pomera e-ink typewriter

[ible]

https://liliputing.com/2018/05/pomera-e-ink-typewriter-coming-to-america-crowdfunding.html

this might have been an insta-buy if it had an american keyboard layout and/or linux operating system and/or pyra wasn't coming out soon...

 

[levi]

Oh, that was a disappointing reveal. To me a typewriter needs to have a half moon of little metal letter hammers above the keyboard, or at the very least an IBM golf-ball print head.

 

[Grench]

Junk island keyboard = fail. They had two things to get right. Keyboard. Display.

 

[pmprog]

I quite like the look of this. It reminds me of the folded keyboard from the old Palm devices I still have, and that I keep thinking about trying to figure out how to turn it into USB to use with a Pi with attached display

 

[Grench]

I quite like the look of this. It reminds me of the folded keyboard from the old Palm devices I still have, and that I keep thinking about trying to figure out how to turn it into USB to use with a Pi with attached display

Those already exist - if you can find them. Good luck chasing them down. If you're talking about the old quad-fold think-outside keyboards, I have three of them. Found pictures of similar - I think mine are different brand labels than these. Likely the same assembly line.

Palm connector

https://www.amazon.com/PalmOne-Portable-Keyboard-Palm-Handhelds/dp/B00004WHF9

USB connector

https://newatlas.com/thanko-full-size-usb-folding-keyboard/14897/

Bluetooth

http://www.colourmylearning.com/2016/08/top-5-best-portable-folding-keyboards/

Scroll to the bottom to see the bluetooth quad-fold

 

[PowerGod]

the price WTF

 

[Grench]

the price WTF

e-ink screens are considerably more expensive than color LCD. The price is consistent with a 6" e-reader plus a bluetooth keyboard.

 

[bagmouse7]

~$390 = Huge bucket of FAIL...

 

[WizardStan]

e-ink screens are considerably more expensive than color LCD

In the dozens of dollars range, not hundreds. I doubt this is an e-ink vs LCD thing, more likely a small company with niche market (like the Pyra) thing.