This weird e-ink laptop is my dream computer
The Boox 打å—机 — Boox Typewriter is how Google translates
it from Chinese — is an upcoming laptop from Onyx, a Chinese maker of a
myriad of e-book products (via Liliputing).
The Boox line of products typically Android, and add interesting
touches to the traditional e-book experience, such as pen input or huge
screens.
In an online brochure (which is accompanied, naturally, by a peppy soundtrack)
announcing its latest onslaught of e-ink products, Onyx lists the Boox
打å—机 as a 9.7-inch "electronic ink typewriter for more focused writing or
better reading." That's all the info we have so far, but I'm already in
love.
"But wait, Paul! There's already an e-ink typewriter you goofus." Yes, I've heard of the Freewrite
"smart typewriter." Specs-wise it's exactly what I'm looking for: e-ink
screen, great keyboard, endless battery life, and zero extra features
to distract me from writing. But it's also enormous, and I can't imagine
myself putting it in a backpack — or, even worse, pulling it out of a
backpack in sight of other coffee shop patrons.
It's weird to me that there aren't more e-ink laptop
options out there. The panels themselves are cheap and plentiful,
Android is free, and rest of the parts to make a low-end ARM laptop go
for around $100. There was a brief moment when Pixel Qi was going to be a thing and give us the best of both worlds, but that sadly wasn't to be.
The 9.7-inch Boox Typewriter probably has a garbage
keyboard, and some old and crusty version of Android. But it's all I
ever wanted in a machine. And I want one.
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