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The Boox Poke 3 is my new favorite e-reader
There are plenty of e-readers to choose from out there, but never enough for me. I’m always questing for the one that will make me forget that there are others available, and in the Onyx Boox Po
The Freewrite Traveler is an outstanding, but expensive, dedicated portable writing laptop
As a hardware startup, Astrohaus stands apart because of its unique offerings focused specifically on writers and writing. Its debut product, the Freewrite, looked like an old-school travel typewriter
The reMarkable 2 improves on the original in every way, but remains firmly in its niche
I’d been asking for something like the reMarkable for a long time before it showed up out of the blue a few years ago. The device was a real treat, but had a few problems and an eye-popping pric
LivingPackets hopes to nurture a circular economy with its smart parcels
More than ever before, people are getting life’s essentials delivered — good news for Amazon, but bad news for the environment, which must bear the consequences of the resulting waste. LivingP
ReMarkable’s redesigned e-paper tablet is more powerful and more papery
It's no secret I'm a fan of the reMarkable, a tablet with a paper-like display that's focused on text and sketching rather than rich media and games. The sequel to the original, announced today, looks
With $15M round and 100K tablets sold, reMarkable CEO wants to make tech ‘more human’
The reMarkable tablet is a strange device in this era of ultra-smart gadgets: A black and white screen meant for reading, writing, and sketching — and nothing more. Yet the company has sold 100,000
Amazon’s entry-level 2019 Kindle is let down by a sub-par display
Amazon's Kindle is of course the brand most think of when they consider buying an e-reader, but competition does exist and the truth is it makes the company's newest entry-level device look like a poo
E Ink debuts a new electronic drawing technology
E Ink — a name synonymous with e-reader screens — just debuted a new writing display technology called JustWrite. The tech offers the company’s familiar monochrome aesthetic — albeit i
The Freewrite Traveler offers distraction-free writing for the road
If you’ve ever tried to write something long – a thesis, a book, or a manifesto outlining your disappointment in the modern technocracy and your plan to foment violent revolution – y
Sony’s 10″ Digital Paper Tablet is an ultra-light reading companion that needs to do more
Last year I had a good time comparing Sony's DPT-RP1 with the home-grown reMarkable. They both had their strengths and weaknesses, and one of the Sony's was that the thing was just plain big. They've
Sony shrinks its Digital Paper tablet down to a more manageable 10 inches
I had a great time last year with Sony's catchily named DPT-RP1, an e-paper tablet that's perfect for reading PDFs and other big documents, but one of my main issues was simply how big the thing is. L
Sony and reMarkable’s dueling e-paper tablets are strange but impressive beasts
Poor paper. It's in that ironic category where those who love it the most are the ones trying their hardest to replace it. Case in point: Sony and reMarkable, a pair of companies as unalike as you're
Crowdfunded reMarkable e-paper tablet ships on August 29
The idea of using technology to replicate the simplicity and versatility of paper is an enduring one, but no device has nailed it just yet. That may change with the reMarkable, a unique and ambitious
The reMarkable tablet is original and ambitious, unlike pretty much all the other ones
Years ago I called for a black and white computer, and that strange desire still lives within me today. While no one has yet taken me up on this amazing idea, the monochrome devices that do exist have
Sony revamps its Digital Paper tablet with new screen and interface
Sony's mammoth 13-inch Digital Paper tablet, essentially a huge Kindle you can write on, is still a pretty rare sight, but I've always had a soft spot for it. So I'm glad the company is doubling down
Books and roses
Anyone who thinks paper books are dead has never been in a Barcelona bookshop the day before Sant Jordi. The Patron Saint festival is Catalunya's equivalent of Valentine's day. But as well as giving l
E-Ink and Quirk Logic look to replace whiteboards with 42-inch Quilla displays
What would you do if you had an e-reader the size of a TV? Probably not read books. E-Ink and Quirk Logic think you'd write on it, and that's what they hope you'll do with the Quilla, a 42-inch displa
E Ink brings rich color to ePaper, but not to e-readers
E Ink, maker of the ePaper displays found in many e-readers (maddening to have three different e prefixes in one sentence, but it's unavoidable), announced a brand new type of reflective display that
Barnes & Noble Releases A New Nook-Branded Samsung Tablet
Alas, poor Nook! I knew him, Reader: a tablet of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: it hath borne me into the library a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rim
Moscase Is Like Batman’s Utility Belt For Your iPhone
The average phone case is basically a piece of plastic that protects your device when you drop it. But what if you could add modular features to your iPhone like a heart rate monitor, a grappling hook