hardest thing to get used to here is the JIS keyboard layout. Single and double quotes, as well as many other punctuation marks, are in different places from a standard English keyboard.